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Leaders of the Old School
As hip-hop approaches its 30th year, an album and song canon is beginning to take shape. Today we talk with author Brian Coleman and Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal about the creation of the hip-hop canon. Also: Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective perform their unique and soulful music from the Caribbean coast of Central and South America.
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Establishing a Hip Hop Canon
After three decades, hip hop is more segmented than ever, by both regional styles (East Coast, West Coast, Dirty South) and in stylistic terms (Gangsta rap, conscious hip-hop, "alternative" rap). From these many parts a canon is emerging and today we debate its meaning. Joining us is Mark Anthony Neal, associate professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University; and Brian Coleman, author of Check the Technique.
Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective
Andy Palacio is the musical standard-bearer for the Garifuna, a mixed-race cultural group based along the mainland coast of the Caribbean, from Nicaragua to his native Belize. Palacio and his band the Garifuna Collective play the unique, soulful music of the Garifuna in the studio.
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