Tricia Rose is currently a Professor of African Studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Her studies consist of teaching in 20th century African-American culture and politics, social thought, popular culture and gender issues. Rose is originally from New York, and received her bachelor's in Sociology from Yale University and completed her Ph.D. in American Civilization from Brown University in 1993. She frequently lectures at schools all over the United States and has been to Wesleyan, Harvard, Morehouse, The Whitney Museum of Art, UCLA, Spelman, Middlebury, Yale, Michigan, University of Texas at Austin, The Brooklyn Museum, University of California at San Diego, at Irvine, at Santa Barbara and Princeton University.
Rap recordings and tracks (music in general) are discussed almost everywhere today, from schoolyards and MARTA stations to the U.S. Senate and Supreme Court. In this novel, Tricia Rose thoroughly analyzes several aspects of the musical genre and provides an effective "remedy" or cure to the severely flawed hip-hop coverage in popular, mainstream media. She accurately traces rap's history and discusses information about the innovative rhythmic manipulations made possible by the techniques of sampling. She also makes clear the connections between rap's beginnings and the political turmoils that afflicted black and Latino urban neighborhoods throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Examples of this can be seen in Los Angeles. (We actually made a point to discuss this in class once). In discussing what is probably rap's most controversial aspect, lyrics entertaining the idea of "cop killing" Tricia Rose vividly defines the social conditions that bring about such aggressive responses to real life police hostility. Finally, she examines the often neglected role of women in rap in rewarding depth. He accredits them with their accomplishments and acheivements and shows what difference women have made in the rap industry.
Rap recordings and tracks (music in general) are discussed almost everywhere today, from schoolyards and MARTA stations to the U.S. Senate and Supreme Court. In this novel, Tricia Rose thoroughly analyzes several aspects of the musical genre and provides an effective "remedy" or cure to the severely flawed hip-hop coverage in popular, mainstream media. She accurately traces rap's history and discusses information about the innovative rhythmic manipulations made possible by the techniques of sampling. She also makes clear the connections between rap's beginnings and the political turmoils that afflicted black and Latino urban neighborhoods throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Examples of this can be seen in Los Angeles. (We actually made a point to discuss this in class once). In discussing what is probably rap's most controversial aspect, lyrics entertaining the idea of "cop killing" Tricia Rose vividly defines the social conditions that bring about such aggressive responses to real life police hostility. Finally, she examines the often neglected role of women in rap in rewarding depth. He accredits them with their accomplishments and acheivements and shows what difference women have made in the rap industry.
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