Tricia Rose A Style Nobody Can Deal With Summary

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Tricia Rose has a very detailed look to post-industrialism and hip hop. One of the main points used in her essay, A Style Nobody Can Deal With says, “post-industrialism is inscribed in hip hop style, sound, lyrics and thematics” (71). She explains, “Hip hop is an Afro-diasporic cultural form which attempts to negotiate the experiences of marginalization, brutally truncated opportunity and oppression within the cultural imperatives of African-American and Caribbean history, identity and community” (71). Her statement is portrayed in many things including our lectures, movies, and songs. One of the biggest examples I found were in Nas’ music, he explains history and life as he was growing up for everyone to see. In the song, “The World is Yours” he shows the post-industrialism through his lyrics. A few examples that I think can relate to the subject are, “I can’t call it; the …show more content…

Here she explains that New York was making a fast change to something different, but hip hop gave it the voice that it needed in order to show what was going on throughout all that. Hip hop was the trending music choice at that time, especially when others around the area could relate. Hip hop also was a release for them, instead of being stressed over not having a job or wondering how they’re gonna get money, they partied all together while listening to hip hop. When music classes were cut in school they could listen to it on their own with the innovative ways they created, “The postindustrial city, which provided the context for creative development among hip hop’s earliest innovators, shaped their cultural terrain, access to space, materials and education”

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