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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. 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 tackles the most compelling and controversial dimensions of hip-hop culture. Know What I Mean? addresses the creative expression of degraded youth; 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; and the political elements that have been submerged in the most popular form of hip hops [Publisher description]

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 tackles the most compelling and controversial dimensions of hip-hop culture.

Know What I Mean? addresses the creative expression of degraded youth; 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; and the political elements that have been submerged in the most popular form of hip hops.

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)

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

Describes social, cultural, and political aspects of hip-hop music through dialogues with academic scholars and documentary filmmakers.