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Say It Loud!
The Story of Rap Music
By Jones, K. Maurice
- ISBN
- 978-1-56294-386-8
- Publisher
- Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1994
Gr 7-Up Rap music has undeniably become part of mainstream American culture, although it continues to be shadowed by controversy. In this detailed account, Jones presents a historical perspective on this art form and traces its origins back to the oratory tradition of the griots of West African societies. He carefully shows how this ancestral style was brought to the Americas with the sl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
