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"New York State of Mind" by Nas, featuring Nas, Steve Stoute, Ben Horowitz, Salamishah Tillet, and a chorus of hip hop heads. Poetry in America gathers distinguished interpreters from all walks of life to explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems. Athletes and poets, politicians and musicians, architects, scientists, actors, entrepreneurs, and citizens of all ages join host and Harvard professor Elisa New to experience and share the pow... "New York State of Mind" by Nas, featuring Nas, Steve Stoute, Ben Horowitz, Salamishah Tillet, and a chorus of hip hop heads. Poetry in America gathers distinguished interpreters from all walks of life to explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems. Athletes and poets, politicians and musicians, architects, scientists, actors, entrepreneurs, and citizens of all ages join host and Harvard professor Elisa New to experience and share the power of poetry in this visually dazzling and archivally rich series. Show more Show less

Field of Study

Literature

Content Type

Documentary

Contributor

Leah Reis-Dennis, fl. 2018, Verse Video Education

Author / Creator

Elisa New, fl. 2018, Nas, 1973-

Date Published / Released

2017

Publisher

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Series

Poetry in America with Elisa New

Person Discussed

Elisa New, fl. 2018, Nas, 1973-

Topic / Theme

Poetry, African Americans

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Let the World Listen Right: The Mississippi Delta Hip-Hop Story

written by Ali Colleen Neff (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2009), 236 page(s)

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Let the World Listen Right: The Mississippi Delta Hip-Hop Story

written by Ali Colleen Neff (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2009), 236 page(s)

Field of Study

American Music

Content Type

General reference book

Author / Creator

Ali Colleen Neff

Date Published / Released

2009

Publisher

University Press of Mississippi

Topic / Theme

African American Music, Hip-Hop

Sections

Chapter One: This Game Is for Life!

Chapter Two: New Blues in the Mississippi Delta

Chapter Three: A Family Affair

Chapter Four: True Blues Ain't No New News

Chapter Five: Musical Mobilities

Chapter Six: The Undivided Road

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The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop-And Why It Matters

written by Tricia Rose (New York, NY: Basic Civitas Books, 2008), 304 page(s)

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The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop-And Why It Matters

written by Tricia Rose (New York, NY: Basic Civitas Books, 2008), 304 page(s)

Field of Study

American Music

Content Type

General reference book

Author / Creator

Tricia Rose

Date Published / Released

2008

Publisher

Basic Civitas Books

Topic / Theme

African American Music, Hip-Hop

Sections

Part One: Top Ten Debates in Hip Hop: Hip Hop Causes Violence

Part One: Top Ten Debates In Hip Hop: Hip Hop Reflects Black Dysfunctional Ghetto Culture

Part One: Top Ten Debates in Hip Hop: Hip Hop Hurts Black People

Part One: Top Ten Debates in Hip Hop: Hip Hop is Destorying America's Values

Part One: Top Ten Debates in Hip Hop: Hip Hop Demeans Women

Part One: Top Ten Debates in Hip Hop: Just Keeping It Real

Part One: Top Ten Debates in Hip Hop: Hip Hop Is Not Responsible for Sexism

Part One: Top Ten Debates in Hip Hop: "There are Bitches and Hoes"

Part One: Top Ten Debates in Hip Hop: "We're Not Role Models"

Part One: Top Ten Debates in Hip Hop: Nobody Talks About the Positive in Hip Hop

Part Two: Progressive Futures: Mutual Denials in the Hip Hop Wars

Part Two: Progressive Futures: Progressive Voices, Energies, and Visions

Part Two: Progressive Futures: Six Guiding Principles for Progressive Creativity, Consumption, and Community in Hip Hop and Beyond

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Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-Hop Became a Southern Thing

written by Roni Sarig (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2007), 384 page(s)

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Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-Hop Became a Southern Thing

written by Roni Sarig (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2007), 384 page(s)

Field of Study

American Music

Content Type

General reference book

Author / Creator

Roni Sarig

Date Published / Released

2007

Publisher

Da Capo Press

Topic / Theme

African American Music, Hip-Hop

Sections

Part One: Regionalism and Early Crosscurrents, Chapter 1: The Rise and Fall of Miami Bass

