Finding Background Information
General Historical Surveys of Rap Music
ML 3556.T66 1984
The Rap Attack: African Jive to New York Hip Hop. 1984.
ML 3531.E8 N3 1991
Nation Conscious Rap. 1991.
ML 3556.E445 1991
The Emergency of Black and the Emergence of Rap. 1991.
ML 3531.C67 1990
Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present. 1990.
Pop Culture E 169.12 H33 1984
Hip Hop: The Illustrated History of Break Dancing, Rap Music and Graffiti. 1984. (Located in the Popular Culture Library.)
ML 3531S76 1990
Stop the Violence: Overcoming Self Destruction. 1990.
ML 3531.S6 1992
Break It Down. 1992.
ML 420.C223 1992
As Nasty As They Wanna Be: The Uncensored Story of Luther Campbell of the Two Live Crew. 1992.
ML 3479.G44 1992
Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos: Notes on Past Soul Black Culture. 1992.
Finding Additional Books in the BGSU Libraries Catalog
When looking for books in the BGSU Libraries Catalog, use the following subject terms:
Rap Music - Individual Musician Names
Rap Music-History and Criticism
Rap Musicians
Finding Recordings in the BGSU Libraries Catalog
When looking for recordings in the BGSU Libraries Catalog, use the following subject terms:
Performer's Name
Album Title
Song Title
NOTE: Many albums have excellent historical and biographical notes, and lyrics are frequently included on jackets or inner liners.
Finding Magazine Articles: Print and Online Periodical Indexes
Reader's Guide Full Text. 1983-present.
1900-1985. (Located in first-floor reference index area)
Academic Search Complete. 1984-present.
Humanities Index. 1974-1984. (Located in the first-floor reference index area)
Humanities International Complete. 1984-present
New York Times Historical. 1851-2004.
Indexing for more recent issues of the New York Times is available via various databases, including Newspaper Source.
The Music Index. 1978-present. Print copies are located in the Music Library and date from 1949-present.
Popular Music Periodicals Index. 1973-1976.
Suggested Subject Terms:
Rap
Individual Musician Names
Group Names
Suggested Periodicals in the Music Library
Rappages. 1991 to present
Rock and Rap Confidential 1991 to present
The Source. Scattered issues 1989-1990; complete 1990 to present
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