ON THE FLOW

Dancefloor Grooves, Rapping 1Freestylee' and 1the Real Thing

Authors

  • Ian Maxwell

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v3i3.28746

Keywords:

hip-hop, rapping

Abstract

Ian Maxwell offers a theoretical examination of the experience of (live) rapping within the Sydney hip-hop scene, which in turn develops analyses offered by Maxwell and Bambrick in Peifect Beat v2nl.

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Published

2015-10-06

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Maxwell, I. (2015). ON THE FLOW: Dancefloor Grooves, Rapping 1Freestylee’ and 1the Real Thing. Perfect Beat, 3(3), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v3i3.28746