Born to Use Mics Reading Nas's Illmatic
by Dyson, Michael Eric; Daulatzai, Sohail; CommonEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2009-12-29
Publisher(s): Civitas Books
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Summary
From the moment then nineteen-year-old Nasir "Nas" 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. InBorn 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
Author Biography
Michael Eric Dyson, named by Ebony as one of the hundred most influential black Americans, is the author of sixteen books, including Holler if You Hear Me, Is Bill Cosby Right? and I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr. He is currently University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Table of Contents
| Foreword: Common | p. ix |
| Introduction: Illmatic: It Was Written | p. 1 |
| 40Th Side North | |
| It was Signified: "The Genesis" | p. 13 |
| A Rebel to America: "N.Y. State of Mind" After The Towers Fell | p. 33 |
| Time Is Illmatic: A Song for My Father, A Letter To My Son | p. 61 |
| "It's Yours": Hip-Hop Worldviews In The Lyrics Of Nas | p. 75 |
| Critical Pedagogy Comes At Halftime: Nas as Black Public Intellectual | p. 97 |
| 41St Side South | |
| "Memory Lane": On Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Fathers | p. 117 |
| "One Love, " Two Brothers Three Verses | p. 129 |
| "One Time 4 Your Mind": Embedding Nas and Hip-Hop Into a Gendered State of Mind | p. 151 |
| "Represent," Queensbridge, and The Art of Living | p. 179 |
| "It Ain't Hard to Tell": A Story of Lyrical Transcendece | p. 195 |
| Remixes | |
| The Second Coming: An Interview | p. 213 |
| 5-Mic Review | p. 223 |
| Streets Disciple: Representing Queensbridge, New York, and The Future of Hip-Hop, Nas Is In His Own State of Mind: An Interview | p. 225 |
| An Elegy for Illmatic | p. 237 |
| Born Alone, Die Alone | p. 241 |
| All The Words Past the Margins: Adam Mansbach and Kevin Coval Talk Understandable Smooth Shit | p. 245 |
| Nighitime Is More Trife Than Ever: The Many Misuses of Nas | p. 255 |
| "Genesis": In The Hall of Mirrors | p. 261 |
| Break (Is This) | p. 265 |
| I Reminisce on Park Jams: An Interview with Bobbito Garcia | p. 267 |
| Notes | p. 279 |
| Contributors | p. 291 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 294 |
| Index | p. 295 |
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