The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. (repost)
The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. By Kip Lornell, Charles C. Stephenson Jr.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi 2009 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 1604732415 | PDF | 31 MB
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi 2009 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 1604732415 | PDF | 31 MB
The Beat! was the first book to explore the musical, social, and cultural phenomenon of go-go music. In this new edition, updated by a substantial chapter on the current scene, authors Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson, Jr., place go-go within black popular music made since the middle 1970s–a period during which hip-hop has predominated. This styling reflects the District's African American heritage. Its super-charged drumming and vocal combinations of hip-hop, funk, and soul evolved and still thrive on the streets of Washington, D.C., and in neighboring Prince George's County, making it the most geographically compact form of popular music.