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Nicely covers the social/political environment around the development of hip-hop, but starts to become focused on a select few artists (Public Enemy, N.W.A.) as the book goes on. By the end it's all social with little on the music. Still, a very good read and illuminating in showing how the times influenced the music and visa versa.
 
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squealermusic | 18 andere besprekingen | Mar 16, 2023 |
In these provocative, powerful essays acclaimed writer/journalist Jeff Chang (Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Who We Be) takes an incisive and wide-ranging look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests that have shaken the country. Through deep reporting with key activists and thinkers, passionately personal writing, and distinguished cultural criticism, We Gon’ Be Alright links #BlackLivesMatter to #OscarsSoWhite, Ferguson to Washington D.C., the Great Migration to resurgent nativism. Chang explores the rise and fall of the idea of “diversity,” the roots of student protest, changing ideas about Asian Americanness, and the impact of a century of racial separation in housing. He argues that resegregation is the unexamined condition of our time, the undoing of which is key to moving the nation forward to racial justice and cultural equity.… (meer)
 
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VanBlackLibrary | 10 andere besprekingen | Nov 12, 2022 |
This was exactly what I was hoping it to be...touching on racial, gender, social, cultural, historical, political, and economic issues in addition to the development of the music itself. Exhaustive but only scratches the surface. So much of it kept me thinking, "The more things change..." and I can't help but hope for an update for everything that's happened since 2005.
 
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