“How Real is This?”

Read:
• Dyson Chapter One: “How Real is This?” (By DYSON, EDITION: 07PUBLISHER: HACHETTE B
ISBN: 9780465017164)

Watch/Listen:
• Kanye West “New Slaves”
• Public Enemy “Can’t Truss It”
• Bobby Sessions “Like Me”
• Wise Intelligent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV4mhxpaEmk&sns=em

Discussion Board:

1. Dyson presents three divides at the heart of discussions about hip-hop. Choose one of his divides and use it to discuss one of the music videos above.
2. Dyson tells us that debates about hip-hop tend to boil down to debates over “what is best seen as black.” How would you apply that to one of the songs/videos (Kanye, Public Enemy, or Bobby Sessions) above?

Sample Solution