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Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop
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Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop
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by Imani Perry and Imani Perry
Sales Rank: 18638
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Paperback: 236 pages
Publisher: Duke University Press November 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0822334461
ISBN-13: 978-0822334460
Product Dimensions:
8.9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
Guerilla Black, Peace Magazine
"Essential reading for the more erudite of heads."
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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"Ever wondered how Jadakiss’ 'It’s Time I See You' expresses a dynamic of double consciousness or what Method Man lyric
reveals a hybrid discourse? Citing rhymes from Biggie to Pac and Foxy to Kim, this Assistant Professor of Law at Rutgers
University, def(t)ly examines the complex performances of race, violence, sexuality, and politics that make hip hop a uniquely black American art form. Essential reading for the more erudite of heads."
--Guerilla Black, Peace Magazine
"Perry's belief that 'rap music is black music' is bold in its simplicity. . . . She makes, I think, a gallant effort to bridge the gap between . . . those of us who loathe rap music and those who see in its lyrics a raw, beautiful and unbridled expression of authentic black identity."
--Quinn Eli, The News and Observer
"Perry proves . . . that rap and hip-hop actually qualify as art. . . . Instead of relying on big words to wow us to her side, Perry uses human experience to defend both the worst and best sides of hip-hop."
--Jessica Rossi, Altar Magazine
"Perry’s a law professor at Rutgers, but she’s also a hip-hop head, so she gets the music right. Drawing as frequently on Jay-Z and Eve as she does on more 'progressive' rappers like KRS-One and Mos Def, she demonstrates that consciousness isn’t just the domain of the polite, and that we dismiss gangsta rap at our own--and by that, I mean our nation’s--peril.
--Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, Paste
"Compelling. . . . Clearly interest in Hip-Hop Studies is only growing and Imani Perry's Prophets of the Hood is yet another example of how far the field has come as a legitimate site of scholarly production."
--Mark Anthony Neal, “Critical Noir” on AOL Black Voices
"[A]n intertextual discussion, transcending the usual knee-jerk reactions, of how hip-hop’s women have gone from MC Lyte to today’s lifeless--and often light mulatta--capitalist commodities par excellence."
--Kevin Y. Kim, L.A. Weekly
"[O]ne of the best in-depth analyses of US hip-hop culture since Nelson George's Hip Hop America (1998) and Tricia Rose's Black Noise. . . . Particularly valuable are Perry's discussion of the text of contemporary songs, which are excerpted and analyzed throughout. The book is very well written and easy to read, and both the bibliography and the index are rich and useful. Essential."
--A.-P. Durand, CHOICE
"In this magnificent book, Prophets of the Hood, Imani Perry gives voice to hip hop's aesthetic with seven remarkable essays written with the inventiveness, style, and eclecticism personified by the genre's most prominent artists. Each piece brilliantly explores different dimensions of hip hop music, ranging from its cultural origins, to its ethics of love and authenticity, to its problematic constructions of masculinities and femininities, to its mass production and widespread consumption by the 'popular' mainstream."
--James Bryant, Journal of Popular Culture
“Prophets of the Hood is an articulate and in many ways excellent book. . . .”
--Mark Duffett, International Association of Popular Music Studies News
Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
Imani Perry is a wonderful writer and analyst. Her book is remarkable in its approach to the subject of Hip Hop's role in the black community.
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