The Vinyl Ain't Final

Foreword by Robin D.G. Kelley Introduction by Dipannita Basu and Sidney Lemelle SIDE ONE: RAP AND HIP HOP IN THE US 1. 'For the People,' 'TRIBUTE,' and 'REDBONE.' by Umar Bin Hassan 2. 'A Rap Thing,' 'On Rapping Rap.' and 'For Mario: Homeland and Hip Hop,' by Mumia Abu-Jamal 3. Hip Hop: As a Culture and Generation by Dipannita Basu 4. Nobody Knows My Name and an interview with the Director Rachel Raimist: A Female Hip Hop Film Maker by Dipannita Basu and Laura Harris 5. From Azeem to Zion-I: The Evolution of Global Consciousness in Bay Area Hip Hop by Eric K. Arnold 6. Head Rush: Hip Hop and a Hawaiian Nation 'On the Rise.' by Adria L. Imada 7. War At 33 1/3: Culture and Politics Across the Afro-Asian Atlantic. by Sohail Daulatzai SIDE TWO: RAP AND HIP HOP GOES GLOBAL 8. Deathening Silence: The Terms of (Non) Political Commentary Rap by John Hutnyk 9. 'Keeping it Real' in a Different 'Hood: African-Americanization and Hip Hop in Germany by Tim Brown 10. Africa on Their Mind: Rap, Blackness and Citizenship in France by Veronique Helenon 11. Cuban Hip Hop: Underground Revolution by Annelise Wunderlich 12. Between Our Islands We Dance: Hip Hop and the Samoan Diaspora by April K. Henderson 13. Negotiating Ethnicity and Authenticity in Tokyo's Club Harlem by Rhiannon Fink 14. Globalization and Gangster Rap: Hip Hop in the Post Apartheid City by Zine Magubane 15. 'Ni Wapi Tunakwenda': Hip Hop Culture and The Children of Arusha by Sidney J.Lemelle Notes About the Contributors Index

Diaspora · Homeland · Popular culture · Music History and Culture · 305.896 · Cross-cultural studies · Hip-hop · Influence · Ml3918.r37 v55 2006 · Political aspects · Rap (Music) · Social aspects