Disk 1. Da mysteries: God, love, and knowledge. Yo! It ain't no mystery: who is God? / Derrick Darby
Ain't (just) 'bout da booty: funky reflections on love / Tommie Shelby
"You perceive with your mind": knowledge and perception / Mitchell S. Green
Disk 2. What's beef? Ruminations on violence. "Y'all niggaz better recognize": Hip Hop's dialectical struggle for recognition / John P. Pittman
Rap aesthetics: violence and the art of keeping it real / Richard Shusterman
"F**k tha police [state]": rap, warfare, and the Leviathan / Joy James
Disk 3. That's how I'm livin': authenticity, blackness, and sexuality. Does Hip Hop belong to me? The philosophy of race and culture / Paul C. Taylor
Queen bees and big pimps: sex and sexuality in Hip Hop / Kathryn T. Gines
Grown folks' business: the problem of maturity in Hip Hop / Lewis Gordon
Disk 4. Word up! Language, meaning, and ethics. Knowwhatumsayin'? How Hip-Hop lyrics mean / Stephen Lester Thompson
Girl got 99 problems: is Hip Hop one? / Sarah McGrath, Lidet Tilahun
"For all my niggaz and bitches": ethics and eptithets / J. Angelo Corlett
Disk 5. Fight the power: political philosophy 'n the hood. Microphone commandos: rap music and political philosophy / Bill E. Lawson
Halfway revolution: from that gangsta Hobbes to radical liberals / Lionel K. McPherson
Criminal-justice minded: retribution, punishment, and authority / Erin I. Kelly
Gettin' dis'd and gettin' paid: rectifying injustice / Rodney C. Roberts
After ... word! The philosophy of the Hip-Hop battle / Marcyliena Morgan.
