| Foundation | |
| Author: | Joseph G. Schloss |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Hip hop |
| Genre: | Non-fiction |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Pub Date: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 176 pp |
| Isbn: | 978-0-19-533406-7 |
Foundation: B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York is a book by Joseph G. Schloss which looks at b-boying and the culture surrounding it.[1] It features excerpts from interviews the author did with major figures in the b-boying world such as Ken Swift of Rock Steady Crew, Alien Ness, and Trac 2.[2]
Joseph Schloss is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Black and Latino Studies and Sociology at City University of New York[3] and also lecturers at Princeton University. Schloss attended every b-boy event in New York City for five years, learning b-boying as he researched the book.
The book makes arguments against other hip-hop non-fiction books, mainly saying they do not engage the actual hip-hop/b-boy communities enough when doing scholarship of this kind.[4]
The Boston Globe calls it "the best work ever produced on b-boying, and one of the finest books yet to emerge from the swiftly proliferating ranks of hip-hop scholarship".[4] It has also received positive reviews from Liberator Magazine and Jeff Chang.[2]