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Discusses the influences on and impact of rap artists from the late 1980s and early 1990s, who inspired listeners to acts of social change, and how this "conscious" form of hip-hop has been overwhelmed by modern gangsta rap.;The true Def poets -- Droppin' science and planet rock -- Wake up! -- Sign of the times -- Kente and cowries -- The sacred scrolls -- The Black literati -- The rant tape -- Soul searching -- The bling plantation -- Hip-hop's underground railroad -- The illusion of inclusion and the death of hip-hop poets.
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