R&B, rhythm and business : the political economy of black music / edited by Norman Kelley.
| Other author | Kelley, Norman, 1954- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Akashic, ©2002. |
| Description | 334 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Rhythm and business |
| Variant title | R and B, rhythm and business : the political economy of black music |
| Contents | Notes on the political economy of Black music / Norman Kelley -- Papa's got a brand-new bag: big music's post-Fordist regime and the role of independent music labels / Michael Roberts -- The discordant sound of music / The NAACP report, 1987 -- Tell me something I don't already know: the Harvard Report on soul music revisited / David Sanjek -- The ballad of the mid-level artist / Danny Goldberg -- The anatomy of a "race" music label / Stephen Calt -- Crossing over: from Black rhythm & blues to White rock 'n' roll / Reebee Garofalo -- "All for one, and one for all": Black enterprise, racial politics and the business of soul / Brian Ward -- Soul for sale: the marketing of Black musical expression / Mark Anthony Neal -- If you're Black get back: double standards in the recording industry / Frank Kofsky -- Kind of blue: jazz competes with its past, settles for the hard sell / Richard B. Woodward -- Crossover schemes: New York salsa as politics, culture, and commerce / Karl Hagstrom Miller -- Money, power, and respect: a critique of the business of rap music / Yvonne Bynoe -- How not to get jerked! The hip hop elementary roundtable / Adams Mansbach et al. -- Interview: Wendy Day, advocate for rappers / Norman Kelley -- Death of a nation, where ignorance is rewarded for a new race creation: the niggro / Chuck D -- The heavenly juke box / Charles C. Mann -- Music and new technology: making music in the digital age / William Phillips -- Senate testimony of the Future of Music Coalition, April 3, 2001 / Jenny Toomey [and others] -- Artist rights and record companies: a letter to fellow recording artists / Courtney Love. |
| Abstract | Who profits most from the spectacular success of black music? In this book, Public Enemy's Chuck D, author Norman Kelley, and other journalists and musicians combine forces to examine how black music has been developed, marketed, and distributed within the structure of American capitalism. |
| ISBN | 1888451262 |