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Know what I mean?, reflections on hip-hop, Michael Eric Dyson intro by Jayi Z ; outro by Nas

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Know what I mean?, reflections on hip-hop, Michael Eric Dyson intro by Jayi Z ; outro by Nas

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Know what I mean?

Oclc number

86167215

Responsibility statement

Michael Eric Dyson intro by Jayi Z ; outro by Nas

Sub title

reflections on hip-hop

Table Of Contents

Prelude: "What's the beef?": hip hop and its critics -- "How real is this?": prisons, iPods, pimps, and the search for authentic homes -- "This dark diction has become America's addiction": language, diaspora, and hip hop's bling economy -- "It's trendy to be the conscious MC": culture, rhetoric, crack, and the politics of rap -- "Cover your eyes as I describe a scene so violent": violence, machismo, sexism, and homophobia -- (The gender remix) Nappy-head ho's, worse than bitch niggaz" Don Imus, the crisis of patriarchy, and the death and rebirth of hip hop

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