The Real Hiphop: Battling for Knowledge, Power, and Respect in the LA Underground

by Marcyliena Morgan

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Project Blowed is a legendary hiphop workshop based in Los Angeles. It began in 1994 when a group of youths moved their already renowned open-mic nights from the Good Life, a Crenshaw district health food store, to the KAOS Network, an arts center in Leimert Park. The local freestyle of articulate, rapid-fire, extemporaneous delivery, the juxtaposition of meaningful words and sounds, and the way that MCs followed one another without missing a beat,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822343851

ISBN13:9780822343851

Release Date:April 2009

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"

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Arts, Music & Photography Music Social Science Social Sciences

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