And It Don't Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 YearsRaquel Cepeda In September 1979, there was a cosmic shift that went unnoticed by the majority of mainstream America. This shift was triggered by the release of the Sugarhill Gang's single, Rapper's Delight. Not only did it usher rap music into the mainstream's consciousness, it brought us the word "hip-hop." And It Don't Stop, edited by the award winning journalist Raquel Cepeda, with a foreword from Nelson George is a collection of the best articles the hip-hop generation has produced. It captures the indelible moments in hip-hop's history since 1979 and will be the centerpiece of the twenty-fifth-anniversary celebration. |
Contents
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London Rocks Paris Burns and the BBoys Break a | 27 |
Teddy Rileys New Jack Swing | 53 |
Armageddon in Effect | 67 |
Pop Goes the Weasel | 87 |
Native Sons | 111 |
HellRaiser | 131 |
Eazy Living | 147 |
Allahs on | 187 |
A Critic at Large | 202 |
Foxy Brown Is the lllest | 238 |
Dont Hate Me Because Im Ghetto Fabulous | 255 |
Whose Is It? In the End | 272 |
Get Rich or Die Tryin | 285 |
Planet Rock | 300 |
The Professional | 319 |