The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop

The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop
front cover: Chuck Brown at the Festival of American Folklife, July 2000.
AuthorKip Lornell
Charles C. Stephenson, Jr.
Cover artistMichael Gengaro
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGo-go
GenreNon-fiction
Music Reference
PublisherBillboard Books
University Press of Mississippi
Publication date
2001 (first edition)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages256
ISBN0-8230-7727-6
OCLC47648299
781.64
LC ClassML3527.84

The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop is a 2001 book written by Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson, Jr.[1][2] In 2009, an updated second edition of the book was published and retitled The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.

  1. ^ Triplett, William (May 16, 2012). "Going for Go-Go". Washingtonian. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ^ Chang, Jeff (November 2001). "Bang the Drum". Vibe Magazine. pp. 115–120.