Frontmatter
Introduction Hip-Hop Arts: Our Expanding Universe (Jeff Chang, page ix)
PART ONE ROOTS: PERSPECTIVES ON HIP-HOP HISTORY (page 3)
1 Dreams of a Final Theory (Harry Allen, page 7)
2 Nommo (Anthony "Amde" Hamilton, page 10)
3 (Yet Another) Letter to a Young Poet (Marc Bamuthi Joseph, page 11)
4 Physical Graffiti: The History of Hip-Hop Dance (Jorge "POPMASTER FABEL" Pabon, page 18)
5 The Art of Battling: An Interview with Zulu King Alien Ness (Joe Schloss, page 27)
6 Got Next: A Roundtable on Identity and Aesthetics after Multiculturalism (Greg Tate, Vijay Prashad, Mark Anthony Neal, and Brian Cross, page 33)
PART TWO FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: BEYOND THE FOUR ELEMENTS (page 55)
7 The Pure Movement and the Crooked Line: An Interview with Rennie Harris (Jeff Chang, page 59)
8 Found in Translation: The Emergence of Hip-Hop Theatre (Eisa Davis, page 70)
9 From the Dope Spot to Broadway: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop Theatre, Dance, and Performance (Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Kamilah Forbes, Traci Bartlow, and Javier Reyes, page 78)
10 On Lit Hop (Adam Mansbach, page 92)
11 Who Shot Ya: A History of Hip-Hop Photography (Bill Adler, page 102)
12 Words and Images: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop Design (Cey Adams, Brent Rollins, and Sacha Jenkins, page 117)
13 Between the Studio and the Street: Hip-Hop in the Postmillenial Visual Arts (A Roundtable Curated by Lydia Yee, with Nadine Robinson, Samford Biggers, Luis Gispert, and Jackie Salloum, page 133)
14 The City in Public versus Private: Through a Scanner Darkly (Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky, page 149)
PART THREE THE REAL: IDENITY IN FLUX (page 161)
15 Trapped in between the Lines: The Aesthetics of Hip-Hop Journalism (Oliver Wang, page 165)
16 L-vis Is a Pioneer; or, Legacy: the VH1 Special (Kevin Coval, page 175)
17 Burn Rubber on Plastic Bubbles: "Gansta Limpin" and the Art of Dave Funkenklein (Retreaded by Dave Tompkins, page 178)
18 Black Talk and Hot Sex: Why "Street Lit" Is Literature (Danyel Smith, page 188)
19 It's All One (A Conversation between Juba Kalamka and Tim'm West, page 198)
20 Homothugdragsterism (JoΓ«l Barraquiel Tan, page 209)
21 how I found my inner DJ (robert karimi, page 219)
22 A Brand-New Feminism (A Conversation between Joan Morgan and Mark Anthony Neal, page 233)
PART FOUR WORLDWIDE: HIP-HOP ARTS BEYOND BORDERS (page 247)
23 brooklyn (Suheir Hammad, page 249)
24 Falling for Bob Marley (Staceyann Chin, page 252)
25 Inventos Hip-Hop: An Interview with Eli Jacobs-Fauntauzzi (Jeff Chang, page 255)
26 Cape Flats Alchemy: Hip-Hop Arts in South Africa (Shaheen Ariefdien and Nazli Abrahams, page 262)
27 AfroBlue: Incanting Yoruba Gods in Hip-Hop's Isms (Raquel Cepeda, page 271)
28 Native Tongues: Hip-Hop's Global Indigenous Movement (A Roundtable Curated by Cristina VerΓ‘n, with Darryl "DLT" Thompson, Litefoot, Grant Leigh Saunders, Mohammed Yunus Rafiq, and JAAS, page 278)
PART FIVE NEXT ELEMENTS: HIP-HOP ARTS AND FUTURE AESTHETICS (page 293)
29 Untitled (Walidah Imarisha, page 297)
30 Theatres Crossing the Divide: A Baby Boomer's Defense of Hip-Hop Aesthetics (Roberta Uno, page 300)
31 Put Your Camera Where My Eyes Can See: Hip-Hop Video, Film, and Documentary (A Roundtable Curated by Eric K. Arnold, with Rachel Raimist, Kevin Epps, and Michael Wanguhu, page 306)
32 Codes and the B-Boy's Stigmata: An Interview with DOZE (Jeff Chang, page 321)
33 Revolution: An Interview with Brett Cook-Dizney (Jeff Chang, page 331)
34 Scarcity and Exploitation: The Myth and Reality of the Struggling Hip-Hop Artist (Rha Goddess, page 340)
35 Toward a Hip-Hop Aesthetic: A Manifesto for the Hip-Hop Arts Movement (Danny Hoch, page 349)
Acknowledgments (page 365)
Index (page 367)