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Book SynopsisFocusing on the artists Ice Cube, Dr Dre, the Geto Boys, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur, Quinn explores the origins, development, and immense popularity of gangsta rap. Including detailed readings in urban geography, neoconservative politics, subcultural formations, black cultural debates, and music industry conditions, this book explains how and why this music genre emerged.
Trade ReviewQuinn has written an impressive academic study of gangsta rap's music and culture...recommended for music and cultural studies collections in academic or larger public libraries. -- Craig Shufelt Library Journal Quinn's narrative skillfully interweaves cultural trends and economic contextualisation with a thoroughness rarely encountered in studies of popular music. -- Tom Perchard Popular Music This book is a welcomed addition to a growing body of scholarship on hip-hop and a good contribution to the study of race, class, gender, and black cultural production. -- Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar Journal of American History
Table of Contents1. A Gangsta Parable 2. Gangsta's Rap: Black Cultural Studies and the Politics of Representation 3. Alwayz Into Somethin': Gangsta's Emergence in 1980s Los Angeles 4. Straight Outta Compton: Ghetto Discourses and the Geographies of Gangsta 5. The Nigga Ya Love To Hate: Badman Lore and Gangsta Rap 6. Who's the Mack? Rap Performance and Trickster Tales 7. It's a Doggy-Dogg World: The G-Funk Era and the Post-Soul Family 8. Tupac Shakur and the Legacies of Gangsta
