| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Hip Hop's Mama: Originalism and Identity in the Music | ||
| My Mic Sound Nice: Art, Community, and Consciousness | ||
| Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions | ||
| The Glorious Outlaw: Hip Hop Narratives, American Law, and the Court of Public Opinion | ||
| B-Boys, Players, and Preachers: Reading Masculinity | ||
| The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto: Negotiating Spaces for Women | ||
| Bling Bling…and Going Pop: Consumerism and Co-optation in Hip Hop | ||
| Notes | ||
| Index |