Good Notes Rap Language by Becker Daniel Levin (29 results)
- Softcover
Seller: Greenworld Books, arlington, TX, U.S.A.Greenworld Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 6.00
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Condition: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.
- Softcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 6.74
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
- Softcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 6.74
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
- Softcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 6.74
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
- Softcover
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Better World Books: West
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 7.34
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
- Softcover
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 7.34
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
- Softcover
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.BooksRun
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 7.44
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
- Softcover
Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.Half Price Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 5.75
US$ 3.75 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.
- Softcover
Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.HPB-Diamond
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 5.75
US$ 3.75 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by City Lights Books, San Francisco, CA, 2022
- Softcover
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.Steven Wolfe Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 10.00
US$ 4.99 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketpaperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: square PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine. BECKER, DANIEL LEVIN. What's good: notes on rap and language. San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 2022, 299pp., . "What's Good is a work of passionate lyrical analysis, a set of freewheeling liner notes, and a love letter to the most vital…American art form of the last half century. Over a series of short chapters, each centered on a different lyric, Daniel Levin Becker considers how rap's use of language operates and evolves at levels ranging from the local (slang, rhyme) to the analytical (quotation, transcription) to the philosophical (morality, criticism, irony), celebrating the pleasures and perils of any attempt to decipher its meaning-making technologies. Ranging from Sugarhill Gang to UGK to Young M.A, Rakim to Rick Ross to Rae Sremmurd, Jay-Z to Drake to Snoop Dogg, What's Good reads with the momentum of a deftly curated mixtape, drawing you into the conversation and teaching you to read it as it goes. A book for committed hip-hop heads, curious neophytes, armchair linguists, and everyone in between" - CONTENTS: Rhetorical questions -- I'm into having sex, I ain't into making love -- Rewinding -- To be the man on the mic, to be the man on your mind -- On cool -- What's normal to us is an illusion to them -- On me -- I heard the beat and I ain't know what to write -- Serious rap -- What you hear is not a test -- WHAT'S GOOD -- Word machines -- I make butter fly -- Slang evolution -- Speakin' my language if you talkin' 'bout tilapia -- Slang and slipperiness -- You'll never find a rhyme like this in any dictionary -- On rhyme -- Try me, try me -- On register -- Bitch I'm morose and lugubrious -- Haunted roots -- Hangin' on for dear life -- Code and contraband -- I got twenty-five lighters on the dresser -- Intelligences -- They don't call me Big for nuttin' -- Power play -- I'm on point like a elbow -- Word as bond -- Speech is my hammer bang the world into shape -- Anti-simile -- I'm the motherfucking king like Oedipus -- =, [?] -- I ain't Q-Tip but I'll make your breathin'stop -- # -- I got bars sentencing -- Economy and time -- Four Seasons, three words: do not disturb -- Signifying chains -- I take seven MCs, put 'em in a line -- Recycling -- Flow retarded, I'm on some Special Ed shit -- Elective chronology -- Once upon a time in the projects -- Ancestor worship -- We're holdin on to what's golden -- Writing/biting -- I got ninety-nine problems and a bitch ain't one -- Aggravated quotation -- Beat biter, dope style taker -- Hyperlinks -- Wikipedia that, if you didn't know -- On cliche -- Kickin' the fly cliches -- Who wore it better? -- Now I'm butt naked in a Lamborghini -- Deniable plausibility -- Might look light but we heavy though -- On first person -- I live it, I see it, and I write it because I know it -- Truth and consequence -- Calling her a crab is just a figure of speech -- Criminal slang -- I'm the biggest Dope Dealer and I serve all over town -- Selling work -- The dope I'm selling you don't smoke you feel -- On values -- I'm out here making sense `cause I'm out here making dollars -- On the B-word -- Who you callin' a bitch? -- On the N-word -- She could be my broad and I could be her -- On white people -- Please listen to my album -- On second person -- If that's your chick then why she textin' me? -- Is rap poetry? -- I take this more serious than just a poem -- Writing/not writing -- I wasn't born last night -- What you hear is not a text -- I can't help the poor if I'm one of them -- On possession -- Hi haters, I'm back off hiatus -- On possession with intent to sell -- Cash rules everything around me -- Signifying ornaments -- I spell it how the fucks I want -- Outsider art -- And all the people always know me for my comedy -- On irony -- This is fucking awesome -- Dumb love -- Microphone check 1-2 what is this -- Criticism and categories -- Not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good -- A larger English -- Lampin' in the Hamptons like "What t.
- Softcover
Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.A Cappella Books, Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 15.99
Free ShippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Paper Back. Condition: Very Good.
- Softcover
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United KingdomBetter World Books Ltd
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 11.33
US$ 6.77 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Published by City Lights Publishers
- Softcover
Seller: Academic Book Solutions, Medford, NY, U.S.A.Academic Book Solutions
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - As new
US$ 6.00
US$ 3.99 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketpaperback. Condition: LikeNew. Used Like New, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark.
