The New Beats
By (author): "S.H. Fernando"
ISBN038547119X
ISBN139780385471190
AsinThe New Beats
Original titleNew Beats, The
The first full-scale history and analysis of hip-hop, the most influential pop music since rock 'n' roll. Fernando illuminates how an exuberant form of dance music became simultaneously an expression of social and political protest, black nationalism, and cultural pride.