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Old town road
Author
Title
Old town road / Chris Molanphy.
ISBN
9781478027645
1478027649
9781478025511
1478025514
9781478020738
1478020733
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, [2023].
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 144 pages)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"In Old Town Road, Chris Molanphy considers Lil Nas X's debut single as pop artifact, chart phenomenon, and cultural watershed. "Old Town Road" was more than a massive hit, with the most weeks at No. 1 in Billboard Hot 100 history. It is also a prism through which to track the evolution of popular music consumption, and the ways race influences how the music industry categorizes songs and artists. By both lionizing and satirizing genre tropes-it's a country song built from an alternative rock sample, a hip-hop song in which nobody raps, a comical song that transcends novelty, and a queer anthem-Lil Nas X troubles the very idea of genre. Ultimately, Molanphy shows how "Old Town Road" channeled decades of Americana to point the way toward our cultural future"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
e-Duke books scholarly collection 2023. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Molanphy, Chris. Old town road. Durham : Duke University Press, 2023
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 30, 2024
Series
Singles
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: BONAFIDE 'til I Can't No More: "Old Town Road" as the End Point of a Century of Genre and Chart Evolution
WIDE-EYED 'til I Can't No More: The Maker of "Old Town Road" and the Elements of Its Creation
HIED 'til I Can't No More: A Brief History of Country and Race
FLY 'til I Can't No More: The Collision and Cross-Pollination of Rap and Country
REIFIED 'til I Can't No More: What a No. 1 Hit Meant as the Hot 100 Evolved
DIVIDE 'til I Can't No More: Genre Charts and Their Intersectional Hazards
WORLDWIDE 'til I Can't No More: How Technology and Internet Culture Built "Old Town Road"
BESTRIDE 'til I Can't No More: How Lil Nas X Dominated
PRIDE 'til I Can't No More: How Lil Nas X Became a Multihit Wonder.
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