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Title: This is not hip-hop
Review: In this case, you can judge the book by its cover art: Nelson George's version of hip-hop's elements now includes the mighty dollar. Anyone looking for a deeper understanding of hip-hop (as a progressive artisan culture born from the capitalist wasteland) will be greatly disappointed. George tells of a bizarro world at the intersection of Wall Street and Madison Avenue. It is a pitiful tale of the appropriation of rap music (not to be confused with hip-hop culture) and George's own journalistic misfocus in a consumer society. You will find a similar account of this so-called hip-hop America by watching MTV for an hour or two.
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