Born to Use Mics Reading Nas's Illmatic

Name: Born to Use Mics Reading Nas's Illmatic
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ISBN: 9780465002115

ISBN-10: 0465002110

ISBN-13: 9780465002115

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael Eric Dyson, Sohail Daulatzai, Common

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From the moment then nineteen-year-old Nasir 0;Nas1; Jones began recording tracks for his debut album the hip-hop world was forever changed. Released in 1994, Illmatic, was hailed as a masterpiece and is one of the most influentialalbums in hip-hop history. In Born to Use Mics, Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai have brought together the brightest minds to reflect upon and engage one of the most incisive sets of songs ever laid down on wax. Contributors include: Adilifu Nama * Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. * James Peterson * Marc Lamont Hill * Michael Eric Dyson * Mark Anthony Neal * Kyra Gaunt * Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. * Imani Perry * and more

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 12/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.23" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Foreword: Common


Introduction: Illmatic: It Was Written


40Th Side North



It was Signified: "The Genesis"




A Rebel to America: "N.Y. State of Mind" After The Towers Fell




Time Is Illmatic: A Song for My Father, A Letter To My Son




"It's Yours": Hip-Hop Worldviews In The Lyrics Of Nas




Critical Pedagogy Comes At Halftime: Nas as Black Public Intellectual



41St Side South



"Memory Lane": On Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Fathers




"One Love, " Two Brothers Three Verses




"One Time 4 Your Mind": Embedding Nas and Hip-Hop Into a Gendered State of Mind




"Represent," Queensbridge, and The Art of Living




"It Ain't Hard to Tell": A Story of Lyrical Transcendece



Remixes


The Second Coming: An Interview



5-Mic Review



Streets Disciple: Representing Queensbridge, New York, and The Future of Hip-Hop, Nas Is In His Own State of Mind: An Interview



An Elegy for Illmatic



Born Alone, Die Alone



All The Words Past the Margins: Adam Mansbach and Kevin Coval Talk Understandable Smooth Shit



Nighitime Is More Trife Than Ever: The Many Misuses of Nas



"Genesis": In The Hall of Mirrors



Break (Is This)



I Reminisce on Park Jams: An Interview with Bobbito Garcia



Notes


Contributors


Acknowledgments


Index