Adams, Kyle
addiction
Aerosmith
Aftermath
Agee, James
Alexander, Michelle
Alim, H. Samy
alliteration
Amos, Tori
Anderson, Bridget
Andre 3000
Armstrong, Louis
art vs. reality
authenticity
B-Rabbit
Bach, J. S.
“Bad Meets Evil”
Bad Meets Evil
Bailey, Julius
Basement Production
Bass Brothers
battles
Bauman, Zygmunt
Beastie Boys
“Beautiful”
Berlant, Lauren
Biggie Smalls
Black Noise
Black Thought
Bomb Squad
Book of Rhymes
Bowers, William
Bozza, Anthony
Bradley, Adam
“Brain Damage”
Brennan, Tim
Busta Rhymes
Canibus
Carson, Tom
Cash, Johnny
Chang, Jeff
Cheney, Lynne
Chideya, Farai
Christgau, Robert
Chuck D
Clapton, Eric
“Cleanin’ Out My Closet”
Clemens, Paul
Clinton, Bill
Clinton, George
Clinton, Hillary
“C’mon Let Me Ride”
“Cold Wind Blows”
Columbine High School
Common
The Cosby Show
“Criminal”
Curtain Call
Cutler, Cecelia
Cypress Hill
D12
Da Beatminerz
Daddy Rice
Danger Mouse
Davey D
Davis, Miles
Detroit
Dewey, John
Diddy
Dimitriadis, Greg
DJ Muggs
DJ Premier
Dr. Dre
Dougherty, Julie
Douglass, Frederick
Doyle, Sady
Driver, Justin
DuBois, Andrew
Du Bois, W.E.B
The Dust Brothers
Dylan, Bob
Dyson, Michael Eric
Earl Sweatshirt
Edwards, Paul
8 Mile
Eliot, T.S.
Ellison, Ralph
Eminem Presents the Re-Up
The Eminem Show
Encore
Eve
Everlast
Eyedea
50 Cent
“Fight Music”
Fishkin, Shelley Fisher
Fletcher, Angus
flow
Ford, Richard Thompson
“Forgot About Dre”
Foucault, Michel
Frost, Robert
Fussell, Paul
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
Giroux, Henry
“Going Through Changes”
Goldstein, Richard
Goodie Mob
Gore, Tipper
Grae, Jean
Grey, Skylar
Grundmann, Roy
“Guilty Conscience”
Guthrie, Woody
“Hailie’s Song”
Haley, Alex
Hall, Stuart
Hamilton, Carroll
Hartigan, John
Hawkins, Coleman
Hayden, Robert
Hemingway, Ernest
Hickson, Mark
Hill, Lauryn
Hodeir, Andre
homophobia
hooks, bell
horrorcore
Hunter, Charlie
Hurston, Zora Neale
“I Need a Doctor”
Ice Cube
Ice-T
Iceberg Slim
“If I Get Locked Up”
“If I Had”
“If I Was White”
Ignatiev, Noel
“I’m Shady”
“Infinite”
Infinite
“Insane”
Interscope Records
Iovine, Jimmy
irony
“It’s Okay”
J Dilla
Ja Rule
Jackson, Michael
Jafa, Arthur
Jai, Claret
Jay-Z
jazz
“Jimmy Crack Corn”
John, Elton
Just Blaze
“Just Don’t Give a Fuck”
Juvenile
Kellner, Douglas
Kennedy, Randall
“Kill You”
“Kim”
Kingston Trio
Kipnis, Laura
Klosterman, Chuck
Kon Artis
Krims, Adam
Kweli, Talib
Lamar, Kendrick
Lennon, John
“Lighters”
“Like Toy Soldiers”
Lil Wayne
LL Cool J
“Lose Yourself”
Lott, Eric
“Love the Way You Lie”
Loyal to the Game
Lupe Fiasco
M&M’s
Macklemore
Madonna
Mailer, Norman
“Marshall Mathers”
The Marshall Mathers LP
Marx, Gary T.
Maslow, Abraham
mass media
Mathers, Hailie Jade Scott
“Maxine”
McIntosh, Peggy
Menand, Louis
Messerschmidt, James
MF DOOM
misogyny
Mr. Porter
“Mockingbird”
“Moment of Clarity”
“Monkey See Monkey Do”
Morgan, Joan: Ms.
Morissette, Alanis
Morrison, Toni
Moser, Whet
“Mosh”
MTV
“My Dad’s Gone Crazy”
“My Life”
“My Mom”
“My Name Is”
Nas
Nate Dogg
Naughty by Nature
Neal, Larry
Neptunes
“Never Enough”
“Never 2 Far”
Newitz, Annalee
“’97 Bonnie & Clyde”
No I.D.
“No Love”
“Not Afraid”
Notorious B.I.G.
Novak, Michael
“Numb”
N.W.A.
Obama, Barack
Obie Trice
“On Fire”
opera
Organized Noize
Outkast
Outsidaz
Parker, Charlie
Parker, Scott F.
persona
Pete Rock
Pharaohe Monch
Phonte
Powell, Kevin
Presley, Elvis
Prince
Proof
Public Enemy
Pusha T
Puskar, Jason
Q-Tip
Rabbit
Rakim
Rap Olympics
Rapp, David
“The Real Slim Shady”
Recovery
Redman
Reed, John Shelton
Relapse
“Renegade”
Resto, Luis
“The Re-Up”
“Richard”
Rickford, John
Rickford, Russell
Rihanna
Roberts, Hermese E.
Roberts, John W.
Rock, Chris
“Rock Bottom”
Roebuck, Julian B.
“Role Model”
Rolling Stone
The Roots
Rose, Tricia
Roth, Asher
Royce Da 5[apost]9”
Run-D.M.C.
Rux, Carl
RZA
Samuel, Arty
Samuels, Robert
“Say Goodbye to Hollywood”
Schoolly D
Scott, Jonathan
Scott, Kim
Scudda, Joe
Seabrook, John
“Shake That”
Shakur, Tupac
“Shit on You”
Siffre, Labi
Signifying Monkey
Signifying Rappers
“Sing for the Moment”
The Slim Shady EP
The Slim Shady LP
“Smack That”
Smith, Zadie
Snoop Dogg
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Soul Intent
The Source
Springsteen, Bruce
“Square Dance”
“Stan”
Stemberger, Joe
Sticky Fingaz
Stretch Armstrong
Sundquist, Eric J.
Tagliamonte, Sali
“Talkin 2 Myself”
Taylor, Billy
3rd Bass
“3 a.m.”
“Till I Collapse”
Timbaland
“Tonite”
Treach
A Tribe Called Quest
Twain, Mark
2 Live Crew
2Pac see Shakur, Tupac
Tycie and Woody
Vanilla Ice
Wallace, David Foster
Watson, Tom
Watts, Eric King
The Way I Am (book)
“The Way I Am” (Nike Air Jordans)
“The Way I Am” (song)
“Welcome 2 Hell”
“We’re Back”
West, Kanye
“What’s the Difference”
“When I’m Gone”
“White America”
white privilege
white trash
Whitman, Walt
Williams, Justin
“Without Me”
Wolfram, Walt
World Class Wrecking Crew
Wray, Matt
Wu-Tang Clan
Xzibit
Yancy, George
Yelawolf
“Yellow Brick Road”
“You’re Never Over”