Title: The Grey Album On The Blackness Of Blackness
Description: "Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mashup of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical choruses to illustrate the African American tradition of lying-telling tales, fibbing, improvising, jazzing up, "storying." What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture is American culture, and for the centrality of art-and artfulness-to our daily lives. Moving from gospel to soul, funk to freestyle, Young shifts through the shadows, the bootleg, the remix-all the grey areas of our history, literature, and music."--Cover p. [4].
Subjects: Social life and customs, African Americans in popular culture, Music, Social aspects, History and criticism, African Americans, African american arts, American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, African americans, social life and customs, Music, social aspects, African americans, music, history and criticism, Storytelling, American literature, Criticism and interpretation, African American authors, New York Times reviewed