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Keep On Pushin'
Whether it's the coded lyrics of slave songs or the upfront belligerence of rap, black music has something to say. Loudly, of course. Say It Loud! looks at the rhyming rhetoric with James Brown and others.
James Brown
 
 
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  Chuck D
Chuck D
The Public Enemy mouthpiece remembers how he first discovered the power of rap.
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  Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
The rapper and talk-show host recalls the challenges faced by a female MC.
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Essential Music

From Marvin Gaye to Public Enemy, black music has had a profound influence on social change in 20th-century America. Check out VH1.com's list of the tunes essential to any discussion of music's political power.

-Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
-Sly & the Family Stone - Stand!
-Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
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Dope (Rap)
Today's hottest rappers, pumping platinum poetry, and explosive hip-hop force.
 
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Jennifer Lopez
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