1. Oakland Blues: Migration and Melancholy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface: Slaps and the City xi
5. Introduction: On Black Sonic Politics 1
6. 1. Oakland Blues: Migration and Melancholy 34
7. 2. Social Movements: Sounding the Call for Black Power 61
8. 3. Into the Crack: The War on Nuisance 89
9. 4. Black Noise: Crime, Grime, and Rhyme 118
10. 5. The Sideshow: Getting Hyphy at the Margins 140
11. 6. The Club: Bureaucracy and Banishment 178
12. 7. Before BBQ Becky: On Loop at Lake Merritt 218
13. Conclusion: Black Sound, Unbound 251
14. Acknowledgments 261
15. Notes 265
16. Bibliography 315
17. Index 347