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - As new
US$ 21.07
US$ 2.64 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 10 available
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 21.27
US$ 2.64 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 10 available
Condition: New.
- Softcover
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United KingdomMajestic Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 25.52
US$ 8.81 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 3 available
Condition: New.
- Softcover
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 24.45
US$ 13.55 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 2 available
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 299 pages. 8.25x7.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
- Softcover
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, IrelandKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 28.48
US$ 11.04 shippingShips from Ireland to U.S.A.Quantity: 6 available
Condition: New. 2022. Paperback. . . . . .
- Softcover
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United KingdomRia Christie Collections
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 23.59
US$ 16.23 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 15 available
Condition: New. In.
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United KingdomGreatBookPricesUK
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 20.53
US$ 20.32 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 2 available
Condition: New.
- Softcover
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United KingdomChiron Media
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 19.93
US$ 20.99 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 6 available
Paperback. Condition: New.
- Softcover
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United KingdomTHE SAINT BOOKSTORE
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 20.72
US$ 21.88 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 9 available
Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
- Softcover
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.Kennys Bookstore
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 32.51
US$ 10.50 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 6 available
Condition: New. 2022. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United KingdomGreatBookPricesUK
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - As new
US$ 24.27
US$ 20.32 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 2 available
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
- Softcover
Seller: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.Books Puddle
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 41.77
US$ 3.99 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 3 available
Condition: New.
- Softcover
Seller: Biblios, frankfurt am main, HESSE, GermanyBiblios
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 36.98
US$ 11.56 shippingShips from Germany to U.S.A.Quantity: 3 available
Condition: New.
- Softcover
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, GermanyAHA-BUCH GmbH
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 25.42
US$ 35.44 shippingShips from Germany to U.S.A.Quantity: 2 available
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A NEW YORKER & GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA love letter to the verbal artistry of hip-hop, What's Good is a work of passionate lyrical analysis'What's Good is, among a great many other things, a byproduct of joyful obsession and immersion into both language and sound, an intersecti…on that offers a rich and expansive land upon which to play.' Hanif Abdurraqib, author of A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance ' . . . an often hilarious, surprisingly moving and always joyful paean to rap's relationship to words.'Jayson Greene, The New York Times'Rap, he is not afraid to say, is as close to a universal tongue as we have.'Adam Gopnik, The New YorkerWhat's Good is a work of passionate lyrical analysis, a set of freewheeling liner notes, and a love letter to the most vital American art form of the last half century. Over a series of short chapters, each centered on a different lyric, Daniel Levin Becker considers how rap's use of language operates and evolves at levels ranging from the local (slang, rhyme) to the analytical (quotation, transcription) to the philosophical (morality, criticism, irony), celebrating the pleasures and perils of any attempt to decipher its meaning-making technologies.Ranging from Sugarhill Gang to UGK to Young M.A, Rakim to Rick Ross to Rae Sremmurd, Jay-Z to Drake to Snoop Dogg, What's Good reads with the momentum of a deftly curated mixtape, drawing you into the conversation and teaching you to read it as it goes. A book for committed hip-hop heads, curious neophytes, armchair linguists, and everyone in between.'For those of us who love rap,What's Goodis a gift. The book offers a new set of eyes and ears through which to see and to hear the language of rap. Its brief and brilliant chapters are like the best kinds of freestyles: spontaneous and structured, startling and profound. A remarkable achievement.'Adam Bradley, author ofBook of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop'Could this be the rap equivalent of Lewis Hyde's The Gift or Marina Warner's Once Upon A Time Anyhow, it's an electrifying book, full of wild epiphanies and provocations, an exhibition of a critical mind in full and open contact with their subject at the highest level, with a winning streak of confessional intimacy as well.' Jonathan Lethem, author of The Arrest: A Novel 'What's Good is a feat of critical precision and personal obsession: Daniel Levin Becker's deep appreciation for rap is rangy and illuminating, and his delight in language is infectious. What a thrill to swing so gracefully from Lil Wayne to Mary Ruefle to the lyrical evolution of 'tilapia'; pure pleasure. A generous, joyful exegesis.'Anna Wiener, author of Uncanny Valley: A Memoir.
- Softcover
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germanymoluna
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 28.84
US$ 56.92 shippingShips from Germany to U.S.A.Quantity: 5 available
Condition: New. Über den AutorDaniel Levin Becker is a critic, editor, and translator from Chicago. An early contributing editor to the groundbreaking lyrics annotation site Rap Genius, he has written about music for The Believer, NPR,&.
- Softcover
Seller: preigu, Osnabrück, Germanypreigu
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New
US$ 31.59
US$ 81.33 shippingShips from Germany to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. What's Good | Notes on Rap and Language | Daniel Levin Becker | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2022 | City Lights Books | EAN 9780872868762 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.
