Make Rappers Rap Again
Interrogating the Mumble Rap "Crisis"
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Publishing:2nd Sep '25
£19.99
This title is due to be published on 2nd September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
In Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap “Crisis,” author Heidi R. Lewis interrogates the ways Mumble Rap has been subjugated within real Hip Hop. Many critics claim mumble rappers are ignorant about Hip Hop history, disrespectful toward their Hip Hop elders, too similar, unskilled, prone to rapping about nonsense, and too feminine. In contrast, Lewis argues Mumble Rap is real Hip Hop. To do so, she examines Mumble Rap's congruence with oft forgotten or subjugated Hip Hop cornerstones like illegibility, melody, the DJ, and the subgenre, as well as the ways most mumble rappers practice citational and collaborative politics congruent with real Hip Hop. Following an analysis of the Mumble Rap sound, Lewis explains the subgenre's subjugation by situating it as southern and examining the ways it challenges real Hip Hop masculinity norms.
There is no denying Lewis's authentic connection to the culture as she thoroughly charts the evolution of rap lyricism in the era of algorithm. -Idris Goodwin, Playwright, Poet, Old Head
Lewis's groundbreaking book is a bold and provocative framework for understanding the ebbs and flows of Hip-Hop and will surely ignite sparks of change across Hip-Hop Studies. -Gwendolyn D. Pough, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Syracuse University
Make Rappers Rap Again is a brilliant, beautifully researched and written, and intriguing study of Mumble Rap. -Imani Perry, Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
There is no denying Lewis's authentic connection to the culture as she thoroughly charts the evolution of rap lyricism in the era of algorithm. -Idris Goodwin
Lewis's groundbreaking book is a bold and provocative framework for understanding the ebbs and flows of Hip-Hop and will surely ignite sparks of change across Hip-Hop Studies. -Gwendolyn D. Pough
Make Rappers Rap Again is a brilliant, beautifully researched and written, and intriguing study of Mumble Rap. -Imani Perry
ISBN: 9780197773826
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208 pages