Bomb the Suburbs

Graffiti, Race, Freight-Hopping and the Search for Hip Hop's Moral Center

Ranked #37 in Graffiti, Ranked #80 in Hip-Hop

In this blockbuster word-of-mouth, underground classic, Bomb the Suburbs: Graffiti, Race, Freight-Hopping and the Search for Hip Hop's Moral Center, William Upski Wimsatt attacks the whole idea of the suburb as "an unfortunate state- of-mind..., founded on fear, conformity, shallowness of character, and dullness of imagination." Upski uses his coming of age in the Chicago break dancing and hip hop scene as a springboard into a totally original discussion of american identity. Bomb the Suburbs: Graffiti, Race, Freight-Hopping and the Search for Hip Hop's Moral Center is a... more

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