Boogie Down Predictions: Hip-Hop, Time, and Afrofuturism Christopher Roy
Boogie Down Predictions: Hip-Hop, Time, and Afrofuturism Christopher Roy Essays that explore the connections between time, representation, and identity within hip-hop culture. It is the deconstructed…
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Boogie Down Predictions: Hip-Hop, Time, and Afrofuturism Christopher Roy
Essays that explore the connections between time, representation, and identity within hip-hop culture. It is the deconstructed sample, the researched lyrical metaphors, the aha moment on the way to hip-hop enlightenment. "This book, edited by Roy Christopher, is a moment.
Hip-hop's intersections with Afrofuturism and science fiction provide fascinating touchpoints that enable us to see our todays and tomorrows. Hip-hop permeates our world, and yet it is continually misunderstood. This book can be, for the curious, a window into a hip-hop-infused Alter Destiny--a journey whose spaceship you embarked on some time ago.
Are you engaging this work from the gaze of the future? Are you the data thief sailing into the past to U-turn to the now? Or are you the unborn child prepping to build the next universe?
No, you're the superhero. Enjoy the journey."--from the introduction by
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