{"id":9712,"date":"2009-08-26T10:17:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T17:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=9712"},"modified":"2009-08-26T10:19:54","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T17:19:54","slug":"the-poetics-of-hip-hop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2009\/08\/26\/the-poetics-of-hip-hop-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Poetics of Hip Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-082609\/2009_08_26_bradley.mp3\">Listen to this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-082609\/2009_08_26_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=45% src=\"http:\/\/www.netweed.com\/prohiphop\/graf\/bookofrhymes.jpg\" alt=\"book of rhymes\" \/>Discussions of Hip Hop and Rap in the mainstream media often revolve around violent imagery, misogynist lyrics and videos, and a fascination with the dramatic lives of industry musicians. The art of the spoken word as expressed in hip hop is often forgotten. But now, a new book by Adam Bradley, Professor of Literature at Claremont-McKenna College, examines in detail, the artistry behind the music. Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop challenges the conventional conversation by appraising hip hop lyrics as a revolutionary innovation in contemporary poetry. \u201cBook of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop,\u201d analyzes rap though its rhymes, similes, storytelling, and wordplay in constructing the argument that the genre has changed a generation\u2019s relationship to the spoken word. Dr. Cornel West has called Bradley\u2019s work, \u201ca marvelous exploration into the poetic genius of rap and the cultural gravity of hip hop. His analysis is subtle, sophisticated and soulful!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: Adam Bradley, Professor of Literature at Claremont-McKenna College, author of Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussions of Hip Hop and Rap in the mainstream media often revolve around violent imagery, misogynist lyrics and videos, and a fascination with the dramatic lives of industry musicians. The art of the spoken word as expressed in hip hop is often forgotten. But now, a new book by Adam Bradley, Professor of Literature at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}