The butterfly effect : how Kendrick Lamar ignited the soul of black America / by Moore, Marcus J.

Table of Contents: “…How "You got robbed" -- "California love" -- The birth of Kendrick Lamar -- A star is born -- The fight for black life -- King Kendrick -- "We goin' be alright" -- The night Kendrick ascended -- Mourning in America.…”

The history of gangster rap : from Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar : the rise of a great American art form / by Baker, Soren, 1975-

Subjects barbarian, monstrous, and wild : Encounters in the arts and contemporary politics /

Table of Contents: “…From Compton to Congress: The Barbarians Inside the Gates -- An Exploration of 'Black Subjectivity' in Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly /…”
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Contact high : a visual history of hip-hop / by Tobak, Vikki

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Girl who got away

Music and politics : a critical introduction / by Garratt, James, 1974-

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The poet X : a novel / by Acevedo, Elizabeth

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Deathlife : Hip Hop and thanatological narrations of blackness / by Pinn, Anthony B.

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50 years of Rolling stone /

Table of Contents: “…Madonna's Flesh and Fantasy: A Photo Portfolio by Steven MeiselFast Food Nation; Mandatory Minimums; The 2000s; Bono; Matt Taibbi's "Great Vampire Squid"; The Osbournes; Bob Dylan; David Foster Wallace; Inside Scientology; The Genesis Project: A Photo Portfolio by Sebastião Salgado; The 2010s; Kendrick Lamar; Taylor Swift; The Downfall of Gen. Stanley McChrystal; Goodbye, Miami; Lady Gaga; Bruce Springsteen; Photo Credits; Copyright Page.…”
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A Stubborn Fury How Writing Works in Elitist Britain. by Hall, Gary

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How to go mad without losing your mind : madness and Black radical creativity / by Bruce, La Marr Jurelle, 1981-

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Stay black and die : on melancholy and genius / by Durham, I. Augustus, 1985-

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The media swirl : politics, audiovisuality, and aesthetics / by Vernallis, Carol

Table of Contents: “…Partying in The Great Gatsby : Baz Luhrmann's audiovisual sublime -- Shattered pleasures : Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction -- Beyoncé's overwhelming opus; or, the past and future of music video -- Avant-gardists and the lure of pop music -- Beyoncé's Lemonade : she dreams in both worlds / Carol Vernallis, Lisa Perrott, and Holly Rogers -- Tracing the Carters through the galleries : "APES**T/APESHIT" and the Louvre -- Storytelling on the ledge : Lady Gaga and Jonas Åkerlund's "Paparazzi" -- How to analyze music videos : Beyoncé and Melina Matsoukas's "Pretty Hurts" -- Dave Meyers's Moments of Audiovisual Bliss -- Janelle Monáe's "You Make Me Feel" and Anderson .Paak with Kendrick Lamar's "Tints" : Getting Up in My [Rearview] Mirror -- Who needs music documentaries when there's TikTok and Carpool Karaoke? …”
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Educational leadership and music : lessons for tomorrow's school leaders /

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 5: The Evolution of a Revolution -- Chapter 6: The Potency of Love and the Power of a Thousand -- Chapter 7: Beyond Ropar Bar -- Chapter 8: Tupac Shakur -- Chapter 9: Insights From the Flow of the Teacha' -- Chapter 10: The Leadership Identity Dilemma -- Chapter 11: The Missed Education -- Chapter 12: Improvisation and Leadership -- Chapter 13: "A Fairy Tale in a Song Is No Message" -- Chapter 14: Bono -- Chapter 15: Kendrick Lamar -- Chapter 16: Jill Scott -- Chapter 17: From "Smooth Operator" to "Young, Gifted, and Black" -- Chapter 18: Faith and Leadership -- Chapter 19: Mahalia Jackson Exemplifies Leadership Through Gospel Music and Negro Spirituals -- Chapter 20: The Making of Matisyahu -- Chapter 21: Interrogating Punishment Through Race, Raptivism, and Youth Leadership of Jasiri X -- Chapter 22: Lessons in Leadership From the "Thunder God" -- Chapter 23: Kirk Franklin -- Chapter 24: Revolution 9 -- Chapter 25: Lessons for School Leaders From Sister Sledge -- Epilogue: "Tell Them About the Dream, Martin".…”
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Grammy 2014 nominees.

Black Lives Matter & music : protest, intervention, reflection /

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Nothing has been done before : seeking the new in 21st-century American popular music / by Loss, Robert

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Obama and Transnational American Studies. by Hornung, Alfred

Table of Contents: “…Bush to Barack ObamaPaul GILES, Obama, Tarantino, and Transnational Trauma; Sunhee Kim GERTZ, Das Wunder von Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union and the German Soccer Championship of 1954; Carola BETZEN, Barack Obama and Kendrick Lamar: Politics and Hip Hop Culture; Udo J. HEBEL, Framing Obama: Interpictorial Iconographies of an American President; Gesa MACKENTHUN, Hard Choices: Obama and Snowden; IV. …”
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Why you like it : the science and culture of musical taste / by Gasser, Nolan

Black America since MLK.

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