History of Hip Hop

Taste of Money


An interesting book review of a book on the history of hip hop.. However, it points out I made one mistake in my history of hip hop. The rise of gansta rap/decline of political rap was more complicated than finding what white kids wanted buy. It moved the industry away from challenging the system to just challenging The Man. Political anger is too complicated for kids in Nebraska but "f- the police" isn't. At the same time, the rap became more tolerable to the establishment because it offered no alternative and little cogent criticism.