Nuthin' but a "G" thang : the culture and commerce of gangsta rap / Eithne Quinn.

Author/creator Quinn, Eithne, 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxiii, 251 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Rap (Music)--History and criticism.

Variant title Nothing but a "G" thing
SeriesPopular cultures, everyday lives
Popular cultures, everyday lives. ^A391291
Contents A gangsta parable -- Gangsta's rap: Black cultural studies and the politics of representation -- Alwayz into somethin': gangsta's emergence in 1980s Los Angeles -- Straight outta Compton: ghetto discourses and the geographies of gangsta -- The nigga ya love to hate: badman lore and gangsta rap -- Who's the mack?: rap performance and trickster tales -- It's a Doggy-Dogg world: the G-funk era and the post-soul family -- Tupac Shakur and the legacies of gangsta.
Abstract In the late 1980s, gangsta rap music emerged in urban America, giving voice to--and making money for--a social group widely considered to be in crisis: young, poor, black men. From its local origins, gangsta rap went on to flood the mainstream, generating enormous popularity and profits. Yet the highly charged lyrics, public battles, and hard, fast lifestyles that characterize the genre have incited the anger of many public figures and proponents of "family values." Constantly engaging questions of black identity and race relations, poverty and wealth, gangsta rap represents one of the most profound influences on pop culture in the last thirty years. Focusing on the artists Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, the Geto Boys, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur, Quinn explores the origins, development, and immense appeal of gangsta rap. Including detailed readings in urban geography, neoconservative politics, subcultural formations, black cultural debates, and music industry conditions, this book explains how and why this music genre emerged. This book argues that gangsta rap both reflected and reinforced the decline in black protest culture and the great rise in individualist and entrepreneurial thinking that took place in the U.S. after the 1970s.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-236) and index.
LCCN 2004049384
ISBN0231124082 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231124090 (pbk.)

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