Rap looking for the perfect beat /

Rap music has articulated a black aesthetic that is influencing pop culture around the world. But does it also promote violence, misogyny, and crime? This program featuring rap-master Melle Mel describes the history of rap and hip-hop from its roots in earlier oral and musical traditions to its full...

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Other Authors: Digital Classics (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2005], c1994.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (53 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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505 0 |a Speaking to the Music (2:40) -- Rap is Unrestricted (4:01) -- Rap's Roots (3:16) -- DJ's (2:59) -- B-Bou and Protest (4:37) -- SRS1 (1:46) -- BDP (1:15) -- Rap is Militant (3:35) -- Reacts to No Change (3:44) -- West Coast Gangster Rap (5:09) -- Social Comment or Abusive Language (6:30) -- Arrested Development (6:36) -- Jazz Hip Hop Fusion (4:59) 
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520 |a Rap music has articulated a black aesthetic that is influencing pop culture around the world. But does it also promote violence, misogyny, and crime? This program featuring rap-master Melle Mel describes the history of rap and hip-hop from its roots in earlier oral and musical traditions to its full flowering in the mid-1990s. Commentary by Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa, rap's early innovators; music critic Nelson George, author of hiphopamerica; radical jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron; movie star and rapper Ice Cube; former gangsta rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg; members of Public Enemy, Arrested Development, and the jazz/hip-hop fusion group UFO; and others speak out about the urban African-American experience, civil rights, social responsibility, and other pressing topics. Clips from music videos provide a visual perspective on the genre. 
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