$13.95
174 pages
ISBN-10: 1933368551
ISBN-13: 9781933368559
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Through stories, cartoons, interviews, disses, parodies, and original research, Bomb the Suburbs challenges the suburban mind-set wherever it's found. The book debates key questions, such as: Is gangsta rap hip-hop or Hollywood clown music? What do we really mean when we say "real" or "fake" What would a hip-hop-based political movement look like? Are freight trains exporting graffiti to Middle America? And should graffiti writers organize to tear up the cities, or should they really be bombing the suburbs? Upski originally published this book when he was 21, as an extreme insider and outsider to hip-hop. He has been a graffiti writer for 16 years. This is the 15th anniversary edition, feturing Jeff Chang (Can't Stop, Won't Stop) interviewing Wimsatt on the experience of writing and publishing this book. "One of the first and most eloquent articulations of the politics and worldview of what would later be termed the Hip Hop Generation." -AlterNet
