Joseph G. Schloss is infatuated with hip-hop culture and “focuses on studying it as part of a larger complex of expressive traditions of the African Diaspora.” Foundation, a work by Schloss, covers the development of said culture in New York where he studied it as an ethnomusicologist. Specifically, Foundation covers the b-boy dance and community. Schloss attending and participating in many b-boy events gives the reader and inside perspective of the movement.
In the book Schloss discussed many aspects of the hip-hop culture and gathered opinions of the b-boys and b-girls as well as other non-participants. The beginning of the work starts off by discussing the “bad” perspective individuals have of hip-hop, saying it’s too provocative and violent.