Abstract
ABSTRACT This article interrogates the association between 1990s Memphis rap and the concept of lo-fi in journalistic discourse between 2012 and 2022. It employs Appadurai’s concept of mediascape in demonstrating how digitized Memphis rap tape recordings, or “tape rips,” have been portrayed through a lo-fi lens in electronic media. It discusses how using lo-fi tropes as a reference point to interpret the audio quality of these recordings curates imagined worlds that ultimately result in the judgment of people and places.
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