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Born to Use Mics
Reading Nas's Illmatic
Contributors
Edited by Michael Eric Dyson
Edited by Sohail Daulatzai
Foreword by Common
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In Born to Use Mics, Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai have brought together the best and brightest writers of the hip hop generation to confront Illmatic song by song, with each scholar assessing an individual track from the album. The result is a brilliant engagement with and commentary upon one of the most incisive sets of songs ever laid down on wax.
Featuring:
Adilifu Nama • Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. • James Braxton Peterson • Marc Lamont Hill • Mark Anthony Neal • Kyra D. Gaunt • Eddie S. Glaude Jr. • Imani Perry • Jon Shecter • Matt Life • Bobbito the Barber • Greg Tate • Dream Hampton • Adam Mansbach • Kevin Coval • Jon Caramanica • Charlie Ahearn • Suheir Hammad
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Booklist
“A vital book for readers eager to understand the history of the genre.”
- On Sale
- Dec 29, 2009
- Page Count
- 320 pages
- Publisher
- Civitas Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780465002115
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