An astounding anthropological chronicling of the African American tradition storytelling in rhyme. Like European cultures traditions of toasts, these were a distinctly African precursor to what would decorate rhythm ’n’ blues and funk and stand as the primary pillar of the art of hip-hop.
This edition still has it’s CD with it, in which Bruce Jackson recites many of these poems that are in the book.
An astounding anthropological chronicling of the African American tradition storytelling in rhyme. Like European cultures traditions of toasts, these were a distinctly African precursor to what would decorate rhythm ’n’ blues and funk and stand as the primary pillar of the art of hip-hop.
This edition still has it’s CD with it, in which Bruce Jackson recites many of these poems that are in the book.
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