Foundation (b-boy book)

{{short description|2009 book by Joseph G. Schloss}}

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| author = Joseph G. Schloss

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| language = English

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| subject = Hip hop

| genre = Non-fiction

| publisher = Oxford University Press

| pub_date = 2009

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| pages = 176 pp

| isbn = 978-0-19-533406-7

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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.{{cite journal |last1=Miyakawa |first1=Felicia M. |title=Review:Foundation: B-Boys, B-Girls, and Hip-hop Culture in New York by Joseph G. Schloss |journal=American Music |date=2009 |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=515–517 |publisher=University of Illinois Press|jstor=25652232}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Music/PopularMusic/PopRockPopularCulture/?view=usa&ci=9780195334067 |title=Oxford University Press: Foundation: Joseph G. Schloss |website=www.oup.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604152639/http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Music/PopularMusic/PopRockPopularCulture/?view=usa&ci=9780195334067 |archive-date=2011-06-04}}

Joseph Schloss is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Black and Latino Studies and Sociology at City University of New York{{cite web |title=About the Author |url=https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195334067/author/ |website=Oxford Academic Group - Foundation |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=20 February 2021|at=About the Author}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Mansbach |first1=Adam |title=The ascent of hip-hop |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2009/05/24/the_ascent_of_hip_hop/ |website=Boston regional |publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=24 May 2009}}