Foundation (b-boy book)

Foundation: B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York is a book by Joseph G. Schloss which looks at b-boying and the culture surrounding it. It features excerpts from interviews the author did with major figures in the b-boying world such as Ken Swift of Rock Steady Crew, Alien Ness, and Trac 2.[1]

Foundation
AuthorJoseph G. Schloss
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHip hop
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
2009
Pages176 pp
ISBN978-0-19-533406-7

The author, hip-hop scholar Joseph Schloss (whose previous work on hip-hop won the International Association for the Study of Popular Music’s 2005 book award[2]), attended every b-boy event in New York City for five years, learning b-boying as he researched the book.[3]

The book also makes arguments against other hip-hop non-fiction books, mainly saying they do not engage the actual hip-hop/b-boy communities enough when doing scholarship of this kind.[3][4]

Reception

The Boston Globe calls it "the best work ever produced on b-boying, and one of the finest books yet to emerge from the swiftly proliferating ranks of hip-hop scholarship".[3] It has also received positive reviews from Liberator Magazine and Jeff Chang.[1]

Notes
  • Schloss, Joseph G. (2009). Foundation: B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York. Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-533406-7.

References
  1. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Music/PopularMusic/PopRockPopularCulture/?view=usa&ci=9780195334067
  2. http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/music/Schloss.html
  3. http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2009/05/24/the_ascent_of_hip_hop/
  4. Schloss, Joseph G. (2009). Foundation: B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York. Oxford University Press.


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