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The Poetics Of Hip Hop
Basic Civitas Books
March 2009
On Sale: February 23, 2009
304 pages
ISBN: 0465003478
EAN: 9780465003471
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Non-Fiction
If asked to list the greatest innovators of modern American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z or Eminem in their number. And yet hip hop is the source of some of the most exciting developments in verse today. The media uproar in response to its controversial lyrical content has obscured hip hopβs revolution of poetic craft and experience: Only in rap music can the beat of a song render poetic meter audible, allowing an MCβs wordplay to move a club-full of eager listeners. Examining rap historyβs most memorable lyricists and their inimitable techniques, literary scholar Adam Bradley argues that we must understand rap as poetry or miss the vanguard of poetry today. Book of Rhymes explores Americaβs least understood poets, unpacking their surprisingly complex craft, and according rap poetry the respect it deserves.
 Media BuzzDiane Rehm Show - NPR - March 18, 2009
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