Listen to Rap!: Exploring a Musical Genre

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Background
Chapter 2: Must-Hear Music
	Beastie Boys
	Big Daddy Kane and Doug E. Fresh and the GetFresh Crew: “Smooth Operator” and “La Di Da Di”
	Big Pun
	Birdman, Drake, and Lil Wayne: “Money to Blow”and “4 My Town (Play Ball)”
	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: The Art of War
	Bubba Sparxxx and Donatan: “Ugly” and “Country Folks”/ “Słowian´ska Krew” and “Nie Lubimy Robic´”
	Busta Rhymes and Tech N9ne: “Break Ya Neck”and “Worldwide Choppers”
	Cardi B: “Bodak Yellow” and “Money”
	Chance the Rapper: Coloring Book
	C-Murder: Bossalinie
	Coolio: “Gangsta’s Paradise”
	Cypress Hill
	Da Brat, Foxy Brown, and Lil’ Kim
	De La Soul
	DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
	Drake: Scorpion
	Dr. Dre: The Chronic
	Missy Elliott: Miss E . . . So Addictive and Under Construction
	Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP
	Eric B. & Rakim
	50 Cent: “How to Rob” and “Ghetto Qu’ran (Forgive Me)”
	Geto Boys: We Can’t Be Stopped
	Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: “The Message”
	Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
	Insane Clown Posse: “Crop Circles” and “Off the Track”
	Jay-Z and Danger Mouse: The Black Album and The Grey Album
	Jean Grae: “My Story” and “Desperada”
	KRS-One: “Outta Here” and “Sound of da Police”
	Talib Kweli: Eardrum
	Kendrick Lamar: “Humble.”
	LMFAO and Shaggy: “Party Rock Anthem” and“Sexy and I Know It”/ “Angel” and “Don’t Make Me Wait”
	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Professor Elemental: “Thrift Shop” and “Fighting Trousers”
	MC Hammer: Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ’Em
	MC Lyte: Bad as I Wanna B
	Nas and K’naan: “One Mic” and “Take a Minute”
	Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
	The Notorious B.I.G.
	N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton
	OutKast: Stankonia
	Panjabi MC, Featuring Jay-Z, and Panjabi Hit Squad, Featuring Ms. Scandalous: “Beware of the Boys”(“Mundian To Bach Ke”) and “Hai Hai”
	Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet
	Run-D.M.C.: Raising Hell
	Salt-N-Pepa and Queen Latifah: “Ain’t Nuthin’But a She Thing” and “U.N.I.T.Y.”
	Gil Scott-Heron and Aceyalone: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” and “The Guidelines”
	Snoop Dogg
	The Sugarhill Gang and Blondie: “Rapper’s Delight”and “Rapture”
	A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory
	Tupac Shakur: All Eyez on Me
	The 2 Live Crew: As Nasty as They Wanna Be
	Wu-Tang Clan: “Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber” (I and II) and “16th Chamber / O.D.B. Special”
Chapter 3: Impact on Popular Culture
Chapter 4: Legacy
Further Reading
Index
About the Author