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Book SynopsisAnalyses the poetics (rap beats, rhythms, rhymes, verse and song structures) of 6,000 lines of rap lyrics to provide new insights on rap artistry and performance. While most scholarship on rap has focused on its historical and cultural dimensions, this book traces rap’s deepest roots and stylistic evolution and contextualizes its complex poetics.
Trade ReviewRhymes in the Flow is the product of great learning and greater passion. By turns playful and provocative, incisive and irreverent, the book excavates some of rap's mysteries: how MCs flow to a beat, how the art of MC-ing has evolved over the years, how rap styles are born. The authors' passion is apparent, as is the impressive range of their research. Smith and Joshi have written a hip-hop book like no other." - Adam Bradley, author of
Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop
