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I wrote a thesis for my M.A. in Popular Culture on Detroit ghettotech, done in a cod-ethnomusicological style. I’ve made it available via the link below. Marvel at my loquacious nascent scholarship.
“Straight Up Detroit Shit”: Genre, Authenticity, and Appropriation in Detroit Ghettotech (PDF 544 KB)
I later adapted it into an article for Stylus Magazine: “Ghettotech: A Bluffer’s Guide”
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Wow just finished reading the whole thing.
Thanks so much for sharing it.
I really enjoyed it.
It is especially interesting to read it now in the context of the global expansion of juke/footwork and the way Teklife and other Chicago producers have embraced that.
Cheers,
DM
Wow just finished reading the whole thing.
Thanks so much for sharing it.
I really enjoyed it.
It is especially interesting to read it now in the context of the global expansion of juke/footwork and the way Teklife and other Chicago producers have embraced that.
Cheers,
DM