Book of Rhymes : The Poetics of Hip Hop
Book of Rhymes : The Poetics of Hip Hop
Adam Bradley, a Harvard Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of English Literature at Claremont McKenna College. He lives in Claremont, California.
Boston Globe "[Bradley] lays out a nuanced, academically rigorous argument that the best hip-hop deserves attention as genuine artistry... He traces the word rhythm from the Greek rheo, or flow. Biggie had flow; Jay-Z has flow. For an English professor, Adam Bradley got some flow of his own." Dallas Morning News "Excellent... Where so many hip-hop studies lean heavily on politics and sociology, Book of Rhymes is a welcome and thorough exploration of rap aesthetics that isn't afraid to be learned." Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "As comfortable in the company of Jay-Z as he is with John Donne, Adam Bradley is a visionary critic, skillful and wise. His Book of Rhymes is a tour de force, brilliantly renovating hip hop criticism as he rescues the forgotten vanguard of American poetry." Cornel West "Adam Bradley's Book of Rhymes is a marvelous exploration into the poetic genius of rap and the cultural gravity of Hip Hop. His analysis is subtle, sophisticated, and soulful!"
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