Who run it? -- Experts and mass confusion -- Rap in the Black musical tradition -- Hip hop culture, popular culture, Black culture -- Impact of commercializaton on rap's evolution -- Emancipated "niggers and bitches" for sale -- Hardcore raps and generation gaps. (cont.) The politics of rap lyrics -- Community need, commercial desire -- Call & response and rap music -- Gun violence and rap music -- A victim's worldview: gangstas, players, pimps, hustlers,.... -- Fragments of Black political consciousness.
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