'Cheaper than a CD, plus we really mean it': Bay Area underground hip hop tapes as subcultural artefacts

Popular Music

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-301

  Harrison, Anthony Kwame ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61949405324     PISSN: 02611430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0261143006000833     Document Type: Review

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