Critical excess : Watch the throne and the new gilded age / J. Griffith Rollefson.

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"Jay-Z and Kanye West's 2011 Watch the Throne is a self-avowed "luxury rap" album centered on Eurocentric conceptions of nobility, artistry, and haute couture. Critical Excess performs a close reading of the sonic and social commentary on this album, examining how the album alternately imagines and...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Tracking pop.
Main Author: Rollefson, J. Griffith (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021.
Series:Tracking pop.
Subjects:
Jay-Z, > 1969- > Watch the Throne.
Rap (Music) > Political aspects.
Rap (Music) > History and criticism.
Excess (Philosophy)
Jay-Z, > 1969-
Rap (Music)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:ix, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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