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i used to love to dream

A.D. Carson
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"i used to love to dream" is a mixtap/e/ssay that performs hip-hop scholarship using sampled and live instrumentation; repurposed music, film, and news clips; and original rap lyrics. As a genre, the mixtap/e/ssay brings together the mixtape—a self-produced or independently released album issued free of charge to gain publicity—and the personal and scholarly essays. "i used to love to dream" names Decatur, Illinois—the author's hometown—as a reference point for place- and time-specific rapped ruminations about the ideas of growing up, moving away, and pondering one's life choices. At the same time, the tracks attempt to account for moral, philosophical, and ethical dimensions undergirding unease about authenticity, or staying true to oneself and to one's city or neighborhood, as well as the external factors that contribute to such feelings. Using the local to ask questions about the global, "i used to love to dream" highlights outlooks on Black life generally, and Black manhood in particular, in the United States.

The tracks are presented along with liner notes and a short documentary about the making of the mixtap/e/ssay, and accompanying articles to provide context for the tracks for listeners both in classrooms and outside of them.

  • cover
  • copyright
  • contents
  • half title
  • introduction
  • framing pain
  • ampersand
  • crack, usa
  • just in case
  • stage fright
  • nword gem
  • ready (feat. truth)
  • asterisk
  • Selected Bibliography
  • acknowledgements
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Published: 2020
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license
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  • 978-0-472-99903-3 (open access)
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  • Tracking Pop
Subject
  • American Studies
  • Music

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i used to love to dream digital book

Liner notes for the album i used to love to dream, including an introduction and lyrics, written and designed by A.D. Carson.

i used to love to dream: Music & Home (short film)

A.D. Carson, collaborators (Marcus “Truth” Fitzgerald, Vintage, and Mike Moxham), and family members (mother, Kathleen Fuller, and brother, Kris Carson) discuss ideas of home and music and the creation of the album, i used to love to dream. Filmed by Miguel “MiG” Marinez, Eric Oren, Katterina Fitzgerald, Kris Carson, Vintage, Basile Koechlin, Jason Bennett, and Mike Moxham. Edited by Miguel “MiG” Martinez.

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framing pain

A.D. Carson performs the track “framing pain”.

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ampersand

A.D. Carson performs the track “ampersand”.

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crack, usa

A.D. Carson performs the track “crack, usa”.

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just in case

A.D. Carson performs the track “just in case”.

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stage fright

A.D. Carson performs the track “stage fright”.

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nword gem

A.D. Carson performs the track “nword gem”.

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ready

A.D. Carson and Marcus "Truth" Fitzgerald perform the track “ready”.

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asterisk

A.D. Carson performs the track “asterisk”.

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"i used to love to dream" playlist

Rap & Storytellingly Invention: A Craft Chap

A.D. Carson writes about rap, “storytellingly invention,” and composition.

"On Words: Ampersand"

A.D. Carson writes about the history and etymology of the ampersand logogram (&) and the song titled “ampersand” from the album, i used to love to dream.

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