"Black Noise : Rap music and Black culture in a contemporary America",is a very interesting novel to read. I’m not saying this just because it’s a part of the assignment, but it is a remarkable novel. From what I read in the first few chapters of the book and the overview, it goes on to further explain and explore the positive and negative roles that rap music plays in America . In the first chapter the author examines how this popular music brings focus on important issues like racism and economic injustice, and contrasts it with the controversial statements of violence that is often found. Besides these issues the author also traces hip hop history to discuss what really makes rap so contentious and focus on where female rappers really do stand in the hip-hop community. Tricia Rose is a great candidate for writing this book because of her credibility. From her biography she is a professor of African Studies at Brown University , and specializes in culture, politics, and gender issues. From her research and studies of the aspects of the music, in addition to writing numerous documents about this culture, she provides the audience with reliance in the author due to her knowledge of what she is debating about throughout her book. This gives a great affect on the readers.
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I also decided to write about Tricia Rose. From what I read, the book did seem really interesting because it actually analyzed hip hop music instead of just criticized the culture like most journalists. She also seems very credible because of the extensive research that she has done on the hip hop and she also has many personal experiences with it.
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