Hip Hop AmericaFrom Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media. |
Contents
introduction | vii |
postsoul | 1 |
hip hop wasnt just another date | 22 |
gangstersreal and unreal | 34 |
the i of me | 50 |
black owned? | 56 |
the permanent business | 76 |
sample this | 89 |
national music | 129 |
the sound of Philadelphiadunking | 144 |
capitalist tool | 154 |
too live | 176 |
skills to pay the bills | 193 |
funk the world | 201 |
da joint and beyond | 208 |
we aint goin nowhere twentyfirstcentury bling | 213 |
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