All about the beat : why hip-hop can't save Black America

All about the beat : why hip-hop can't save Black America / John McWhorter.

"In All About the Beat, John McWhorter celebrates hip-hop for what it is (feel-good, meticulously crafted music), while defining what it is not (useful political advice). It has become an effect of hip-hop for rappers to list in their songs pressing issues in black communities - from welfare to...

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Главный автор: McWhorter, John H.
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Язык:English
Опубликовано: New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, ©2008.
Предметы:
African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
African Americans > Politics and government.
Hip-hop.
Hip-hop > Political aspects.
Rap (Music) > Social aspects > United States.
Rap (Music) > Political aspects > United States.
Social change > United States.
United States > Race relations.
Оглавление:
  • Move something
  • We keep showin' you: is hip-hop really about politics?
  • The words I manifest: is conscious rap different?
  • Meet us up on Capitol Hill: could there actually be a hip-hop revolution?
  • Ain't long 'fore you get y'all acres: how radical politics holds blacks back
  • Moving your body while sitting in your seat: is rhythm truth?
  • Be a brilliant soul.

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