Rhyminrsquo; and Stealinrsquo; begins with a crucial premise: the fundamental element of hip-hop culture and aesthetics is the overt use of preexisting material to new ends. Whether it is taking an old dance move for a breakdancing battle; using spray paint to create street art; quoting from a famous speech; or sampling a rapper or 1970s funk song; hip-hop aesthetics involve borrowing from the past. By appropriating and reappropriating these elements; they become transformed into something new; something different; something hip-hop. Rhyminrsquo; and Stealinrsquo; is 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. Although all music genres use and adapt preexisting material in different ways; hip-hop music celebrates and flaunts its ldquo;open sourcerdquo; culture through highly varied means. It is this interest in the web of references; borrowed material; and digitally sampled sounds that forms the basis of this bookmdash;sampling and other types of borrowing becomes a framework with which to analyze hip-hop music and wider cultural trends.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An excellent book. I am an amateur artifact collector and ...By Beer GuyAn excellent book. I am an amateur artifact collector and find these things extremely fascinating. The book is well written; organized; and covers a subject that gets very little attention in South Carolina.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Petroglyphs Rock (Art)!By MCSThe premier source of information on the discovery and methods used to find petroglyphs in South Carolina. Completely fascinating; informative and inspiring.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A definitive study; yet accessible to the general readerBy Anson Cassel MillsThis work is the result of a survey; begun in 1997 and jointly conducted by the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of South Carolina and a group of Greenville County citizens who helped fund the project. Before 1983 it was generally believed that there were no prehistoric petroglyphs in South Carolina; but the survey discovered 61 rock art sites in the Upstate; some that included many glyphs. Obviously; the subject is of interest to comparatively few people; but the book is definitive within its sphere; clearly written and nicely illustratedmdash;easily accessible to the general reader.
