Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip-Hop
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.45 (741 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0465018076 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 171 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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descent,but expected more. Cameron K. Hearing this man talk on america vs hip hop I was excited to read this book.Unfortunantley it did not meet my expectations.His talk and debates are great.His writing skills fall flat though.I love his effort to talk about hip hop in an intellectual format,But it was just not that awesome.Worth reading if you can get for cheap.. Rudy said A breath of fresh air!. Michael Eric Dyson reminds me of a modern day Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and Marcus Garvey. He addresses issues that todays youth has lost touch in but in a manner that gives it to you realistically with no apologies. The raw knowledge that my generation and the generation after me need to continue to fight oppression all over the world. Americans who suffer from the "struggle" (those of all colors and races) need to understand their history and the work that has been done through blood, sweat and tears to truly appreciate what it means to BE America. Priscilla Stilwell said Beautifully articulate whining, void of solutions!. I would have expected more from the renowned author of black empowerment literature. He has an agenda and will point the information to support it no matter what.Dyson has a way with words and he knows it. His arrogance comes out in the way he speaks down to his audience. He is educating us, so he should not be questioned. He speaks with the air that as long as he uses pretty language, it must be truth. The problem is that Dyson's "facts" are skewed. He takes the information he wants to take in order to support his premise. That premise seems to be that bla
Dubbed the Hip-Hop Intellectual” by critics and fans for his pioneering explorations of rap music in the academy and beyond, Michael Eric Dyson tackles the most compelling and controversial dimensions of hip-hop culture.Know What I Mean? addresses the creative expression of degraded youth; the vexed gender relations that have made rap music a lightning rod for pundits; the commercial explosion that has made an art form a victim of its success; and the political elements that have been submerged in the most popular form of hip hops.. 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
He is the University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and lives in Washington, D.C.. Michael Eric Dyson has been named by Ebony as one of the hundred most influential black Americans, and is the author of fourteen other books
He is the University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and lives in Washington, D.C.. About the AuthorMichael Eric Dyson has been named by Ebony as one of the hundred most influential black Americans, and is the author of fourteen other books