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If there was one book I had to get on DJ culture, it would be this one! There are so many DJ books out there ... but this one on hip-hop is my cup o' tea! --DJ QBert Groove Music is an extensive look at the DJ, the heartbeat of hip-hop culture. Mark Katz successfully documents the art form that has defined me as an artist and human being. Props to him for exposing the world to what we do with turntables. --Rob Swift, turntablist Katz brings to life the vivid art and social worlds of hip-hop's most important and understudied pioneers: the DJs. --Tricia Rose, author of Black Noise and Hip Hop Wars Groove Music is an essential resource, a lucid combination of history and how-to. The writing is excellent, the research is thorough, and Katz's affection for the topic is contagious. It's certainly a seminal contribution to musicology, as well as a good read for any music fan. --Albin Zak, Professor of Music, State University of New York, Albany A ridiculously rich goldmine of information...as authoritative as it gets. --DJWorx.com Katz's exhaustive research and attention to detail have produced a gripping study that goes a long way towards filling the knowledge gap. Groove Music is strongly recommended to anyone with an interest in popular music and culture formations. --Times Higher Education Mark Katz provides a beautifully written account of the DJ's evolution in Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ that is sure to stand as the go-to text for anyone seeking knowledge about the who, what, when, where, why and how of DJ culture. No one--and here I would include outsiders, passing fans, hardcore hip-hop heads as well as seasoned DJs--will come away from this book without learning something new. --Dancecult A valuable resource...Highly recommended. --Choice A crucial addition to the discourse surrounding hip-hop, utilizing a strong ethnographic framework to provide the most concise survey of hip-hop DJ communities, performance techniques, and technologies of production to date...The author>'s sensitivity to the cultural concerns of hip-hop artists, as well as the precise and accessible manner in which the research is presented, make Groove Music necessary reading for anyone interested in the topic. --ARSC Journal DJs, researchers working in various areas (popular musicology, cultural studies, American studies, etc.) and the casual reader with an interest in hiphop will all find much to engage them in this book. Katz's fanatical enthusiasm permeates the work's scholarly tone, producing an informed narrative which remains vigorous at all times and leads the reader through almost 40 years of musical evolution with great momentum yet careful control. --Journal of Music, Technology & Education A well-researched historical account of the legacy and cultural influence of hip-hop DJs that will prove useful to any scholar or student of popular music. Not only is Katz's book a compelling contribution to hip-hop scholarship, it is witty and accessible enough to serve as inspiration for future turntablists and current practitioners discovering their own roots. --College Music Symposium Should be considered a foundational reading for anyone wanting to understand the context for the hip-hop's historical emergence, evolution and contemporary position in American musical culture...Groove Music is to be lauded for supporting the legitimacy of hip-hop DJ culture--something that hip-hop DJs have struggled to educate music listeners about since hip- hop's beginnings. --Journal of Popular Culture A thoroughly researched, comprehensive, and well-written narrative history of [hip-hop's] practices...Katz's book is an important contribution towards our understanding of the many facets of hip-hop culture...Groove Music's insightful and intelligent consideration of the world of the hip-hop DJ will be a landmark for years to come. --Notes Katz provides a masterclass on how to write an academic book that is rigorous but has a wider appeal beyond the ivory tower. --Music & Letters

<br> If there was one book I had to get on DJ culture, it would be this one! There are so many DJ books out there ... but this one on hip-hop is my cup o' tea! -DJ QBert<p><br> Groove Music is an extensive look at the DJ, the heartbeat of hip-hop culture. Mark Katz successfully documents the art form that has defined me as an artist and human being. Props to him for exposing the world to what we do with turntables. --Rob Swift, turntablist<p><br> Katz brings to life the vivid art and social worlds of hip-hop's most important and understudied pioneers: the DJs. --Tricia Rose, author of Black Noise and Hip Hop Wars<p><br>

readable and engaging. Thomas Kelly, Sunday Business Post This excellent book draws on 10 years of interviews with some of the key figures in hip hop's emergence and development ... a gripping study. James Wilsdon, Times Higher Education Supplement [Katz's] book manages to be both lively and academic - some achievement. Susan Elkin, The Stage DJs, researchers working in various areas (popular musicology, cultural studies, American studies, etc.) and the casual reader with an interest in hiphop will all find much to engage them in this book. Katzs fanatical enthusiasm permeates the works scholarly tone, producing an informed narrative which remains vigorous at all times and leads the reader through almost 40 years of musical evolution with great momentum yet careful control. In his introduction to the book, Katz says that DJ Cash Moneys response on being told of the project was that we [the hip-hop DJ community] need you to get this right (12). It seems that in writing Groove Music he has done just that. Rowan Oliver, Journal of Music, Technology & Education

<br> If there was one book I had to get on DJ culture, it would be this one! There are so many DJ books out there ... but this one on hip-hop is my cup o' tea! -DJ QBert <br><br><p><br> Groove Music is an extensive look at the DJ, the heartbeat of hip-hop culture. Mark Katz successfully documents the art form that has defined me as an artist and human being. Props to him for exposing the world to what we do with turntables. --Rob Swift, turntablist <br><br><p><br> Katz brings to life the vivid art and social worlds of hip-hop's most important and understudied pioneers: the DJs. --Tricia Rose, author of Black Noise and Hip Hop Wars<br><br><p><br>

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Mark Katz is Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Capturing Sound: How Technology has Changed Music and editor of the Journal of the Society for American Music. He is a violinist, a radio DJ, and an amateur turntablist.

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