02276oam 2200553I 450 99624828300331620230721015927.01-282-74649-997866127464990-7867-2189-8(CKB)2670000000018973(EBL)530375(OCoLC)630541997(SSID)ssj0000458791(PQKBManifestationID)12156718(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458791(PQKBWorkID)10459920(PQKB)20786124(MiAaPQ)EBC530375(EXLCZ)99267000000001897320130418d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierKnow what I mean? reflections on hip-hop /by Michael Eric Dyson ; intro by Jay-Z, outro by NasNew York :Basic Civitas Books,[2007]1 online resource (xxviii, 171 pages)Includes index.Description based upon print version of record.0-465-01807-6 "What's the beef?" : hip hop and its critics --"How real is this?" : prisons, iPods, pimps, and the search for authentic homes --This dark diction has become America's addiction" : language, diaspora, and hip hop's bling economy --"It's trendy to be the conscious MC" : culture, rhetoric, crack, and the politics of rap --"Cover your eyes as I describe a scene so violent" : violence, machismo, sexism, and homophobia --"Nappy-head ho's, worse than bitch niggaz" : Don Imus, the crisis of patriarchy, and the death and rebirth of hip hop.Describes social, cultural, and political aspects of hip-hop music through dialogues with academic scholars and documentary filmmakers.Hip-hopRap (Music)History and criticismHip-hop.Rap (Music)History and criticism.781.649Dyson Michael Eric697218Jay-Z1969-Nas(Musician)AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK996248283003316Know what I mean2077808UNISA