The website includes a list of artists' images, sound clips and lyric files available for presentation. In addition to the presentation of multimedia files, Prof. Maultsby wanted to have her lecture notes, contextual collage images and discussion questions available from the website. Dr. Maultsby wanted her students have a clear understanding of the social, cultural and historic context from which rap music and hip-hop arise. The website contains many images and charts to support that instructional perspective. It would have been difficult to present and compare images and audio files in conventional ways.
Students use the site outside class for review and as a resource for their writing assignments.