gbasil's review
2.0
I think ultimately this book suffered from academia-ism. Really, there wasn't enough content to sustain the number of pages. Also there weren't enough women, and non-black-male artists were Eminem. For a book about hip-hop there was a startling lack of diversity, which wouldn't have been a problem if the book hadn't been insisting that it was capable of discussing hip hop in its entirety, rather than a specific sub-section of the genre.
1sourapple's review
1.0
Love poetry. Love hip hop. Hate Bradley's writing style. Perhaps if I didn't know much about one or both topics, I would've liked this book more and not found it so pedestrian and cheesy.
junkyard's review
4.0
informative, interesting, and well written. if you've ever wanted to talk about hip hop lyrics in an academic context, you need to read this.
abbysees's review
5.0
Read this for my Multicultural Poetry class--really, a wonderful book that analyzes the poetics of hip hop.
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