{ "item_title" : "The Loop", "item_author" : [" Kevin L. Whitworth "], "item_description" : "The Loop: Hip-Hop and the Archaeology of the Grooveby Kevin L. WhitworthBanned, Borrowed, and Stolen: The American Music SeriesBefore hip-hop became a global industry, it was an act of survival.Born in abandoned neighborhoods and powered by borrowed electricity, hip-hop transformed forgotten records into living history. DJs did not create new sounds from silence-they excavated them from the past. Funk breaks, jazz fragments, soul shouts, and outlawed rhythms were cut, looped, and reborn as something entirely new.The Loop tells the story of how that transformation happened.This book traces hip-hop's lineage from: West African rhythm traditionsEnslaved peoples forbidden to drumJazz and funk breakbeatsBronx block partiesThe invention of turntablism and samplingThe legal wars over ownership and memoryThe rise of the MC as an uncontrolled voiceAlong the way, it reveals a deeper truth: Hip-hop is not just music. It is archaeology.Every loop is a dig site.Every record crate is an archive.Every beat is a conversation between generations.Whitworth explores how the sampler turned listening into creation, how copyright law turned memory into property, and how a culture built from fragments challenged the idea that art must be original to be powerful. He shows how hip-hop exposed the hidden mechanics of American music-how blues became rock, how funk became profit, and how Black creativity was celebrated only after it could be controlled.This is not a celebration of theft.It is an investigation into transformation.With a narrative style that blends cultural history, social critique, and poetic storytelling, The Loop examines: Why sampling terrified the music industryHow noise became criminalizedHow the turntable became an instrumentHow the past fought back through lawsuitsWhy the loop became a political actAt its heart, this book asks one haunting question: Who owns the past?Hip-hop answered first.For readers who love: Music history and cultural studiesHip-hop, funk, jazz, and soulThe hidden stories behind modern soundBooks like Can't Stop Won't Stop, Dilla Time, and How Music Got FreeThe intersection of art, power, and rebellionThe Loop is a bold new chapter in the Banned, Borrowed, and Stolen series-an investigation into how American music was built from sounds once forbidden, dismissed, and feared.Because culture doesn't move forward in straight lines.It moves in circles.It moves in breaks.It moves in loops.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/824/591/9798245911717_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "11.99", "online_price" : "11.99", "our_price" : "11.99", "club_price" : "11.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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