#TheJayZMixtape

Ramsby, Kenton

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Title

#TheJayZMixtape

Author(s)

Ramsby, Kenton

Issue Date

2018-01-04

Keyword(s)

• music
• Jay-Z
• literature
• Black studies

Abstract

Jay-Z is one of the most popular and prolific rap artists of all time. The Brooklyn-born rapper, known for his introspective lyrics and frequent collaborations with other rappers and producers, currently holds the record for most No. 1 albums of any solo artist. In #TheJayZMixtape, Kenton Rambsy takes us on a journey through Jay-Z’s career and sheds light on his storytelling style, extensive musical collaborations, and connection to black music history. Drawing on a rich dataset, including the lyrics from 189 songs comprising 12 solo albums, Rambsy uses computational approaches to explore Jay-Z’s musical influences and allusions to other black artists and historical figures. Rambsy’s investigation unites innovative digital humanities techniques with the tradition of African American literary analysis of major black authors, revealing new and different dimensions of Jay-Z’s body of work. Visually engaging, and full of interactive ways to explore Jay-Z’s work, #TheJayZMixtape not only delivers an analysis of Jay-Z’s music, but also makes a compelling case for Jay-Z’s place in the greater African American literary tradition. This title was peer reviewed with a single-blind process by the AFRO-PWW editorial board.

Publisher

Publishing Without Walls

Type of Resource

• text
• dataset

Language

en

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/pww.2

Copyright and License Information

• Copyright (c) 2018 Kenton Rambsy
• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

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