Record the track and track the record
On the call‐and‐response dynamics in Hip Hop practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7473669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dastan Abdali (0000-0002-7965-1097, Leiden University, corresponding author), Steven Gilber (0000-0002-4218-0770, University of Groningen) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1055-1360 • E-ISSN: 1548-1395 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jola.70046 |
| OpenAlex | W7130407151 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 59 |
Call‐and‐response has primarily been studied in Black Atlantic artistic traditions. We transpose call‐and‐response dynamics to the writing and recording process of a Hip Hop studio session. Combining collaborative autoethnography with formal analysis and using Communication Accommodation Theory's conceptual parameters of conscious and subconscious convergence and divergence, we explore how our output and expression as practitioners are relationally affected in terms of rhyme, content, and flow. We argue this focus on intersubjectivity offers a window into how identities—here via Hip Hop practice and its engagement with language, music, and history—are in a process of “becoming” in real time
Accommodation · Autoethnography · Deixis · Dynamics (music · Focus (optics · Intersubjectivity · Studio · Subconscious · Viewpoints · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Music History and Culture · Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |