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Since the seminal publication of Amiri Baraka's "Blues People" the topic of black music, as well ... more Since the seminal publication of Amiri Baraka's "Blues People" the topic of black music, as well as its many definitions have been written about. Is there an essentialist quality in what we consider "black" music, stemming from the continent of Africa, or is it a masterful re-interpretation and malleability of the music. This study shows the historical arguments, as well as include the most recent on the emerging field of Hip Hop studies.

Since the seminal publication of Amiri Baraka's "Blues People" the topic of black music, as well ... more Since the seminal publication of Amiri Baraka's "Blues People" the topic of black music, as well as its many definitions have been written about. Is there an essentialist quality in what we consider "black" music, stemming from the continent of Africa, or is it a masterful re-interpretation and malleability of the music. This study shows the historical arguments, as well as include the most recent on the emerging field of Hip Hop studies.

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