40 years of hip-hop music in France

By Collective , Marie Sonnette-Manouguian , Karim Hammou

The first synthesis of knowledge on hip-hop music, this book combines the results of unpublished surveys with the state of research in social sciences. It reveals the extent of the political, economic, sociological, geographical and aesthetic transformations in which it participates. Having gone from the status of confidential artistic practices to that of a major aesthetic movement in four decades, hip-hop music carries innovations based on new instrumental techniques (DJing, sampling, etc.) and vocal techniques (rapped interpretations, ragga, human beatboxing, etc.). As music of producers, it is at the forefront of the changes that the music industries are undergoing as a result of the computerization and then the digitalization of creation. In France, as in many other countries, its rise has contributed to diversifying popular music and renewing its practices. However, the cultural valorization of these works, located at the crossroads of strong social tensions, remains contested.

ISBN: 978-2724638905