"Since October 1985, rock has been attacked from city halls, statehouses, fundamentalist pulpits, and the executive echelons of the FBI."

“Too many people who profess to like rap don't distinguish among its many historic and stylistic differences. Only by placing Ra­kim in context do you appreciate his mastery”

Rappers make their livings being articulate, and there's no one better to articulate the '80s from an Afrikan, youthful, working hip-hop perspective