The Evolution of Rap and Roll: An Analysis of Rap Music's Technological Relationships, Cultural Connections, and Historical Trends

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Abstract: This paper analyzes the evolution of rap music from a technological, cultural, and historical perspective. Although rap music was born in the early 1980s, in the South Bronx, New York, it has since become a worldwide phenomenon. People from numerous countries who speak many languages have assimilated the style and culture of rap, all adding their own flavor to this once unique form of music. This paper examines the evolution first by addressing rap music's relationship to technology and then by comparing cultural and economic trends in hip-hop to the same trends in rock & roll fifty years ago. I argue that this comparison provides a basis for forecasting the future of rap music and therefore conclude by providing my own ten-year forecast.

Type of resource	text
Date created	2004

Author	Ratan, Rabindra Ayyan

Subject	Rabindra Ayyan Ratan
Subject	Rap (Music)
Subject	Stanford University. Program in Science Technology and Society
Genre	Thesis

Related item	Title Finding aid
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/qn310cs5205

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Preferred Citation: Ratan, Rabindra Ayyan (2004). The Evolution of Rap and Roll: An analysis of rap music's technological relationships, cultural connections, and historical trends. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qn310cs5205

Stanford University, Program in Science, Technology and Society, Honors Theses

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