What the Music Said

by Mark Anthony Neal

First Published in 1999. In What the Music Said, Mark Anthony Neal provides a timely study of from be-bop to Hip Hop. This book looks at the last fifty years of black popular music and provides an intriguing portrait of the existential and social forces that drove black communities to make music in protest, reaction and to fulfil their material and spiritual needs.

Genres: Music, History, Nonfiction, Hip Hop, African American, Cultural Studies

198 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Jake Woolridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book it's very good, i recommend it

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fine exploration of 50 years of black popular music with insight into public spaces. Will have to revisit to make a listening list.