In addition to the "Is Hip Hop Dead?" handout, please read the following pieces on the web:
1) http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/9464.html
This is an interview with KRS-1 from Boogie Down Productions. You can read the whole thing, but the important part starts about half way through with a question from the moderator that starts: "MP3: I wanted to ask -- you've been lecturing in schools for years now..."
2) Read Jeff Chang's thoughts on the interview here: http://www.cantstopwontstop.com/blog/2007_05_01_cantstopwontstop_archive.cfm
3) Also read Jeff Chang's thoughts on Eric Michael Dyson here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/23/DDG3GR3PHK1.DTL
4) And read this interview with Common from Pitchfork:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/44176-common-talks-new-album-gap-ad-spirituality
Image and Authenticity in Popular Music: Hip Hop, Country, and Punk
Matt Delmont, Brown University, Department of American Studies
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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