Listen to Rap!

Anthony J. Fonseca, PhD, is library director and college archivist at Elms College in Massachusetts, where he also teaches courses in rock music and music literature as an adjunct.

• Series ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1 Background2 Must-Hear MusicBeastie BoysBig Daddy Kane and Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew: "Smooth Operator" and "La Di Da Di"Big PunBirdman, Drake, and Lil Wayne: "Money to Blow" and "4 My Town (Play Ball)"Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: The Art of WarBubba Sparxxx and Donatan: "Ugly" and "Country Folks"/"Slowianska Krew" and "Nie Lubimy Robic"Busta Rhymes and Tech N9ne: "Break Ya Neck" and "Worldwide Choppers"Cardi B: "Bodak Yellow" and "Money"Chance the Rapper: Coloring BookC-Murder: BossalinieCoolio: "Gangsta's Paradise"Cypress HillDa Brat, Foxy Brown, and Lil' KimDe La SoulDJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh PrinceDrake: ScorpionDr. Dre: The ChronicMissy Elliott: Miss E … So Addictive and Under ConstructionEminem: The Marshall Mathers LPEric B. & Rakim50 Cent: "How to Rob" and "Ghetto Qu'ran (Forgive Me)"Geto Boys: We Can't Be StoppedGrandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: "The Message"Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn HillInsane Clown Posse: "Crop Circles" and "Off the Track"Jay-Z and Danger Mouse: The Black Album and The Grey AlbumJean Grae: "My Story" and "Desperada"KRS-One: "Outta Here" and "Sound of da Police"Talib Kweli: EardrumKendrick Lamar: "Humble."LMFAO and Shaggy: "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It"/"Angel" and "Don't Make Me Wait"Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Professor Elemental: "Thrift Shop" and "Fighting Trousers"MC Hammer: Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'EmMC Lyte: Bad as I Wanna BNas and K'naan: "One Mic" and "Take a Minute"Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday and Pink Friday: Roman ReloadedThe Notorious B.I.G.N.W.A.: Straight Outta ComptonOutKast: StankoniaPanjabi MC, Featuring Jay-Z, and Panjabi Hit Squad, Featuring Ms. Scandalous: "Beware of the Boys" ("Mundian To Bach Ke") and "Hai Hai"Public Enemy: Fear of a Black PlanetRun-D.M.C.: Raising HellSalt-N-Pepa and Queen Latifah: "Ain't Nuthin' But a She Thing" and "U.N.I.T.Y."Gil Scott-Heron and Aceyalone: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and "The Guidelines"Snoop DoggThe Sugarhill Gang and Blondie: "Rapper's Delight" and "Rapture"A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End TheoryTupac Shakur: All Eyez on MeThe 2 Live Crew: As Nasty as They Wanna BeWu-Tang Clan: "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber" (I and II) and "16th Chamber/O.D.B. Special"3 Impact on Popular Culture4 LegacyFurther ReadingIndex