Prophets of the Hood
Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop
1st Edition
Published on 30. November 2004
248 pages
978-0-8223-8615-5 (ISBN)
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Focuses on the socially relevant aspects of Hip Hop music: its treatment of the identity of the black subject in a white society, new definitions of blackness and its commercialization.
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Imani Perry is a Professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University.
Content
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction 1
1. Hip Hop's Mama: Originalism and Identity in the Music 9
2. My Mic Sound Nice: Art, Community, and Consciousness 38
3. Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions 58
4. The Glorious Outlaw: Hip Hop Narratives, American Law, and the Court of Public Opinion 102
5. B-Boys, Players, and Preachers: Reading Masculinity 117
6. The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto: Negotiating Spaces for Women 155
7. Bling Bling.and Going Pop: Consumerism and Co-optation in Hip Hop 191
Notes 205
Index 223
ix
Introduction 1
1. Hip Hop's Mama: Originalism and Identity in the Music 9
2. My Mic Sound Nice: Art, Community, and Consciousness 38
3. Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions 58
4. The Glorious Outlaw: Hip Hop Narratives, American Law, and the Court of Public Opinion 102
5. B-Boys, Players, and Preachers: Reading Masculinity 117
6. The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto: Negotiating Spaces for Women 155
7. Bling Bling.and Going Pop: Consumerism and Co-optation in Hip Hop 191
Notes 205
Index 223
