"A strong and timely book for the new day in hip-hop.
About the Author: Marcus Reeves has covered youth culture and politics for over fifteen years, in publications such as Th e Washington Post, Th e N e w York Tim e s , The Village Voice, Rolling Ston e , Vib e , and Th e Sourc e ..
In doing so, he tells the story of hip hop\'s Rise from New York-based musical form to commercial music revolution to unifying expression for a post-Black Power generation.
Looking at ten artists that have impacted rap--from Run-DMC (Black Pop in a B-Boy Stance) to Eminem (Vanilla Nice)--and puts their music and celebrity in a larger socio-political context.
In Som e body Scr e am , Marcus Reeves explores hip-hop music and its politics.
Young blacks disillusioned with politics and feeling society no longer cared or looked out for their concerns started rapping with each other about their plight, becoming their own leaders on the battlefield of culture and birthing Hip-Hop in the process.
Much of this occurred in the absence of credible, long-term leadership in the Black community.
Fast forward to 1979 and the release of Sugarhill Gang\'s "Rapper\'s Delight." With the onset of the Reagan years, we begin to see the unraveling of many of the advances fought for in the previous decades.
The Civil Rights movement segued into the Black Power movement which begat the Black Arts movement.
Don\'t miss it "--Cornel West For many African Americans of a certain demographic the sixties and seventies were the golden age of political movements. "A strong and timely book for the new day in hip-hop
