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Author: Justin A. Williams (University of Bristol)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.790kg
ISBN: 9781107037465
ISBN 10: 1107037468
Pages: 370
Publication Date: 12 February 2015
Audience:
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'... The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop provides a powerful account of what it presents, persuasively, as the most revolutionary music since rock'n'roll.' Andrew Warnes, The Times Literary Supplement ... The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop provides a powerful account of what it presents, persuasively, as the most revolutionary music since rock'n'roll. Andrew Warnes, The Times Literary Supplement
'... The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop provides a powerful account of what it presents, persuasively, as the most revolutionary music since rock'n'roll.' Andrew Warnes, The Times Literary Supplement 'For those new to the scene as well as hip-hop heads looking to broaden their understanding and appreciation of this complex and often misappropriated culture, Justin A. Williams's The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop stands out as a valuable addition to one's library. ... Justin A. Williams has succeeded in his aim to bring a comprehensive, globally aware and culturally situated exploration of hip-hop to light.' Patrick K. Cooper, Journal of Popular Music Education ... The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop provides a powerful account of what it presents, persuasively, as the most revolutionary music since rock'n'roll. Andrew Warnes, The Times Literary Supplement 'For those new to the scene as well as hip-hop heads looking to broaden their understanding and appreciation of this complex and often misappropriated culture, Justin A. Williams's The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop stands out as a valuable addition to one's library. ... Justin A. Williams has succeeded in his aim to bring a comprehensive, globally aware and culturally situated exploration of hip-hop to light.' Patrick K. Cooper, Journal of Popular Music Education
'... The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop provides a powerful account of what it presents, persuasively, as the most revolutionary music since rock'n'roll.' Andrew Warnes, The Times Literary Supplement
'... The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop provides a powerful account of what it presents, persuasively, as the most revolutionary music since rock'n'roll.' Andrew Warnes, The Times Literary Supplement 'For those new to the scene as well as hip-hop heads looking to broaden their understanding and appreciation of this complex and often misappropriated culture, Justin A. Williams's The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop stands out as a valuable addition to one's library. ... Justin A. Williams has succeeded in his aim to bring a comprehensive, globally aware and culturally situated exploration of hip-hop to light.' Patrick K. Cooper, Journal of Popular Music Education
Author Information
Justin A. Williams is Lecturer in Music at the University of Bristol, and the author of Rhymin and Stealin: Musical Borrowing in Hip-hop (2013). He has taught at Leeds College of Music, Lancaster University and Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, and has been published in Popular Music, Popular Music History, and The Journal of Musicology. As a professional trumpet and piano player in California, he ran a successful jazz piano trio and played with the band Bucho! which won a number of Sacramento Area Music Awards and were signed to two record labels. He has co-written (with Ross Wilson) an article on digital crowd funding for The Oxford Handbook to Music and Virtuality and is co-editor, with Katherine Williams, of The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter (2016).
