The Real Hiphop: Battling for Knowledge, Power, and Respect in the LA Underground

by Marcyliena Morgan

Book Overview

Project Blowed is a legendary hiphop workshop based in Los Angeles. It began in 1994 when a group of youths moved their already renowned open-mic nights from the Good Life, a Crenshaw district health food store, to the KAOS Network, an arts center in Leimert Park. The local freestyle of articulate, rapid-fire, extemporaneous delivery, the juxtaposition of meaningful words and sounds, and the way that MCs followed one another without missing a beat,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822343851
• ISBN13: 9780822343851
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"