{"product_id":"hip-hop-and-philosophy-rhyme-2-reason-paperback","title":"Hip-Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerrick Darby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTommie Shelby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs there too much violence in hip-hop music? What's the difference between Kimberly Jones and the artist Lil' Kim? Is hip-hop culture a black thing? Is it okay for N.W.A. to call themselves niggaz and for Dave Chappelle to call everybody bitches? These witty, provocative essays ponder these and other thorny questions, linking the searing cultural issues implicit -- and often explicit -- in hip-hop to the weighty matters examined by the great philosophers of the past. The book shows that rap classics by Lauryn Hill, OutKast, and the Notorious B.I.G. can help uncover the meanings of love articulated in Plato's \u003ci\u003eSymposium; \u003c\/i\u003ethat Rakim, 2Pac, and Nas can shed light on the conception of God's essence expressed in St. Thomas Aquinas's \u003ci\u003eSumma Theologica;\u003c\/i\u003e and explores the connection between Run-D.M.C., Snoop Dogg, and Hegel. \u003ci\u003eHip-Hop and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e proves that rhyme and reason, far from being incompatible, can be mixed and mastered to contemplate life's most profound mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 233\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.04 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715266179379,"sku":"9780812695892","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TlE5cktyanB6VDV1ZXdRUElYMG9wZz09.webp?v=1763596863","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/hip-hop-and-philosophy-rhyme-2-reason-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}