Part One: Regionalism and Early Crosscurrents, Chapter 2: Houston and the Gangsta Goths

Part One: Regionalism and Early Crosscurrents, Chapter 3: Memphis--Pimped Out or Bucked Up

Part One: Regionalism and Early Crosscurrents, Chapter 4: New Orleans' Soldiers in the Murder Capital

Part Two: Synthesis and the New South Sensibility, Chapter 5: Atlanta--Fusion and Family

Part Two: Synthesis and the New South Sensibility, Chapter 6: Virginia--Transmission from the Edge

Part Two: Synthesis and the New South Sensibility, Chapter 7: Atlanta as the New Motown

Part Two: Synthesis and the New South Sensibility, Chapter 8: Hip-Hop's Ruralization

Part Three: What Goes Around, Chapter 9: Bounce Music--From Buck Jump to Bling-Bling

Part Three: What Goes Around, Chapter 10: Crunk Gets Crunk

Part Three: What Goes Around, Chapter 11: Houston Reprise--The Turn of the Screw

"David Banner (left) and Jazze Pha revisit their roots in front of Memphis' famed Stax Records."

"In the beginning, there was Luther Campbell."

"Houston's Geto Boys, still rowdy three decades later."

"UGK's Pimp C, with plenty of time to think behind bars."

"Memphis godfathers Eightball and MJG."

"No Limit's general, Master P."

"OutKast's Andre 3000 and Big Boi take the stage side by side."

"Jermaine Dupri steps up to the mic."

"Bubba Sparxxx guzzles down his mic."

"Virginia's international hip-hop queen, Missy Elliott."

"Timbaland (left) with his Virginia rhyme partner Magoo."

"Goodie Mob's Khujo, Big Gipp, and T-Mo, moving on without Cee-Lo."

"Pharrell Williams (front) greets fans with his Neptunes partner Chad Hugo (back, in white jacket)."

"Rollin' with Ludacris."

"T.I. entertains the fans."

"David Banner welcomes you to Mississippi."

"Kentucky collective Nappy Roots pile in."

"Last Hot Boy standing: Lil' Wayne."

"Like father, like son: Lil' Wayne (left) with Baby."

"Cash Money reunion: Juvenile (left) with Mannie Fresh."

"Southern rap love connection: New Orleans' Lil' Wayne with Miami's Trina."

"Three 6 Mafia as a quartet (from left): Juicy J, Crunchy Black, DJ Paul, and Lord Infamous."

"Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz crunked to the max."

"The Ying Yang Twins: D-Roc (left) and Kaine."

"A mellower Lil' Jon behind the studio board."

"Ciara, the Queen of Crunk&B, with Lil' Jon, the King of Crunk."

"Trick Daddy (left) reps for Miami with Slip-N-Slide's Ted Lucas."

"Houston's Paul Wall flashes his grill while dapper Miami rapper Pitbull takes a sip."

"Houston's Mike Jones serves as a walking billboard for himself."

"Paul Wall wears his 'Free Pimp C' T-shirt proudly."

"Master and his disciples: Houston's Bun B (center) with Paul Wall (left) and Slim Thug."

"Three generations of crunk (from left): Eightball, Lil' Jon, and Bonecrusher [sic]."

"UGK's Bun B helps keep the memory of DJ Screw alive."

"OutKast's Big Boi stays true to the Atlanta streets."

"OutKast's Andre Benjamin keeps his fans guessing."

