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America's foremost 'hip-hop intellectual' and acclaimed biographer of Marvin Gaye and Tupac Shakur weighs in on the past, present and future hip-hop music.
Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop
Hip-hop’s cultural debates in focus
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Hip-hop’s cultural debates in focus
Michael Eric Dyson examines hip-hop through the controversies and contradictions that have accompanied its rise from block-party origins into a major cultural force. The book connects rap to debates over race, class, and generations, while considering how youth expression is judged and contested in public life. It also takes up gender relations, the pressures created by commercial success, and the political currents that can be obscured within popular hip-hop. Framed as reflections on the culture as well as the music, it presents hip-hop as a site where artistic expression, public criticism, and social power intersect.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Teens and young adults interested in rap and hip-hop culture
- Readers exploring race, class, gender, and politics in popular music
- Students seeking a cultural-studies perspective on hip-hop
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Hip-hop cultureRace and classGender relationsCommercializationPolitics and youth expression
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