Somebody Scream!: Rap Music'S Rise To Prominence In The Aftershock Of Black Power,New

A Strong And Timely Book For The New Day In Hiphop. Don'T Miss It!'Cornel Westfor Many African Americans Of A Certain Demographic The Sixties And Seventies Were The Golden Age Of Political Movements. The Civil Rights Movement Segued Into The Black Power Movement Which Begat The Black Arts Movement. Fast Forward To 1979 And The Release Of Sugarhill Gang'S 'Rapper'S Delight.' With The Onset Of The Reagan Years, We Begin To See The Unraveling Of Many Of The Advances Fought For In The Previous Decades. Much Of This Occurred In The Absence Of Credible, Longterm Leadership In The Black Community. Young Blacks Disillusioned With Politics And Feeling Society No Longer Cared Or Looked Out For Their Concerns Started Rapping With Each Other About Their Plight, Becoming Their Own Leaders On The Battlefield Of Culture And Birthing Hiphop In The Process. In Somebody Scream, Marcus Reeves Explores Hiphop Music And Its Politics. Looking At Ten Artists That Have Impacted Rapfrom Rundmc (Black Pop In A Bboy Stance) To Eminem (Vanilla Nice)And Puts Their Music And Celebrity In A Larger Sociopolitical Context. In Doing So, He Tells The Story Of Hip Hop'S Rise From New Yorkbased Musical Form To Commercial Music Revolution To Unifying Expression For A Postblack Power Generation.