Preface 2005
Introduction
Part 1 The Structure of Stealing
Notes on the Political Economy of Black Music Norman Kelley p. 6
Papa's Got a Brand-New Bag: Big Music's Post-Fordist Regime and the Role of Independent Music Labels (with 2005 Epilogue) Michael Roberts p. 24
The Discordant Sound of Music The NAACP report, 1987 p. 48
Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know: The Harvard Report on Soul Music Revisited David Sanjek p. 63
The Ballad of the Mid-Level Artist Danny Goldberg p. 81
Part 2 The Politics of Race Music
The Anatomy of a "Race" Music Label Stephen Calt p. 90
Crossing Over: From Rhythm & Blues to Rock 'n' Roll Reebee Garofalo p. 116
"All for One, and One for All": Black Enterprise, Racial Politics and the Business of Soul Brian Ward p. 142
Part 3 Do Plantains Go with Collard Greens? The Political Economy of Jazz and Salsa
Kind of Blue: Jazz Competes with Its Past, Settles for the Hard Sell Richard B. Woodward p. 165
Crossover Schemes: New York Salsa as Politics, Culture, and Commerce Karl Hagstrom Miller p. 172
Part 4 The Politics of the Noise
Money, Power, and Respect: A Critique of the Business of Rap Music Yvonne Bynoe p. 200
How Not to Get Jerked! The Hip Hop Elementary Roundtable Adams Mansbach et al. p. 215
Thug Radio: Beef and Bullets in Rap's Corporate Ratings War Jarrett Murphy p. 235
Death of a Nation-Where Ignorance Is Rewarded for a New Race Creation: The Niggro Chuck D p. 241
Blacked Out: Hip Hop and R&B Artists MIA in Music Industry Struggle Norman Kelley p. 244
Part 5 The Future of Music
The Heavenly Juke Box Charles C. Mann p. 252
Urban Radio Rage Jeff Chang p. 282
The Politics of Smoke & Mirrors Norman Kelley p. 293
Hip Hop Turns 30: Whatcha Celebratin' For? Greg Tate p. 300
Artist Rights and Record Companies: A Letter to Fellow Recording Artists Courtney Love p. 307
Index