...Ajitpaul Mangat This essay historicizes the moment in popular music when rap music and indie rock began conversing with one another. It shows how Pitchfork received, what is referred to as, “indie rap” by drawing a particular line of influence: from indie rock to rap music. Pitchfork is thereby...

... critique. Born out of post-Soviet antagonism, imperial hegemony, neoliberal commercialism, and jingoist logic, “Russian” rap is a mouthpiece of contemporary conditions. A tangible vehicle for the rediscovery of post-Soviet optimism and the promise of financial prosperity, rap in Russia both upholds...

... for the Study of Popular Music, U.S. Branch (IASPM-US) 2021 parade aesthetics pageantry youth children popular music hip-hop rap Parade_Aesthetics 6207862236001 The parade is a medium that regularly speaks more loudly than its content. Outlandish costumes, floats, a mashup of musics...

...; films on hip hop and the university, especially Method Man and Redman’s 2001 How High ; and the rap oeuvres of Kanye West and J. Cole—this article examines the ways in which the epistemologies of hip hop and the university interact and conflict. By examining these texts, I show that academic...