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.
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.