Ron Westray 
Contemporary Black Urban Music 
The Revolution of Hip Hop

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Learning Objectives: Introduction; 2 Characteristics of Music and Musical Terminology; 3 Evolution of Early African American Music; 4 Bebop: Afro Modernism via the African Diaspora; 5 Rhythm and Blues: The Proto-Rock and Roll; 6 Memphis Soul-Chicago Soul; 7 Motown; 8 Transition to Funk; 9 Funk Jazz; 10 Hyper Funk; 11 Dub; 12 Origins of East Coast Hip-Hop; 13 The Arrival of Hip-Hop; 14 Early Sneaker Culture; 15 Electro-Funk; 16 Earlier Styles versus Later Styles; 17 Turntablism: The Early Years; 18 Battle Royale: Dissing on Record; 19 The British Invasion: Proto-Neo-Soul; 20 The Golden Age of Hip-Hop; 21 Miami Bass: 2 Live Crew/East Coast Dirty Rap; 22 The New Divas; 23 WHAT’S BEEF?—Not Meat ; 24 East Coast Mafioso Rap; 25 Origins of West Coast Hip-Hop; 26 West Coast ‘Gangsta’ and the Midwest; BEEF: PART II; 27 Beats and Rhymes and Beyond; 28 Neo-Soul; 29 Underground Hip-Hop; 30 Conscious Commercial; 31 Southern Exposure: “Street Fame”; 32 Alternative Hip-Hop; 33 The Neo Cannabis Crew; 34 The Mainstream; 35 Globalization: The Revolution of Hip-Hop; 36 Lamont Coleman: ‘BIG L’—In Memoriam; Appendix: Assessment Index; Appendix: Quizzes