Hip-hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap

I'm writing a research paper on the Hip Hop and politics. Of the many books I have gone through, this book has had the most clear and useful information and presents it in a well written and easy to digest manner. One example of its insight comes on page 106 when Ogbar criticizes the use of Hip-Hop as a scapegoat for societies ills, he writes,"Outside critics have lambasted hip-hop for being responsible for a myriad of social ills. Several high profile politicians, academics, journalists, and activists have held hip-hop culpable for violent crime rates, sexual irresponsibility, poor academic performance, and general social dysfunction. This chapter reveals, however, that these pundits have offered little more than recycled fear of black youth as a social danger. More specifically, anti-rap pundits have pandered to racist and class-based fear of young black people and created untenable arguments to bolster their claims."

I needed this for a class, but I would have read this for pleasure. With that being said, I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to hip-hop music or culture. This was a fantastic way into appreciating the cultural impact hip-hop has on the US.

The chapters are organized in a way to really help someone understand issues of hiphop origins, racial segregation, deindustrialization, racism etc.Definitely goes beyond what you may think because of the title. But it opens up a whole new world, for those that have been sleeping.A must read!I bought this book for a class.

This book is very informative about both the negative and positive aspects about Hip Hop culture. This book also talks about Black culture on a whole.

The book was used very good condition. the top of the spine had defect but it's fine. Pages were like new book