In this Issue

Table of Contents

Hip_Hop Now: An Introduction

R. Scott Heath
pp. 714-716
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0145
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Poetry

Switch

Tara Betts
pp. 761-762
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0130
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Elegy for Mister Rogers

Curtis L. Crisler
pp. 803-804
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0137
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Introduction

Curtis L. Crisler
pp. 806-807
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0139
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Beatdown in Baltimore

Curtis L. Crisler
p. 805
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0138
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Black, For Butter

Aracelis Girmay
pp. 843-844
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0143
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Elvis in the Inner City

José B. Gonzalez
p. 773
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0144
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Rap

David Mills
p. 783
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0151
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Soundtrack

Gregory Pardlo
pp. 718-724
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0152
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Hip Hop Nation

Kevin Simmonds
p. 823
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0155
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Forgetting

Bryant Smith
p. 751
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0156
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The Breaker's Pose

Ronaldo V. Wilson
p. 738
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0162
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The Breaker's Performance

Ronaldo V. Wilson
p. 739
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0163
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Literary and Cultural Criticism

Biggie Envy and the Gangsta Sublime

Michael S. Collins
pp. 911-938
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0135
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True Heads: Historicizing the Hip_Hop "Nation" in Context

R. Scott Heath
pp. 846-866
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0146
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Giving up Hip-Hop's Firstborn: A Quest for the Real after the Death of Sampling

Wayne Marshall
pp. 868-892
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0149
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Chicano Rap Roots: Black-Brown Cultural Exchange and the Making of a Genre

Pancho McFarland
pp. 939-955
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0150
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Rap, Soul, and the Vortex at 33.3 rpm: Hip-Hop's Implements and African American Modernisms

Edward M. Pavlić
pp. 956-968
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0153
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"Dead Prezence": Money and Mortal Themes in Hip Hop Culture

James Peterson
pp. 895-909
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0154
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Visual Art

Iona Rozeal Brown: U.S. American Artist

Iona Rozeal Brown
pp. 837-842
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0131
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The Cipher in Code (detail 1), and: The Cipher in Code (detail 2)

Torkwase Dyson
pp. 713-717
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0141
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Ascension: (put your hands in the air)

Krista Franklin
p. 910
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0142
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Interviews and Conversations

"The Natti Ain't No Punk City": Emic Views of Hip Hop Cultures

H. Samy Alim
pp. 969-990
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0129
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An Interview with Moya Bailey

Faedra Chatard Carpenter, Moya Bailey
pp. 753-760
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0132
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An Interview with Joan Morgan

Faedra Chatard Carpenter, Joan Morgan
pp. 764-772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0133
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An Interview with Gwendolyn D. Pough

Faedra Chatard Carpenter, Gwendolyn D. Pough
pp. 808-814
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0134
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"Excursions": A Conversation with Yusef Komunyakaa

Kyle Dargan, Yusef Komunyakaa
pp. 741-750
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0140
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An Interview with Michael Eric Dyson

Meta DuEwa Jones, Michael Eric Dyson
pp. 786-802
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0148
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The Fluoroscope of Brooklyn Hip Hop: Talib Kweli in Conversation

James G. Spady, Talib Kweli
pp. 993-1011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0157
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An Interview with Jean Grae

Robert Walsh, Jean Grae
pp. 816-821
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0160
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An Interview with Touré

Robert Walsh, Touré
pp. 776-782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0159
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An Interview with Saul Williams

Robert Walsh, Saul Williams
pp. 728-736
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0158
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A Special Section with Portfolio Art and Interview

Black on Both Sides: A Conversation with iona rozeal brown

Lyneise E. Williams, Iona Rozeal Brown
pp. 826-834
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0161
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Contributors

Contributors

pp. 1016-1019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0136
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Images

Images

p. 2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/cal.2006.0147
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