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Dyson, Michael Eric

 
9780465017164: Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop
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ISBN 10: 0465017169 ISBN 13: 9780465017164
Editorial: Basic Civitas Books, 2007

Sinopsis

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. 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 relation 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.

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Michael Eric Dyson, a University of Pennsylvania professor, has been named by Ebony as one of the hundred most influential black Americans, and is the author of twelve books, including Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur, and Mercy Mercy Me: The Art Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye. He lives in Philadelphia.

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Editorial
Basic Civitas Books
Año de publicación
2007
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ISBN 10 
0465017169
ISBN 13 
9780465017164
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Número de páginas
208
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