Total chaos: the art and aesthetics of hip-hop

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter

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• Introduction Hip-Hop Arts: Our Expanding Universe (Jeff Chang, page ix)

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• PART ONE ROOTS: PERSPECTIVES ON HIP-HOP HISTORY (page 3)
  • 1 Dreams of a Final Theory (Harry Allen, page 7)

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  • 2 Nommo (Anthony "Amde" Hamilton, page 10)

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  • 3 (Yet Another) Letter to a Young Poet (Marc Bamuthi Joseph, page 11)

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  • 4 Physical Graffiti: The History of Hip-Hop Dance (Jorge "POPMASTER FABEL" Pabon, page 18)

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  • 5 The Art of Battling: An Interview with Zulu King Alien Ness (Joe Schloss, page 27)

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  • 6 Got Next: A Roundtable on Identity and Aesthetics after Multiculturalism (Greg Tate, Vijay Prashad, Mark Anthony Neal, and Brian Cross, page 33)

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• PART TWO FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS (page 55)
  • 7 The Pure Movement and the Crooked Line: An Interview with Rennie Harris (Jeff Chang, page 59)

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  • 8 Found in Translation: The Emergence of Hip-Hop Theatre (Eisa Davis, page 70)

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  • 9 From the Dope Spot to Broadway: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop Theatre, Dance, and Performance (Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Kamilah Forbes, Traci Bartlow, and Javier Reyes, page 78)

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  • 10 On Lit Hop (Adam Mansbach, page 92)

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  • 11 Who Shot Ya: A History of Hip-Hop Photography (Bill Adler, page 102)

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  • 12 Words and Images: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop Design (Cey Adams, Brent Rollins, and Sacha Jenkins, page 117)

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  • 13 Between the Studio and the Street: Hip-Hop in the Postmillenial Visual Arts (A Roundtable Curated by Lydia Yee, with Nadine Robinson, Samford Biggers, Luis Gispert, and Jackie Salloum, page 133)

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  • 14 The City in Public versus Private: Through a Scanner Darkly (Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky, page 149)

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• PART THREE THE REAL: IDENITY IN FLUX (page 161)
  • 15 Trapped in between the Lines: The Aesthetics of Hip-Hop Journalism (Oliver Wang, page 165)

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  • 16 L-vis Is a Pioneer; or, Legacy: the VH1 Special (Kevin Coval, page 175)

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  • 17 Burn Rubber on Plastic Bubbles: "Gansta Limpin" and the Art of Dave Funkenklein (Retreaded by Dave Tompkins, page 178)

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  • 18 Black Talk and Hot Sex: Why "Street Lit" Is Literature (Danyel Smith, page 188)

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  • 19 It's All One (A Conversation between Juba Kalamka and Tim'm West, page 198)

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  • 20 Homothugdragsterism (Joël Barraquiel Tan, page 209)

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  • 21 how I found my inner DJ (robert karimi, page 219)

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  • 22 A Brand-New Feminism (A Conversation between Joan Morgan and Mark Anthony Neal, page 233)

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• PART FOUR WORLDWIDE: HIP-HOP ARTS BEYOND BORDERS (page 247)
  • 23 brooklyn (Suheir Hammad, page 249)

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  • 24 Falling for Bob Marley (Staceyann Chin, page 252)

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  • 25 Inventos Hip-Hop: An Interview with Eli Jacobs-Fauntauzzi (Jeff Chang, page 255)

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  • 26 Cape Flats Alchemy: Hip-Hop Arts in South Africa (Shaheen Ariefdien and Nazli Abrahams, page 262)

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  • 27 AfroBlue: Incanting Yoruba Gods in Hip-Hop's Isms (Raquel Cepeda, page 271)

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  • 28 Native Tongues: Hip-Hop's Global Indigenous Movement (A Roundtable Curated by Cristina Verán, with Darryl "DLT" Thompson, Litefoot, Grant Leigh Saunders, Mohammed Yunus Rafiq, and JAAS, page 278)

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• PART FIVE NEXT ELEMENTS: HIP-HOP ARTS AND FUTURE AESTHETICS (page 293)
  • 29 Untitled (Walidah Imarisha, page 297)

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  • 30 Theatres Crossing the Divide: A Baby Boomer's Defense of Hip-Hop Aesthetics (Roberta Uno, page 300)

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  • 31 Put Your Camera Where My Eyes Can See: Hip-Hop Video, Film, and Documentary (A Roundtable Curated by Eric K. Arnold, with Rachel Raimist, Kevin Epps, and Michael Wanguhu, page 306)

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  • 32 Codes and the B-Boy's Stigmata: An Interview with DOZE (Jeff Chang, page 321)

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  • 33 Revolution: An Interview with Brett Cook-Dizney (Jeff Chang, page 331)

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  • 34 Scarcity and Exploitation: The Myth and Reality of the Struggling Hip-Hop Artist (Rha Goddess, page 340)

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  • 35 Toward a Hip-Hop Aesthetic: A Manifesto for the Hip-Hop Arts Movement (Danny Hoch, page 349)

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• Acknowledgments (page 365)

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• Index (page 367)

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