John Klaess

Breaks in the Air

The Birth of Rap Radio in New York City

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

John Klaess tells the story of rapâ s emergence on New York Cityâ s airwaves by examining how artists and broadcasters adapted hip hopâ s performance culture to radio.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9781478018872
• ISBN-10: 1478018879
• Artikelnr.: 63088445

Autorenporträt

John Klaess is an independent scholar based in Boston.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface  ix
Acknowledgments  xiii
Introduction. Breaks in the Air  1
1. Deregulating Radio  19
2. Sounding Black Progress in the Post-Civil Rights Era  32
3. Commercializing Rap with Mr. Magic’s Rap Attack  63
4. Programming the Street at WRKS  88
5. Broadcasting the Zulu Nation  116
6. Listening to the Labor of The Awesome 2 Show  139
Epilogue  162
Notes  175
Bibliography  193
Index  215