MUGN 120 Rap and Rock as Cultural Phenomena

Queen Latifah, rap, in part ; with Heavy D, KRS-One, Treach, Tony Rebel and others.

A look at the conceptualization of masculinity in hip-hop culture. Includes interviews with prominent rappers, music industry executives, and social critics.
Performers: Mos Def, Fat Joe, Chuck D, Jadakiss, Busta Rhymes, Russell Simmons, Michael Eric Dyson, Beverly Guy-Sheftall.

Ten episode documentary covering rock 'n' roll history from its humble beginnings in the '50s to Lollapalooza in the '90s. Features interviews with stars from Little Richard to Bono. Includes classic footage, concert performances, complete songs, & stars galore.

DJay, a very smalltime streetwise Memphis hustler and pimp, lives a dead-end life at the fringes of society.

A live performance from October 20, 1994, this records the band Pink Floyd. Performances of twenty-one of their classics, including Dark side of the moon and Wish you were here.

Recounts how, on the streets of the Bronx in the summer of 1973, DJ Herc took the percussion breaks from an obscure album by the Incredible Bongo Band and extended them by playing them back to back.