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Hip-Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason Paperback - 2005

by Derrick Darby; Tommie Shelby; William Irwin (Editor)

Witty, provocative essays ponder thorny questions, linking the searing cultural issues in hip-hop to the weighty matters examined by the great philosophers of the past. This volume proves that rhyme and reason can be mixed and mastered to contemplate life's most profound mysteries.


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Is there too much violence in hip-hop music? What's the difference between Kimberly Jones and the artist Lil' Kim? Is hip-hop culture a black thing? Is it okay for N.W.A. to call themselves niggaz and for Dave Chappelle to call everybody bitches? These witty, provocative essays ponder these and other thorny questions, linking the searing cultural issues implicit -- and often explicit -- in hip-hop to the weighty matters examined by the great philosophers of the past. The book shows that rap classics by Lauryn Hill, OutKast, and the Notorious B.I.G. can help uncover the meanings of love articulated in Plato's Symposium; that Rakim, 2Pac, and Nas can shed light on the conception of God's essence expressed in St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica; and explores the connection between Run-D.M.C., Snoop Dogg, and Hegel. Hip-Hop and Philosophy proves that rhyme and reason, far from being incompatible, can be mixed and mastered to contemplate life's most profound mysteries.

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"Whad up G?" This is how young godz stepped to older godz hack in the day in my old hood, Queensbridge.

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  • Title Hip-Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason
  • Author Derrick Darby; Tommie Shelby; William Irwin (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Pages 233
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Open Court, Chicago, Ill
  • Date October 26, 2005
  • ISBN 9780812695892 / 0812695895
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6.12 x 0.52 in (22.96 x 15.54 x 1.32 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Hip-hop, Rap (Music) - Social aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005019833
  • Dewey Decimal Code 782.421
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