Watkins, Ralph Basui,  1962- <br/><br/>
Hip-hop redemption :  finding God in the rhythm and the rhyme / 
Ralph Basui Watkins. 
 - Grand Rapids, Mich. :  Baker Academic,  c2011. 
 - xiii, 159 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Engaging culture .
 - Engaging culture. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: the mix and the remix -- When did you fall in love with hip-hop? : my story and the story of hip-hop -- I said a hip-hop : a snapshot of hip-hop history -- R U still down? : hip-hop culture as an extension of the blues -- I used to love her and I still love her : loving the broken beauty of hip-hop -- Common sense of common : whose side are you on? -- "Slippin' and slidin' i'm about to give up" : the theological truth in the story -- God skipped past the church : a hip-hop theology and a hip-hop theologian -- The miseducation of Lauryn Hill : a socio-theological critique of hip-hop -- Conclusion : from Gil Scott-Heron to Mos Def. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801033117 (pbk.) 080103311X (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011016520   
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rap (Music)--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Hip-hop--Religious aspects--Christianity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3921.8.R36  / W38 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>782.421649