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Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip-Hop

written by Michael Eric Dyson, 1958- (New York, NY: Basic Civitas Books, 2007), 192 page(s)

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Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip-Hop

written by Michael Eric Dyson, 1958- (New York, NY: Basic Civitas Books, 2007), 192 page(s)

Field of Study

American Music

Content Type

General reference book

Author / Creator

Michael Eric Dyson, 1958-

Date Published / Released

2007

Publisher

Basic Civitas Books

Topic / Theme

African American Music, Hip-Hop

Sections

Track 1) "How Real is This?": Prisons, iPods, Pimps, and the Search for Authentic Homes

Track 2) "This Dark Diction Has Become America's Addiction": Language, Diaspora, and Hip Hop's Bling Economy

Track 3) "It's Trendy to Be the Conscious MC": Culture, Rhetoric, Crack, and the Politics of Rap

Track 4) "Cover Your Eyes as I Describe a Scene So Violent": Violence, Machismo, Sexism, and Homophobia

Track 5 (The Gender Remix)) 'Nappy-Head Ho's Worse than Bitch Niggaz': Don Imus the Crisis of Patriarchy and the Death and Rebirth of Hip Hop

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Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop

edited by Jeff Chang (New York, NY: Basic Civitas Books, 2006), 383 page(s)

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Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop

edited by Jeff Chang (New York, NY: Basic Civitas Books, 2006), 383 page(s)

Field of Study

American Music

Content Type

General reference book

Contributor

Jeff Chang

Date Published / Released

2006

Publisher

Basic Civitas Books

Topic / Theme

African American Music, Hip-Hop

Sections

PART ONE, ROOTS: PERSPECTIVES ON HIP-HOP HISTORY: 1) Dreams of a Final Theory

PART ONE, ROOTS: PERSPECTIVES ON HIP-HOP HISTORY: 2) Nommo

PART ONE, ROOTS: PERSPECTIVES ON HIP-HOP HISTORY: 3) (Yet Another) Letter to a Young Poet

PART ONE, ROOTS: PERSPECTIVES ON HIP-HOP HISTORY: 4) Physical Graffiti: The History of Hip-Hop Dance

PART ONE, ROOTS: PERSPECTIVES ON HIP-HOP HISTORY: 5) The Art of Battling: An Interview with Zulu King Alien Ness

PART ONE, ROOTS: PERSPECTIVES ON HIP-HOP HISTORY: 6) Got Next: A Roundtable on Identity and Aesthetics after Multiculturalism

PART TWO, FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS: 7) The Pure Movement and the Crooked Line: An Interview with Rennie Harris

PART TWO, FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS: 8) Found in Translation: The Emergence of Hip-Hop Theatre

PART TWO, FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS: 9) From the Dope Spot to Broadway: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop Theatre, Dance, and Performance

PART TWO, FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS: 10) On Lit Hop

PART TWO, FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS: 11) Who Shot Ya: A History of Hip-Hop Photography

PART TWO, FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS: 12) Words and Images: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop Design

PART TWO, FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS: 13) Bewtween the Studio and the Street: Hip-Hop in the Postmillennial Visual Arts

PART TWO, FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS: 14) The City in Public versus Private: Through a Scanner Darkly

PART THREE, THE REAL: IDENTITY IN FLUX: 15) Trapped in between the Lines: The Aesthetics of Hip-Hop Journalism

PART THREE, THE REAL: IDENTITY IN FLUX: 16) L-vis Is a Pioneer; or, Legacy: The VH1 Special

PART THREE, THE REAL: IDENTITY IN FLUX: 17) Burn Rubber on Plastic Bubbles: 'Gangsta Limpin' and the Art of Dave Funkenklein

PART THREE, THE REAL: IDENTITY IN FLUX: 18) Black Talk and Hot Sex: Why 'Street Lit' is Literature

PART THREE, THE REAL: IDENTITY IN FLUX: 19) It's All One

PART THREE, THE REAL: IDENTITY IN FLUX: 20) Homothugdragsterism

PART THREE, THE REAL: IDENTITY IN FLUX: 21) how i found my inner DJ

PART THREE, THE REAL: IDENTITY IN FLUX: 22) A Brand-New Feminism

PART FOUR, WORLDWIDE: HIP-HOP ARTS BEYOND BORDERS: 23) brooklyn

PART FOUR, WORLDWIDE: HIP-HOP ARTS BEYOND BORDERS: 24) Falling for Bob Marley

PART FOUR, WORLDWIDE: HIP-HOP ARTS BEYOND BORDERS: 25) Inventos Hip-Hop: An Interview with Eli Jacobs-Fauntauzzi

