When rap music had a conscience
Subtitle: the artists, organizations, and historic events that inspired and influenced the "Golden Age" of hip-hop from 1987 to 1996
By: Tayannah Lee McQuillar ; foreword by Brother J of X-Clan
Contributors: Brother J.
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781560259190
Subjects: Rap (Music); Social aspects; History and criticism
Description: Discusses the influences on and impact of rap artists from the late 1980s and early 1990s, who inspired listeners to acts of social change, and how this "conscious" form of hip-hop has been overwhelmed by modern gangsta rap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]), discography (p. [167]-178), filmography (p. [179]-184).