Roc the Mic Right: The Language of Hip Hop Culture

H. Samy Alim

ISBN 10: 0415358787 / ISBN 13: 9780415358781

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2006

About this Item

Explores the central role of language within the Hip Hop Nation (HHN). This work focuses on discursive practices, such as narrative sequencing and ciphers. It shows how Hip Hop language could be used in an educational context and presents an approach to the study of the language and culture of the Hip Hop Nation: "Hiphopography". Num Pages: 204 pages, 4 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326. . 2006. 1 New. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Roc the Mic Right: The Language of Hip Hop Culture
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415358787
• ISBN 13: 9780415358781
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Complementing a burgeoning area of interest and academic study, Roc the Mic Right explores the central role of language within the Hip Hop Nation (HHN). With its status convincingly argued as the best means by which to read Hip Hop culture, H. Samy Alim then focuses on discursive practices, such as narrative sequencing and ciphers, or lyrical circles of rhymers. Often a marginalized phenomenon, the complexity and creativity of Hip Hop lyrical production is emphasised, whilst Alim works towards the creation of a schema by which to understand its aesthetic.

Using his own ethnographic research, Alim shows how Hip Hop language could be used in an educational context and presents a new approach to the study of the language and culture of the Hip Hop Nation: 'Hiphopography'. The final section of the book, which includes real conversational narratives from Hip Hop artists such as The Wu-Tang Clan and Chuck D, focuses on direct engagement with the language.

A highly accessible and lively work on the most studied and read about language variety in the United States, this book will appeal not only to language and linguistics researchers and students, but holds a genuine appeal to anyone interested in Hip Hop or Black African Language.

About the Author

H. Samy Alim is a visiting scholar in UCLA's anthropology department and author of You Know My Steez (2004) and co-author of Street Conscious Rap (1999). His research interests include Black Language, global Hip Hop Culture, and the street language, culture, and music of the Muslim world.