MLA Work Cites for Hip Hop Music

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MLA Work Cites for Hip Hop Music
This resource provides basic guidelines and examples for citing sources using the 8th edition of the MLA Handbook (2016).

MLA Works Cited Format

When you are gathering book sources, be sure to make note of the following bibliographic items:
1. Author name(s), date of publication, title, edition, number of volumes, publisher and place of publication, date of access.
2. Editor name(s), date of publication, title, edition, volume and issue numbers, publisher and place of publication, date of access.
3. Title of article (if appropriate), name(s) of author(s), name and number of journal or magazine (in italics if possible), date and pages where article can be found.
4. Title of Web site (in italics if possible), name(s) of author(s), sponsor or publisher (if available), website’s URL address (without the http://www.), date when you retrieved the information from that site.
5. IF NO AUTHOR IS LISTED: Start with the title followed by the year in parentheses (if available); e.g., Chronicle Of Higher Education 1998

How to Cite a Song on Spotify in MLA

MLA format can easily be used to cite Spotify. To start, you will need the following:
-The name of the artist
-The name of the song
-The name of the album
-The date the song was released
-The URL of the song

To cite a Spotify song in MLA format, you will need to include the following information:
-The name of the artist
-The name of the song
-The URL of the song

Include the following information for citing a Spotify album in MLA format:
-The name of the artist
-The name of the album
-The URL of album

How to Cite a Song from Apple Music in MLA

When you’re writing a research paper, you’ll need to support your ideas with sources from the hip hop industry. Any time you quote or paraphrase a source in your paper, you’ll need to include an in-text citation to show where the information came from.

If you’re citing a song from Apple Music, you’ll follow a specific format. Here’s how to do it:

Artist’s last name, first name. “Song title.” Album title, Apple Music, date accessed.

For example:

Kendrick, Kendrick Lamar. “DNA.” DAMN., Apple Music, 9 Apr. 2017, Accessed 15 May 2017.

How to Cite a Song from SoundCloud in MLA

Citing a song from SoundCloud in MLA is easy! Just follow the format for citing a work from an online platform and include the specific URL for the song. Here’s an example:

Kendrick Lamar. “HUMBLE.,” SoundCloud, Top Dawg Entertainment, 7 Mar. 2017, soundcloud.com/kendricklamar/humble-1.

How to Cite an Album in MLA

To cite an album in MLA format, you will need the following pieces of information:
-The name of the artist
-The name of the album
-The date the album was released
-The location of the album

You will also need to include a Works Cited entry for the album at the end of your paper.

Here is an example of how you might cite an album in MLA format:
West, Kanye. Yeezus. Def Jam Recordings, 2013.

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