Title:
Songs in the key of black life : a nation of rhythm and blues.
Author:
Neal, Mark Anthony.
ISBN:
9780415965712
9780415965705
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, USA : Routledge, Inc, 2003.
Physical Description:
214 p.
General Note:
In "Songs in the Key of Black Life", cultural critic Mark Anthony Neal turns his attention to rhythm and blues. He argues that R&B - often dismissed as "just a bunch of love songs," yet the second most popular genre in terms of sales - can tell us much.
Contents:
Rhythm 1. Revolutionary Mixtape 2. Grown Ass Women 3. Digging the Scene (with the Gangsta Lean) 4. Habermas in the Hood 5. Sexual Healing (the Oh My! Interlude) 6. The E-Double and the Trouble Man 7. Bellbottoms, Bluebelles, and the Funke-Ass White Girl 8. Nuyorican Nostalgia 9. Some Otha Shit And Blues 10. Radio Free Soul 11. Big Pimpin' 12. But It's Not a Rap CD 13. Three the Hard Way.