Hip-hop redemption : finding God in the rhythm and the rhyme /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watkins, Ralph Basui, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, [2011]
Series:Engaging culture.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the mix and the remix
  • When did you fall in love with hip-hop? : my story and the story of hip-hop
  • I said a hip-hop : a snapshot of hip-hop history
  • R U still down? : hip-hop culture as an extension of the blues
  • I used to love her and I still love her : loving the broken beauty of hip-hop
  • Common sense of common : whose side are you on?
  • "Slippin' and slidin' i'm about to give up" : the theological truth in the story
  • God skipped past the church : a hip-hop theology and a hip-hop theologian
  • The miseducation of Lauryn Hill : a socio-theological critique of hip-hop
  • Conclusion : from Gil Scott-Heron to Mos Def.