Rhymin' and Stealin' : Musical Borrowing in Hip-Hop
ISBN: 9780472118922 | 0472118927
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Univ of Michigan Pr
Pub. Date: 6/28/2013
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It has long been commonplace to speak of hip-hop as a form of music deeply reliant on borrowing, especially when it comes to sampling. And yet, until now, almost no one has seriously investigated these critical elements, except to judge them on ethical and legal grounds. In Rhymin' and Stealin', Justin Williams presents the first book-length study to approach hip-hop intertextuality from a musicological perspective. Using examples from Nas, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, Eminem, and many others, Williams shows that the transformation of preexisti... MORE
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