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R&b (rythm And Business)

The Political Economy of Black Music

ISBN-13: 9781888451689

Contributor(s): Norman Kelley

Subject: Music

Publisher Imprint: Akashic Books

Publication Date: 01-08-2005

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£10.99

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About the book

Given than hip hop music alone has generated more than a billion dollars in sales, the absence of a major black record company is disturbing. Even Motown is now a subsidiary of the Universal Music Group. Nonetheless, little has been written about the economic relationship between African-Americans and the music industry. This anthology dissects contemporary trends in the music industry and explores how blacks have historically interacted with the business as artists, business-people and consumers.