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Overview"""Each of these chambers contains wonders of history, destiny, and mythology. Chamber Music is hip hop as race and class politics, as music and as poetry on the move. Through Ashon's vibrant textured prose we watch in awe as these young men seize on whatever the culture has to offer, sampling leftovers and legacies, making themselves into ferocious artists"" --Margo Jefferson, award-winning author of Negroland ""Stylistically loaded, reckless, funny, naked, thorough, thoughtful, mysterious, devastating, unrelenting, and compassionate. One of the most rewarding pieces of hip hop criticism ever written.""--Jeff Chang, author of We Gon' Be All Right: Notes on Race and Resegregation and Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation Will Ashon tells, in 36 interlinked ""chambers"", the story of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and how it changed the world. As unexpected and complex as the album itself, Chamber Music ranges from provocative essays to semi-comic skits, from deep scholarly analysis to satirical celebration, seeking to contextualize, reveal and honor this singular work of art. Chamber Music is an explosive and revelatory new way of writing about music and culture." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Will AshonPublisher: Faber & Faber Imprint: Faber & Faber Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 21.80cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780571350001ISBN 10: 0571350003 Publication Date: 07 February 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA conceptually audacious critical study about the conceptual audacity of the Wu-Tang Clan--and well beyond.... Hip-hop fans and anyone interested in the deeper seams of American culture will be glad [he wrote it.] --*****STARRED KIRKUS REVIEW Author InformationWill Ashon was born in Leicester in 1969. Having worked as a music journalist, he founded the record label Big Dada Recordings in 1996, which he ran for over fifteen years, signing acts like Roots Manuva, Wiley, Diplo, Kate Tempest, and Young Fathers and, in the process, winning the Mercury Music Prize twice. He lives in London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |