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