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Offers the first book-length study of musical borrowing in hip-hop music, which not only includes digital sampling but also demonstrates a wider web of references and quotations within the hip-hop world. Examples from Nas, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, Eminem, and many others show that the transformation of preexisting material is the fundamental element of hip-hop aesthetics.

Rhymin and Stealin

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    A Paperback by Dr. Justin A Williams

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/26/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472036196, 978-0472036196
      ISBN10: 047203619X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers the first book-length study of musical borrowing in hip-hop music, which not only includes digital sampling but also demonstrates a wider web of references and quotations within the hip-hop world. Examples from Nas, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, Eminem, and many others show that the transformation of preexisting material is the fundamental element of hip-hop aesthetics.

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