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Reviews

Snoop Dogg Presents… Algorithm

Various Artists

Snoop's first job as executive creative consultant at Def Jam Records falls strangely flat, finds Paul Rekret
Books

The Real Thing: Hip Hop Vs Television

Paul Rekret reviews a new book from University of Texas Press about hip hop’s relation to reality TV, *Who Got the Camera? A History of Rap and Reality* by Eric Harvey
Books

Always Tell Your Mummy: Rave, Childhood & Rebellion

An extract from Paul Rekret's new book, Down With Childhood, looking back on early-90s rave and a new post-Thatcher world of kids' TV themes, drug-induced playfulness and the rejection of hetero courtship rituals.

Black Sky Thinking

Kid N’ Playa: The Role Of The Child’s Voice In Hip Hop

Paul Rekret looks at the role of childhood and children's voices in hip hop. Picture of 9-year-old rapper Lil Poopy taken from YouTube

Black Sky Thinking

Fuck The Police: A Musical Sentiment From NWA To Ferguson

With police violence against African Americans once more dominating the news, Paul Rekret goes back to NWA's 'Fuck The Police' for an analysis of rap's musical counter attack

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