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UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City: The Aesthetics and Ethics of London's Rap Scenes book cover

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UK Hip-Hop, Grime and the City The Aesthetics and Ethics of London's Rap Scenes

By Richard Bramwell Copyright 2015
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge
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Young people in London have contributed to the production of a distinctively British rap culture. This book moves beyond accounts of Hip-Hop’s marginality and shows, with an examination of the production, dissemination and use of rap in London, how this cultural form plays an important role in the everyday lives of young Londoners and the formation of identities. Through in-depth interviews with... Read more

Introduction  1. "Revolution of a Next Kind": Building Black London from the Bottom  2. "On The Bus My Oyster Card Goes ‘Ding De Diing De Ding Ding’": Transforming the Space of London’s Public Transport  3. "I See the Glow in You": Summoning the Aura in London’s Post Hip-Hop Culture  4. "That There Kind of Sumthin’ Sounds Strange to Me": Social Representation and the Recorded Soundscape  5. From a "Junior Spesh" to the "Keys to the Bentley": The Routes of Grimey London.  Conclusion: "Take Back the Scene"

Biography

Richard Bramwell

"Make no mistake. There is no other book remotely like this one. It initiates a new era in the study of black London's subterranean music scenes and the broader youth cultures that they continue to fuel. Bramwell has not only accomplished an invaluable work of cultural history but provided a welcome reorientation for all future work in this field."

— Paul Gilroy, King's College London, UK

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