Hip-hop redemption
Subtitle: finding God in the rhythm and the rhyme
By: Ralph Basui Watkins
Series: Engaging culture; Engaging culture
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780801033117
Subjects: Rap (Music); Hip-hop; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the mix and the remix --; title: When did you fall in love with hip-hop? : my story and the story of hip-hop --; title: I said a hip-hop : a snapshot of hip-hop history --; title: R U still down? : hip-hop culture as an extension of the blues --; title: I used to love her and I still love her : loving the broken beauty of hip-hop --; title: Common sense of common : whose side are you on? --; title: "Slippin' and slidin' i'm about to give up" : the theological truth in the story --; title: God skipped past the church : a hip-hop theology and a hip-hop theologian --; title: The miseducation of Lauryn Hill : a socio-theological critique of hip-hop --; title: Conclusion : from Gil Scott-Heron to Mos Def.