R&b (rythm And Business): The Political Economy of Black Music

Author:   Norman Kelley
Publisher:   Akashic Books,U.S.
Edition:   Revised ed.
ISBN:  

9781888451689


Pages:   330
Publication Date:   01 August 2005
Format:   Paperback
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“Hot stuff for politically and economically astute pop-music collections.”—Booklist “A great primer on how poorly the music industry tends to treat its artists.”—New York Press Courtney Love and Public Enemy’s Chuck D join Kelley and other journalists to examine how black music has been developed, marketed and distributed within the structure of American capitalism. Norman Kelley is the author of The Head Negro in Charge Syndrome: The Dead End of Black Politics (Nation Books, 2004) and the Nina Halligan mystery series. He lives in Brooklyn.

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Author:   Norman Kelley
Publisher:   Akashic Books,U.S.
Imprint:   Akashic Books,U.S.
Edition:   Revised ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 20.90cm
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9781888451689


ISBN 10:   1888451688
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   01 August 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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A great primer on how poorly the music industry tends to treat its artists.


"""A great primer on how poorly the music industry tends to treat its artists."""


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"Norman Kelley has written for Newsday, the Village Voice, The Nation, and New York Press. He is the author of ""The Head Negro in Charge Syndrome (Nation Books 2004), and the Nina Halligan mystery series -- Black Heat (HarperCollins), The Big Mango (Akashic), and A Phat Death (Akashic). He lives in Brooklyn."

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