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America's foremost "hip-hop intellectual" and acclaimed biographer of Marvin Gaye and Tupac Shakur weighs in on the past, present, and future of hip-hop music.
Perseus Books Group
July 2007
On Sale: July 2, 2007
170 pages
ISBN: 0465017169
EAN: 9780465017164
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Non-Fiction
Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop
music has been a source of controversy since the beats got
too big and the voices too loud for the block parties that
spawned them. America has condemned and commended this music
and the culture that inspires it. Dubbed "the Hip-Hop
Intellectual" by critics and fans for his pioneering
explorations of rap music in the academy and beyond, Michael
Eric Dyson is uniquely situated to probe the most compelling
and controversial dimensions of hip-hop culture. Know What I Mean? addresses salient issues within hip hop:
the creative expression of degraded youth that has garnered
them global exposure; the vexed gender relations that have
made rap music a lightning rod for pundits; the commercial
explosion that has made an art form a victim of its success;
the political elements that have been submerged in the most
popular form of hip hop; and the intellectual engagement
with some of hip hop's most influential figures. In spite of changing trends, both in the music industry and
among the intelligentsia, Dyson has always supported and
interpreted this art that bloomed unwatered, and in many
cases, unwanted from our inner cities. For those who
wondered what all the fuss is about in hip hop, Dyson's
bracing and brilliant book breaks it all down.
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