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100 1  Bradley, Adam,|eauthor. 
245 10 Book of rhymes :|bthe poetics of hip hop /|cAdam Bradley. 
250    Revised and updated. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Civitas,|c[2017] 
300    xl, 243 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (page 217-225) and 
       index. 
520    If asked to list the greatest innovators of modern 
       American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z or
       Eminem in their number. And yet hip hop is the source of 
       some of the most exciting developments in verse today. The
       media uproar in response to its controversial lyrical 
       content has obscured hip hop's revolution of poetic craft 
       and experience: Only in rap music can the beat of a song 
       render poetic meter audible, allowing an MC's wordplay to 
       move a club-full of eager listeners.Examining rap 
       history's most memorable lyricists and their inimitable 
       techniques, literary scholar Adam Bradley argues that we 
       must understand rap as poetry or miss the vanguard of 
       poetry today. Book of Rhymes explores America's least 
       understood poets, unpacking their surprisingly complex 
       craft, and according rap poetry the respect it deserves. 
650  0 Rap (Music)|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Rap (Music)|vTexts.