The result is a fascinating insiderвЂ™s view of what can arguably be referred to as the most profound cultural and musical movement to rock the late twentieth and early twenty-п¬Ѓrst centuries. Drawing upon an impressively broad range of theories and methodologies, from sociolinguistics and anthropology to cultural studies and poetics, Alim places the Hip Hop artists-such as Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, Ras Kass, JT the Bigga Figga, Eve, and Juvenile-in the center by viewing them as interpreters of their own culture. What sets this book apart from many on the subject is AlimвЂ™s extensive ethnographic п¬Ѓeldwork and his close contact with the Hip Hop community, from multiplatinum superstars to street-level, underground heads. Written in both вЂњHip Hop Nation LanguageвЂќ and вЂњacademic discourse,вЂќ Alim takes the reader on a journey through Hip HopвЂ™s inventive linguistic landscape, deconstructing its discourse and poetics, while highlighting relationships between language, identity, and power (from the groundbreaking exploration of the Muslim вЂњtransglobal Hip Hop ummaвЂќ to the critical study of Black Language in White public space).

Hip Hop Culture has captured the minds of youth вЂњall around the world, from Japan to AmsterdamвЂќ (like the homie Kurupt say), shaping youth identities, styles, attitudes, languages, fashions, and both physical and political stances. Roc the Mic Right is the first in-depth, book-length analysis of the most pervasive yet least examined aspect of Hip Hop Culture-its language.

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