Description

Book Synopsis

Analyses 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 Review

Rhymes 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

Rhymes in the Flow

    Product form

    A Paperback by Aurko Joshi, Aurko Joshi

    £38.85

    Includes FREE delivery

    Order before 4pm on Monday for delivery by Wed 9 Dec 2026.

    Out of stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Rhymes in the Flow by Aurko Joshi

      Book details

      Publisher The University of Michigan Press
      Published 30 July 2020
      ISBN-13 9780472053896
      978-0472053896
      ISBN-10 0472053892
      Also in:
      Popular music

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Analyses 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 Review

      Rhymes 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

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account