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Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation

Jeff Chang

How did hip hop begin in the Bronx, and how did it become a way for young people everywhere to understand their world?

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Author
Jeff Chang

Why read it

  • You will see how parties thrown for friends in the Bronx grew into a cultural movement
  • You will learn how hard times in a neglected neighborhood fed a new art form
  • You will understand why naming a generation is a story we tell, useful but never the whole truth

Who it is for

  • A young DJ who knows nothing of the Bronx origins
  • A teacher or city planner curious how culture grows from neglect
  • A reader wanting to see how a generation found its voice

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. by DJ Kool Herc
  3. Prelude
  4. LOOP 1
  5. Babylon Is Burning 1968–1977
  6. LOOP 2
  7. Planet Rock 1975–1986
  8. LOOP 3
  9. The Message 1984–1992
  10. LOOP 4
  11. Stakes Is High 1992–2001
  12. Appendix
  13. Words, Images and Sounds: A Selected Resource Guide

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