TY  - BOOK
N2  - "Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mash-up of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical chorus to illustrate the African American tradition of lying--telling tales, fibbing, improvising, jazzing up, "storying." What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture is American culture, and for the centrality of art--and artfulness--to our daily lives. Moving from gospel to soul, funk to freestyle, Young shifts through the shadows, the bootleg, the remix--all the grey areas of our history, literature, and music."--P. [4] of cover.
AB  - "Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mash-up of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical chorus to illustrate the African American tradition of lying--telling tales, fibbing, improvising, jazzing up, "storying." What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture is American culture, and for the centrality of art--and artfulness--to our daily lives. Moving from gospel to soul, funk to freestyle, Young shifts through the shadows, the bootleg, the remix--all the grey areas of our history, literature, and music."--P. [4] of cover.
T1  - The grey album :on the blackness of blackness /
DA  - c2012.
CY  - Minneapolis, Minn. :
AU  - Young, Kevin,
CN  - NX512.3.A35
CN  - NX512.3.A35
PB  - Graywolf Press,
PP  - Minneapolis, Minn. :
PY  - c2012.
ID  - 453856
KW  - African American arts
KW  - American literature
KW  - African Americans
KW  - African Americans in popular culture.
KW  - Music
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Storytelling.
SN  - 9781555976071 (pbk.)
SN  - 1555976077 (pbk.)
TI  - The grey album :on the blackness of blackness /
ER  -