Table of Contents
- Frontmatter
- List of Illustrations (page ix)
- Acknowledgments (page xi)
- Introduction (page 1)
- 1. African American Life and Culture in New Orleans: From Congo Square to Katrina and Beyond (page 17)
- 2. "The City That Is Overlooked": Rap Beginnings, 1980-1991 (page 44)
- 3. "Where They At": Bounce, 1992-1994 (page 75)
- 4. "Bout It": New Orleans Breaking Through, 1995-2000 (page 109)
- 5. "Lights Out": Stagnation, Decline, and the Resurgence of the Local, 2001-2005 (page 141)
- 6. Bouncing Back: After Katrina, Toward an Uncertain Future (page 160)
- Notes (page 177)
- New Orleans Rap: A Selected Discography (page 195)
- Index (page 207)