TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Macklin
AU  - Joshi,Aurko
TI  - Rhymes in the flow: how rappers flip the beat
SN  - 9780472053896
U1  - 801.66 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Ann Arbor
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - Rhyme
KW  - Rap (Music)
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Musical meter and rhythm
KW  - Performance poetry
KW  - Poetics
N1  - Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements

Introduction
Hot Vinyl
Beat
Rhythm
Rhyme
Modes and Genres
Verses, Songs, and Albums
Style

Appendix 1: Flow Variants
Appendix 2: Variants by the Years
Root Terminology for Rap Poetics
Notes
Discography
Index
N2  - Despite its global popularity, rap has received little scholarly attention in terms of its poetic features. Rhymes in the Flow systematically analyzes the poetics (rap beats, rhythms, rhymes, verse and song structures) of many notable rap songs to provide new insights on rap artistry and performance. Defining and describing the features of what rappers commonly call flow, the authors establish a theory of the rap line as they trace rap’s deepest roots and stylistic evolution—from Anglo-Saxon poetry to Lil Wayne—and contextualize its complex poetics. Rhymes in the Flow helps explain rap’s wide appeal by focusing primarily on its rhythmic and thematic power, while also claiming its historical, cultural, musical, and poetic importance
ER  -