That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader

Thats the Joint: The Hip-Hop Studies Readerbrings together the best-known and most influential writings on rap and hip-hop from its beginnings to today. Spanning nearly 25 years of scholarship criticism and journalism this unprecedented anthology showcases the evolution and continuing influence of one of the most creative and contested elements of global popular culture since its advent in the late 1970s. Thats the Joint presents the most important hip-hop scholarship in one comprehensive volume addressing hip-hop as both a musical and a cultural practice. Think of it as "Hip-Hop 101."