“Bay Area youngsters embraced bedroom production and ad-hoc self-distribution networks as a means of re-envisioning and self-fashioning their conception of and relationship to authentic hip hop.”

“Embrace the hiss.”

Professor Harrison is an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech. Read “Resurrect the Cassette: Revaluing Bay Area Underground Hip Hop Tapes”  in it’s entirety on the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM_US) site

Related links: Kwame Harrison Interview in IASPM-US.