Research resources
- Wesleyan academic databases and other open source (some require Wes login id)
- Online bpm calculator
- Most viewed videos of all time (over 450M)
- Most viewed music videos
- acharts (chart summaries in many different countries)
- US Hip Hop links
- Harvard Hip Hop Archive timeline
- discogs.com (for commercial releases)
- 40 maps
Translation
- Rap genius (for explanations of lyrics)
Journals
- Word, Beats and Life: The Global Journal of Hip-Hop Culture
- Global Hip Hop Studies
- Journal of Hip Hop Studies
Blogs
Early Versions
- “Rapper’s Delight,” Xanadu and Sweet Lady (Jamaica, 1979)
- “La Cotorra Criollo,” Perucho Conde (Venezuela, 1980), lyrics
- Hotter Reggae Music,” Welton Irie (Jamaica, 1980)
- “Rapper’s Deutsche,” G.L.S. United, 1980; video
- “Hallo, Hallo, Hallo,” Rubberen Robbie & Ko (The Netherlands, 1979)
- “Rap Phenomena,” Yellow Magic Orchestra (Japan, 1981)
- “Rap,” Chaz Pik (Russia, 1984), English at 15:15
Articles
- “Getting Real about Global Hip Hop,” Yvonne Bynoe (2002)
- “Why is Global Hip-Hop Better Than ‘Made in America’ Rap Music“? (washingtonpost.com, 6/11/13)
- Music Theory
- “Aspects of the Music/Text Relationship” (Adams, 2008)
- “Response to Adams” (Williams, 2009)
- “On the Metrical Techniques of Flow” (Adams, 2009)
- “Aspects of the Music/Text Relationship” (Adams, 2008)
- The/An Ethnomusicologist and the Record Business (Hugo Zemp, Yearbook for Traditional Music, 1996)
Competitions
Miscellaneous
- The Pudding
- The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop (The Pudding)
- The Language of Hip Hop (The Pudding, 2017)
- The Most Successful Labels in Hip Hop (The Pudding, 2017)
- In the Moment: Poetry Duels and Improvisation (2022) (folkstreams.net)