The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop [Inscribed and Signed by Lornell, Stephenson, and Go-Go musician Chuck Brown]

Name: The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop [Inscribed and Signed by Lornell, Stephenson, and Go-Go musician Chuck Brown]
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Author: [Chuck Brown] Kip Lornell; Charles C. Stephenson, Jr.
ISBN: 9780823077274

[Chuck Brown] Kip Lornell; Charles C. Stephenson, Jr.

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Published by Billboard Books / Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 2001

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New York: Billboard Books / Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001. First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's glossy photo-illustrated card wrappers; xii,260pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light wear to margins, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed "To Rachelle" on title page by both authors ("Thanks for supporting Go-go, "Keep go-go alive") as well as the "Godfather of Go-Go," Chuck Brown. History and celebration of Go-go, "the only musical form indigenous to Washington, D.C." Laid in is the eight-page program to the Smithsonian's Black History Month event "Go-Go: Symbol of Washington's Neighborhood Pride." The event included a discussion and book signing for "The Beat," as well as a performance by Chuck Brown and his band.

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Title: The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop [Inscribed and Signed by Lornell, Stephenson, and Go-Go musician Chuck Brown]
Author: [Chuck Brown] Kip Lornell; Charles C. Stephenson, Jr.
Publisher: Billboard Books / Watson-Guptill Publications, New York
Publication year: 2001
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Binding: Soft cover
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0823077276
ISBN 13: 9780823077274
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller catalogs: Black Studies / Black Arts and Artists, Music, Signed, Washington, DC

The Beat: Go Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop is unique among music titles. It is the first book to explore the social, cultural, and musical phenomenon of African-American music largely known for its spirit, its energy, and its vitality. Sometimes locally known as "the most evolved form of funk," it is the funkiest form of black popular music unembraced by the cultural mainstream, perhaps known as well in Europe and the Far East as it is across the United States. But Good to Go is not just about music, though music forms its core. Recognizing that music cannot be separated from the culture from which it derives, the book is equal parts black life, youth culture, local politics, the m media, hip hop culture, urban aesthetics, entrepreneur, and the struggles of everyday life. In short, it is a book about an expression of blackness, and a celebration and reflection of life in the black neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. and Prince Georges County, Maryland. The Beat chronicles the development and popularity of Go Go music since its evolution in the early 1970s, when Chuck Brown left a Latin band to form the seminal Go Go band Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers. His new band fused funk with disco's non-stop music ethic and added the additional percussionists that he had grown to love playing polyrhythmic Latin music. To this mixture Brown fused one of the oldest formats in black American music, call and response, which so many of his fans were familiar with from church. This unique mixture eventually became known as Go Go, and by 1979 it had gone national with Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers' "Bustin' Loose," the first Go Go record to hit the national charts, and "Party Time," with Experience Unlimited joining forces with early rap star Kurtis Blow. The Beat examines Go Go's immediate roots, and focuses on many of the key figures and institutions in go-go culture, including Chuck Brown, the music's progenitor, Trouble Funk, one of its most enduring advocates, E.

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