Title: Self-serving drivel
Product review: This book is great for anyone with a thin knowledge of hip-hop culture. Boyd drops a lot of names and poses hard but doesn't leave the thoughtful reader with very much by way of hard analysis. He doesn't even really explain what his thesis is beyond solipsistically refering to a generation's hunger to "get paid." The fact that NYU Press published this book and sanctioned it as "scholarly" work is a sad commentary on how deeply the ethos of entertainment and racial posturing have permeated contemporary American life. Boyd will certainly live to regret the title of this book.
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