I Mix What I Like!: A Mixtape Manifesto
by Jared A. Ball /
2011 / English / PDF
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"Jared Ball is determined to rescue hip hop
"Jared Ball is determined to rescue hip hopand
and left
activism from increasingly subversive corporate control. This
book is a manifesto that needs to be read, argued about, and
yelled from the rooftops. Let the bricks fly!"—Todd Steven
Burroughs, co-author of
left
activism from increasingly subversive corporate control. This
book is a manifesto that needs to be read, argued about, and
yelled from the rooftops. Let the bricks fly!"—Todd Steven
Burroughs, co-author ofCivil Rights Chronicle
Civil Rights Chronicle
"The Funkiest Journalist breaks it all down for all servants of
Soul/Funk music and Art in the 21st Century. His
"The Funkiest Journalist breaks it all down for all servants of
Soul/Funk music and Art in the 21st Century. HisMixtape
Manifesto
Mixtape
Manifesto explains what we are up against battling
corporate empires that control the coveted consumer-merchant
access points, and offers us an option to distribute, connect,
and popularize our culture."—Head Roc, political hip-hop artist
explains what we are up against battling
corporate empires that control the coveted consumer-merchant
access points, and offers us an option to distribute, connect,
and popularize our culture."—Head Roc, political hip-hop artist
"The revolutionary power of this book lies in its capacity to
interrogate staid constructs of thought and re-pose vital
questions pertaining to 'emancipatory journalism.' For the
power to pose the question is the greatest power of all."—Frank
B. Wilderson, III, author of
"The revolutionary power of this book lies in its capacity to
interrogate staid constructs of thought and re-pose vital
questions pertaining to 'emancipatory journalism.' For the
power to pose the question is the greatest power of all."—Frank
B. Wilderson, III, author ofIncognegro
Incognegro
In a moment of increasing corporate control in the music
industry, Jared A. Ball analyzes the colonization and control
of popular music and posits the homemade hip-hop mixtape as an
emancipatory tool for community resistance. Equally at home in
a post-colonial studies class and on the shelves of an indie
record store,
In a moment of increasing corporate control in the music
industry, Jared A. Ball analyzes the colonization and control
of popular music and posits the homemade hip-hop mixtape as an
emancipatory tool for community resistance. Equally at home in
a post-colonial studies class and on the shelves of an indie
record store,I Mix What I Like!
I Mix What I Like! is a revolutionary
investigation of the cultural dimension of anti-racist
organizing in African America.
is a revolutionary
investigation of the cultural dimension of anti-racist
organizing in African America.Jared A. Ball, PhD
Jared A. Ball, PhD, (a.k.a. The Funkiest Journalist) is
the host of
, (a.k.a. The Funkiest Journalist) is
the host ofFreeMix Radio
FreeMix Radio, and assistant professor of
communication studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore,
Maryland.
, and assistant professor of
communication studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore,
Maryland.
