Part I : Hip-Hop Ya Don't Stop : Hip-Hop History and Historiography -- Part II : No Time for Fake Niggas : Hip-Hop Culture and the Authenticity Debates -- Part III : Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City : Hip-Hop, Space, and Place -- Part IV : I'll Ve Nina Simone Defecating on Your Microphone : Hip-Hop and Gender -- Part V : The Message : Rap, Politics, and Resistance -- Part VI : Looking for the Perfect Beat : Hip-Hop Aesthetics and Technologies of Production -- Part Vii : I Used to Love H.E.R. : Hip-Hop in/and the Culture Industries

1. Hip-hop
2. Rap (Music) -- Social aspects
3. Rap (Music) -- History and criticism