Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop

Book of Rhymes is a groundbreaking exploration into the poetic craft and experience of rap music, arguing that we must understand rap as poetry or miss the vanguard of poetry today.

This book unpacks the surprisingly complex craft of hip-hop's most memorable lyricists, tracing the word "rhythm" from its origins in Greek to the flow of Biggie and Jay-Z.

With a nuanced and academically rigorous argument, Book of Rhymes rescues rap poetry from obscurity and grants it the respect it deserves.

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