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Know what I mean?: reflections on hip-hop

Michael Eric Dyson, Jay-Z and Nas
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  • Contents

  • Frontmatter
  • INTRO Jay-Z (page ix)
  • PRELUDE "WHAT'S BEEF?"
    • Hip Hop and Its Critics (page xiii)
  • TRACK 1 "HOW REAL IS THIS?" (page 1)
    • Prisons, iPods, Pimps, and the Search for Authentic Homes (page 3)
  • TRACK 2 "THIS DARK DICTION HAS BECOME AMERICA'S ADDICTION" (page 39)
    • Language, Diaspora, and Hip Hop's Bling Economy (page 41)
  • TRACK 3 "IT'S TRENDY TO BE THE CONSCIOUS MC" (page 59)
    • Culture, Rhetoric, Crack, and the Politics of Rap (page 61)
  • TRACK 4 "COVER YOUR EYES AS I DESCRIBE A SCENE SO VIOLENT" (page 89)
    • Violence, Machismo, Sexism, and Homophobia (page 91)
  • TRACK 5 (THE GENDER REMIX) "NAPPY-HEAD HO'S, WORSE THAN BITCH NIGGAZ" (page 123)
    • Don Imus, the Crisis of Patriarchy, and the Death and Rebirth of Hip Hop (page 125)
  • OUTRO Nas (page 153)
  • SPECIAL THANKS (page 157)
  • INDEX (page 159)
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR (page 171)
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Published: 2010
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN(s)
  • 9780465017164 (hardcover)
  • 9780786721894 (ebook)
  • 9780465018079 (paper)
Subject
  • Hip Hop Studies
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