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THE RAP ON 'RAP' : Yo, where's the melody? - place of rap music in popular culture In his article, "Yo Comma Dog" (New Yorker, March 12), about the illegal gun possession trial of Sean "Puffy" Combs, Adam Gopnik makes a statement that ......(Continue Reading) Popular Music and Local Identity: Rock, Pop and Rap in Europe and Oceania - Review Tony Mitchell. Popular Music and Local Identity: Rock, Pop and Rap in Europe and Oceania. London and New York: Cassell, 1996. 286 pp. ISBN 0-718-500-164....(Continue Reading)Who's playin' whom? Overwhelming influence of hip-hop culture, rap music on HBCU campuses concerns students, faculty In December 2000, Dr. Thomas Earl Midgette had harsh words for the hip-hop movement that was sweeping his campus. When he was interviewed for an article ......(Continue Reading)Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place JOHN CONNELL & CHRIS GIBSON Routledge, London and New York, 2003 320 pp. Like the complete version ......(Continue Reading)The Lyrics in African American Popular Music The Lyrics in African American Popular Music Robert Springer (ed.) Peter Lang, Bern, 2001 211 pp. Casual followers of popular culture are generally ......(Continue Reading)
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