Is there too much violence in hip-hop music? Whatrsquo;s the difference between Kimberly Jones and the artist Lil Kim? Is hip-hop culture a "black" thing? Is it okay for N.W.A. to call themselves niggaz and for Dave Chappelle to call everybody bitches? These witty; provocative essays ponder these and other thorny questions; linking the searing cultural issues implicit — and often explicit — in hip-hop to the weighty matters examined by the great philosophers of the past. The book shows that rap classics by Lauryn Hill; OutKast; and the Notorious B.I.G. can help uncover the meanings of love articulated in Platos Symposium; that Rakim; 2Pac; and Nas can shed light on the conception of Gods essence expressed in St. Thomas Aquinass Summa Theologica; and explores the connection between Run-D.M.C.; Snoop Dogg; and Hegel. Hip-Hop and Philosophy proves that rhyme and reason; far from being incompatible; can be mixed and mastered to contemplate lifes most profound mysteries.
#4251394 in eBooks 2006-07-20 2006-07-20File Name: B005NDX4W0
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