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100 1 a| Dyson, Michael Eric.=| ^A318069;

245 10 a| Know what I mean? :b| reflections on hip-hop /c| by Michael Eric Dyson ; intro by Jay-Z ; outro by Nas.;

300 a| xxviii, 171 pages ;c| 22 cm;

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500 a| Includes index.;

505 00 t| "What's the beef?" : hip hop and its critics --t| "How real is this?" : prisons, iPods, pimps, and the search for authentic homes --t| This dark diction has become America's addiction" : language, diaspora, and hip hop's bling economy --t| "It's trendy to be the conscious MC" : culture, rhetoric, crack, and the politics of rap --t| "Cover your eyes as I describe a scene so violent" : violence, machismo, sexism, and homophobia --t| "Nappy-head ho's, worse than bitch niggaz" : Don Imus, the crisis of patriarchy, and the death and rebirth of hip hop.;

520 a| Describes social, cultural, and political aspects of hip-hop music through dialogues with academic scholars and documentary filmmakers. Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop music has been a source of controversy since the beats got too big and the voices too loud for the block parties that spawned them. America has condemned and commended this music and the culture that inspires it. Dubbed "the Hip-Hop Intellectual" by critics and fans for his pioneering explorations of rap music in the academy and beyond, Michael Eric Dyson is uniquely situated to probe the most compelling and controversial dimensions of hip-hop culture. This book addresses salient issues within hip hop: the creative expression of degraded youth that has garnered them global exposure; the vexed gender relations that have made rap music a lightning rod for pundits; the commercial explosion that has made an art form a victim of its success; the political elements that have been submerged in the most popular form of hip hop; and the intellectual engagement with some of hip hop's most influential figures. In spite of changing trends, both in the music industry and among the intelligentsia, the author has always supported and interpreted this art that bloomed unwatered, and in many cases, unwanted from our inner cities. For those who wondered what all the fuss is about in hip hop, the author's bracing and brilliant book breaks it all down.;

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Know what I mean? : reflections on hip-hop / by Michael Eric Dyson ; intro by Jay-Z ; outro by Nas.

Author/creator	Dyson, Michael Eric
Other author	Jay-Z, 1969- author of introduction, etc.
Other author	Nas (Musician), author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Basic Civitas Books ; London : Perseus Running [distributor], ©2007.
Description	xxviii, 171 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	Rap (Music)--History and criticism. Hip-hop.

Contents	"What's the beef?" : hip hop and its critics -- "How real is this?" : prisons, iPods, pimps, and the search for authentic homes -- This dark diction has become America's addiction" : language, diaspora, and hip hop's bling economy -- "It's trendy to be the conscious MC" : culture, rhetoric, crack, and the politics of rap -- "Cover your eyes as I describe a scene so violent" : violence, machismo, sexism, and homophobia -- "Nappy-head ho's, worse than bitch niggaz" : Don Imus, the crisis of patriarchy, and the death and rebirth of hip hop.
Abstract	Describes social, cultural, and political aspects of hip-hop music through dialogues with academic scholars and documentary filmmakers. Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop music has been a source of controversy since the beats got too big and the voices too loud for the block parties that spawned them. America has condemned and commended this music and the culture that inspires it. Dubbed "the Hip-Hop Intellectual" by critics and fans for his pioneering explorations of rap music in the academy and beyond, Michael Eric Dyson is uniquely situated to probe the most compelling and controversial dimensions of hip-hop culture. This book addresses salient issues within hip hop: the creative expression of degraded youth that has garnered them global exposure; the vexed gender relations that have made rap music a lightning rod for pundits; the commercial explosion that has made an art form a victim of its success; the political elements that have been submerged in the most popular form of hip hop; and the intellectual engagement with some of hip hop's most influential figures. In spite of changing trends, both in the music industry and among the intelligentsia, the author has always supported and interpreted this art that bloomed unwatered, and in many cases, unwanted from our inner cities. For those who wondered what all the fuss is about in hip hop, the author's bracing and brilliant book breaks it all down.
General note	Includes index.
ISBN	9780465017164 (pbk.)
ISBN	0465017169 (pbk.)

Know what I mean? : reflections on hip-hop / by Michael Eric Dyson ; intro by Jay-Z ; outro by Nas.

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