The following thesis conducts a bulletin board, on the far-reaching interdisciplinarity of literature and its discernible impact on music; particularly hip- hop as a leading genre, using data from an assortment of polemical artists;...
moreThe following thesis conducts a bulletin board, on the far-reaching interdisciplinarity of literature and its discernible impact on music; particularly hip- hop as a leading genre, using data from an assortment of polemical artists; including high-profile rappers that—suitably contributed to the expansion of this cross- pedigreed relationship. This output also uses books of the literary-musical-related sphere such as; The Anthology of Rap, Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop and Encyclopedia of Hip Hop literature. The background’s focal point is to evince the primary leitmotif of the relationship between the two disciplines, and for the fact that both of them share several characteristics vis-à-vis poetic narrativity. Subsequently, the spotlight will be shed on the genesis of hip-hop and its initially derivational phase, arisen from literature. The premise, however, does not broadly or solely focus on the intersection of literature and music, or name-dropping of artists, but it also attempts to dissect, scrutinize and break down, per capita, literary elements used in some noteworthy works, all from a lyrical-wise standpoint including; literary and poetic devices.
