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Vibe is a lesson on emotions, hip hop, the Black South, and storytelling. A must-read.--B. Brian Foster, author of I Don't Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life Vibe is an important exploration of the aesthetics of Black life and hip hop in the rural American South.--Dasan Ahanu, alumni Nasir Jones HipHop Fellow and cofounder and managing director of Black Poetry Theater In a fresh and personable style, Corey J. Miles examines and theorizes trap music as a necessary emotional response to cyclical, racialized trauma. Vibe is a refreshing and needed addition to the growing body of hip hop scholarship on the contemporary American South.--Regina Bradley, author of Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South

"Vibe is an important exploration of the aesthetics of Black life and hip hop in the rural American South."" - Dasan Ahanu, alumni Nasir Jones HipHop Fellow and cofounder and managing director of Black Poetry Theater ""In a fresh and personable style, Corey J. Miles examines and theorizes trap music as a necessary emotional response to cyclical, racialized trauma. Vibe is a refreshing and needed addition to the growing body of hip hop scholarship on the contemporary American South."" - Regina Bradley, author of Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South ""Vibe is a lesson on emotions, hip hop, the Black South, and storytelling. A must-read."" - B. Brian Foster, author of I Don't Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life"

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Corey J. Miles is assistant professor of sociology and Africana studies at Tulane University. His work has been published in the Journal of Hip-Hop Studies, Cultural Studies, and the Howard Journal of Communication.

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