Hip-hop redemption :finding God in the rhythm and the rhyme /Ralph Basui Watkins.

Book

Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Description

Introduction: the mix and the remix -- When did you fall in love with hip-hop? : my story and the story of hip-hop -- I said a hip-hop : a snapshot of hip-hop history -- R U still down? : hip-hop culture as an extension of the blues -- I used to love her and I still love her : loving the broken beauty of hip-hop -- Common sense of common : whose side are you on? -- "Slippin' and slidin' I'm about to give up" : the theological truth in the story -- God skipped past the church : a hip-hop theology and a hip-hop theologian -- The miseducation of Lauryn Hill : a socio-theological critique of hip-hop -- Conclusion : from Gil Scott-Heron to Mos Def. xiii, 159 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Author

Watkins, Ralph Basui

Place Published

City

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Date Published

circa 2011

Publication Subjects

Rap (Music)--Religious aspects--Christianity. Hip-hop--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Call No.

ML3921.8.R36W38 2011

ISBN

9780801033117 (pbk.), 080103311X (pbk.)

LCCN

2011016520

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-151), discography (p. 151-153), filmography (p. 153) and index.