This book captures & expands the blues ethos to include aspects of contemporary hip hop culture, especially rap aesthetics. Drawing upon oral interviews, observations & conversations with the subject, as well as extensive primary research, Spady reveals new dimensions of this remarkable dramatist, social historian, poet, teacher, literary, film & music critic, Larry Neal. The author follows the richly textured contours of Larry Neal's diverse life through the streets of Bill Cosby's Philadelphia during the 1950's & '60's. What did the black fugitives from the terroristic white South impart to Neal's generation? How did this Catholic, Lincoln University & the University of Pennsylvania educated intellectual/activist help to forge & interpret black consciousness during the 1960's? How did Larry Neal become the co-editor of BLACK FIRE along with Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones, the Commissioner on the Arts in Washington D.C., a Guggenheim Fellow, & the author of BLACK BOOGALOO? Larry Neal's political, social, religious, cultural & educational activities are vividly presented in a highly readable style, through semiotical association, critical historical assessments. It is a fusion of syntax, rhythm & music. Special Features include: Introduction & Photographs by Leandre Jackson, illustrations & index.

Larry Neal: Liberated Black Philly Poet With a Blues Streak of Mellow Wisdom

Spady, James G.

Biographies & Memoirs

PC Intl Pr

Street Conscious Rap is the third volume in the first and only hip hop trilogy of its kind. This book includes brand new essays, illustrations, rare photos, and interviews with a wide range of hip hop artists including: Grandmaster Flash, Tupac, Canibus, LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, Method Man, Busta Rhymes, Kool Herc, Xzibit, Eve, Scarface, Big Daddy Kane, Big Pun, Puff Daddy, Ice Cube, Ice T, Salt N Pepa, DJ Cash Money, RZA, Onyx, Kurupt, Bahamadia, Common, Chuck D, 2 Live Crew, Killarmy, Tha Alkaholiks, E-40, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Schoolly D, Cold Crush Brothers, DJ Pooh, Luke, George Clinton, and more! 
From the Old School with Chuck D and Grandmaster Flash to the New School of Hard Knocks with Jay-Z and DMX, Street Conscious Rap is a comprehensive look into the thoughts, feelings, hopes, fears, and lives of many of today's hottest hip hop artists. The book discusses topics such as: the business, emerging technologies, and creative processes of hip hop; AfroAmerican youth on the internet; family values and relations; moral and ethical development; educational institutions and theory; AfroAmerican, Latino, Caribbean, and Native American youth culture; violence in urban and suburban societies; hip hop history and hip hop as an art form, and more. The book takes us on a journey with rappers in the studio, backstage, hotel suites, music conferences, clubs, or just hanging out. Yo - in short - this is the one hip hop book that no hip hop head should be without!

Street Conscious Rap

Arts & Photography

Alim, H. Samy

Lee, Charles G.

Music

Black History Museum Pub

Tha Global Cipha : Hip Hop Culture and Consciousness

Black History Museum Press

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