Book of Rhymes
Publisher: Civitas Books; Basic Civitas Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: E-book
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780465003471
Description: 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.