James Braxton Peterson is the Director of Africana Studies and Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University.

[A] detailed, thorough critical reading of Hip-Hop culture and Hip-Hop in popular culture ... [and] an enjoyable read for those interested in the genre and students of music theory and popular culture.

• Introduction: Critical Listening in Critical Times SECTION 1DEFINITIONS1Re: Definition2Becoming and Being a Hip Hop ScholarSECTION 2SPEECH AND BEATS3From Ashy to Classy4Best Never Heard: Playlist Pedagogy in the Hip Hop Classroom SECTION 3SCHOLARLY REVIEWS 5Angry Black White Boyz6A Review of Mansbach’s Rage is Back7Gangsta Scholarship: A Review of Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang8A Review of Beats, Rhymes, and Life (ATCQ Documentary)9What Conservative Men Think . . . A Review of “What Black Men Think”SECTION 4RAP AROUND THE TABLE 10Race, Theory, and Gender in Hip Hop’s Global FutureSECTION 5RAPADEMICS11These Three Words12Corner Boy Masculinity13Rewriting the Remix14EpilogueAPPENDICESA Collection of Hip Hop Syllabi