One of the biggest names in religious hip-hop returns with his fourth album.

Rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. In this work, the editors demonstrate that rap is also a wide reaching and vital poetic tradition born of beats and rhymes. This pioneering anthology brings together more than three hundred lyrics written over thirty years, from the "old school" to the "golden age" to the present day. Rather than aim for encyclopedic coverage, the editors render through examples the richness...

Examines the history of hip-hop and rap, noting its beginning in 1970s New York, how it gained in popularity over the decades, and its rise to global sensation in the twenty-first century.