that can be dangerous. over or under emphasizing things based on one text over another.

i took a class where we read hip-hop america and vibe's history of hiphop.

they were cool but hi-hop america told you straight up it was biased. vibe's history left out epmd, the roots and regional music.

also the culture is always shifting and in flux. how could you ever really teach a difinitive course on hip-hop.

the study of hip-hop outside of a musial context will always be touchy.

i took an ets (english and textual studies) class and was one of the only black people in it. we knew more about current hip-hop than our teacher and had more insight on the culture than he did. it was okay, but basically an excuse to finally read vibe history and hip-hop america...