PART FOUR, WORLDWIDE: HIP-HOP ARTS BEYOND BORDERS: 26) Cape Flats Alchemy: Hip-Hop Arts in South Africa

PART FOUR, WORLDWIDE: HIP-HOP ARTS BEYOND BORDERS: 27) AfroBlue: Incanting Yoruba Gods in Hip-Hop's Isms

PART FOUR, WORLDWIDE: HIP-HOP ARTS BEYOND BORDERS: Native Tongues: Hip-Hop's Global Indigenous Movement

PART FIVE, NEXT ELEMENTS: HIP-HOP ARTS AND FUTURE AESTHETICS: 29) Untitled

PART FIVE, NEXT ELEMENTS: HIP-HOP ARTS AND FUTURE AESTHETICS: 30) Theatres Crossing the Divide: A Baby Boomer's Defense of Hip-Hop Aesthetics

PART FIVE, NEXT ELEMENTS: HIP-HOP ARTS AND FUTURE AESTHETICS: 31) Put Your Camera Where My Eyes Can See: Hip-Hop Video, Film, and Documentary

PART FIVE, NEXT ELEMENTS: HIP-HOP ARTS AND FUTURE AESTHETICS: 32) Codes and the B-Boy's Stigmata: An Interview with DOZE

PART FIVE, NEXT ELEMENTS: HIP-HOP ARTS AND FUTURE AESTHETICS: 33) Revolution: An Interview with Brett Cook-Dizney

PART FIVE, NEXT ELEMENTS: HIP-HOP ARTS AND FUTURE AESTHETICS: 34) Scarcity and Exploitation: The Myth and Reality of the Struggling Hip-Hop Artist

PART FIVE, NEXT ELEMENTS: HIP-HOP ARTS AND FUTURE AESTHETICS: 35) Toward a Hip-Hop Aesthetic: A Manifesto for the Hip-Hop Arts Movement

Janette Beckman. "MC Lyte with Master T, Big Drew, and K. Rock. Brooklyn, 1990."

Glen E. Friedman. "DMC at the Palladium. Hollywood, fall 1985."

Joe Conzo. "Stebbins Avenue, South Bronx, 1978."

"Logo work by Cey Adams, 1995-2005."

"Work from the Brent Rollins Design Explosion, 1994-2006."

Nadine Robinson. "Rock Box #1, 2005."

Sanford Biggers. "Creation/Dissipation, 2002."

Luis Gispert. "Turntables, 2003."

Luis Gispert."'Grave, 2005."

Jackie Salloum. "Slingshot Hip-Hop, 2006."

"Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky, performing 'Rebirth of a Nation."

"After Inventos was made, different Cuban groups came together to make an album."

"Ghanaian hip-hop crew Vision in Progress (VIP) filming a video in Accra, Ghana, 2003."

"Vision in Progress at an AIDS-awareness show in Accra, Ghana, 1998."

"Audience at Ghanaian AIDS-awareness show at sunset, 1998."

"Asia One in Rachel Raimist's 'Nobody Knows My Name'."

"Medusa in Rachel Raimist's 'Nobody Knows My Name'."

"Nonini from Calif Records in Michael Wanguhu's 'Hip-Hop Colony'."

"Doobeez, a.k.a. Abbas, from the group K-South, in Michael Wanguhu's 'Hip-Hop Colony'."

"Amente."

"Severule."

"The flyer for 'Revolution' advertised a connect-the-dots drawing of a drum, in keeping with the collaborative painting projects of the day."

Brett Cook-Dizney: "Thinking the divine in us creates a revolution."

"'There's this weird tension'--127th Street revolutionary participant."

"'The course of the revolution is three hundred and sixty degrees/Understand the cycle that never ends.'--The Last Poets."

"The Morning After: 127th Street in Harlem."

