| Description |
1 online resource (308 pages) |
| Contents |
It was signified : "the genesis" / by Adilfu Nama -- A rebel to America : "N.Y. state of mind" after the towers fell / by Sohail Daulatzai -- Time is illmatic : a song for my father, a letter to my son / by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. -- "It's yours" : hip-hop worldviews in the lyrics of Nas / by James Braxton Peterson -- Critical pedagogy comes at halftime : Nas as black public intellectual / by Marc Lamont Hill -- "Memory lane" : on jazz, hip-hop, and fathers / by Mark Anthony Neal -- "One love," two brothers, thre verses / by Michael Eric Dyson -- "One time 4 your mind" : embedding Nas and hip-hop into a gendered state of mind / by Kyra D. Gaunt -- "Represent," Queensbridge, and the art of living / by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. -- "It ain't hard to tell" : a story of lyrical transcendence / by Imani Perry |
| Summary |
Academic essays reflect on the 1994 album Illmatic by Nasir "Nas" Jones, covering topics ranging from jazz history to gender |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nas (Musician). Illmatic.
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Nas (Musician) -- Criticism and interpretation
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Nas (Musician) |
| SUBJECT |
Illmatic (Nas (Musician)) fast |
| Subject |
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Rap & Hip Hop.
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Rap (Music)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dyson, Michael Eric.
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Daulatzai, Sohail.
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| ISBN |
9780786727650 |
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0786727659 |
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1282460005 |
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9781282460003 |
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