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Nuthin' But a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap

written by Eithne Quinn (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2005), 270 page(s)

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Nuthin' But a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap

written by Eithne Quinn (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2005), 270 page(s)

Field of Study

American Music

Content Type

General reference book

Author / Creator

Eithne Quinn

Date Published / Released

2005

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Topic / Theme

African American Music, Hip-Hop

Sections

Chapter 2: Gangsta's Rap - Black Cultural Studies and the Politics of Representation

Chapter 1: A Gangsta Parable

Chapter 3: Alwayz Into Somethin' - Gangsta's Emergence in 1980s Los Angeles

Chapter 4: Straight Outta Compton - Ghetto Discourses and the Geographies of Gangsta

Chapter 5: The Nigga Ya Love to Hate - Badman Lore and Gangsta Rap

Chapter 6: Who's the Mack? - Rap Performance and Trickster Tales

Chapter 7: It's a Doggy-Dogg World - The G-Funk Era and the Post-Soul Family

Chapter 8: Tupac Shakur and the Legacies of Gangsta

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Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement

written by S. Craig Watkins (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2005), 306 page(s)

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Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement

written by S. Craig Watkins (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2005), 306 page(s)

Field of Study

American Music

Content Type

General reference book

Author / Creator

S. Craig Watkins

Date Published / Released

2005

Publisher

Beacon Press

Topic / Theme

African American Music, Hip-Hop

Sections

Part One: Pop Culture and the Struggle for Hip Hop, Chapter One: Remixing American Pop

Part One: Pop Culture and the Struggle for Hip Hop, Chapter Two: A Great Year in Hip Hop

Part One: Pop Culture and the Struggle for Hip Hop, Chapter Three: Fear of a White Planet

Part One: Pop Culture and the Struggle for Hip Hop, Chapter Four: The Digital Underground

Part Two: Politics and the Struggle for Hip Hop, Chapter Five: Move the Crowd

Part Two: Politics and the Struggle for Hip Hop, Chapter Six: Young Voices in the Hood

Part Two: Politics and the Struggle for Hip Hop, Chapter Seven: Our Future...Right Here, Right Now!

Part Two: Politics and the Struggle for Hip Hop, Chapter Eight: We Love Hip Hop, But Does Hip Hop Love Us?

Part Two: Politics and the Struggle for Hip Hop, Chapter Nine: Artificial Intelligence?

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Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop

written by Joseph (Joe) G. Schloss (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University, 2004), 241 page(s)

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Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop

written by Joseph (Joe) G. Schloss (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University, 2004), 241 page(s)

Field of Study

American Music

Content Type

General reference book

Author / Creator

Joseph (Joe) G. Schloss

Date Published / Released

2004

Publisher

Wesleyan University

Topic / Theme

African American Music, Hip-Hop

Sections

Chapter 3: "It Just Doesn't Sound Authentic"-Live Instrumentation versus Hip-Hop Purism

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: "It's about Playing Records"-History

Chapter 4: Materials and Inspiration-Digging in the Crates

Chapter 5: Sampling Ethics

Chapter 6: Elements of Style-Aesthetics of Hip-Hop Composition

Chapter 7: The Outer Circle-From Samplers to Ears

Chapter 8: Conclusions

'Fig.1. Chopping. Relationship between primary bass riff from 'Player's Anthem' by Junior M.A.F.I.A. and primary bass riff from 'Ya Playin' Yaself' by Jeru the Damaja, Fig. 2.'

'Compilation records a/k/a breakbeat records, from the collection of the author.'

'Clockwise from top left: Domino and Karen Dere; Wordsayer and Kylea with son Upendo; Specs; DJ Kool Akiem with turntable, vinyl records and Akai MPC 2000 sampler.'

'Clockwise from left: Steve Stein a/k/a/ Steinski; Oliver Wang; Mr. Supreme; King Otto.'

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Hard Groove

performed by Roy Hargrove, 1969-, Keith Anderson, fl. 2001, James Poyser, 1967-, Bernard Wright, 1963-, Cornell Dupree, 1942-2011, Pino Palladino, 1957-, Reggie Washington, 1962-, Willie Jones III, D'Angelo, 1974-, Renee Neufville, fl. 1994, Stephanie McKay, Erykah Badu, Common, 1972-, Q-Tip, 1970-, Steve Coleman, 1956- and Karl Denson, 1956-, The RH Factor (Verve Records, 2003), 1 hour 12 mins

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Hard Groove