|aHip hop speaks to children :|ba celebration of poetry with a beat /|ceditor, Nikki Giovanni ; advisory editors, Tony Medina, Willie Perdomo and Michele Scott.
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|aNaperville, Ill. :|bSourcebooks Jabberwocky,|c2008.
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|a72 p. :|bcol. ill., col. map ;|c28 cm.
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|tThings /|rEloise Greenfield --|tHip hop rules the world /|rJacqueline Woodson --|tI think I'll call it morning /|rGil Scott-Heron --|tAloneness /|rGwendolyn Brooks --|tThe girls in the circle /|rNikki Giovanni --|gFrom|t"Ham n eggs" /|rA tribe called Quest --|tMusic for fun and profit /|rGary Soto --|tAudition /|rHope Anita Smith --|gfrom|t"Hey Mama" /|rKanye West --|tDream Boogie /|rLangston Hughes --|tFunky snowman /|rCalef Brown --|tOh words /|rEloise Greenfield --|gfrom|t"Rapper's delight" /|rSugarhill Gang --|gfrom|t"Ladies first" /|rQueen Latifah --|tPeople equal /|rJames Berry --|gfrom|t"It's love" /|rJill Scott --|gfrom|t"Umi Says" /|rMos Def --|tTaking action /|rJames Berry --|tDream variations /|rLangston Hughes --|tAllow me to introduce myself /|rCharles R. Smith, Jr. --|tMe /|rElizabeth Swados --|tDat dere /|rOscar Brown Jr. --|tBooks /|rEloise Greenfield --|tFor word /|rBenjamin Zephaniah --|tWaitin' on summer /|rRuth Forman --|tJimmy Wall, 14, boy evangelist /|rWalter Dean Myers --|gfrom|t"Principal's office" /|rYoung MC --|tLove poem for my people /|rPedro Pietri --|twhy some people be mad at me sometimes /|rLucille Clifton --|gfrom|t"Love is..." /|rCommon --|tHarlem night song /|rLangston Hughes --|tHarlem hopscotch /|rMaya Angelou --|gfrom|t"The Creation" /|rJames Weldon Johnson --|tEgo tripping /|rNikki Giovanni --|gfrom|t"No regrets" /|rAesop Rock --|tFirst signature /|rAngela Shannon --|tNo images /|rWilliam Waring Cuney --|tEverything is everything /|rLauryn Hill --|tThe Rose that grew from concrete /|rTupac Shakur --|tLong track blues /|rSterling A. Brown --|gfrom|t"Talkin' all that jazz" /|rStetsasonic --|tWe real cool /|rGwendolyn Brooks --|tIf we must die /|rClaude McKay --|tWe wear the mask /|rPaul Laurence Dunbar --|tWho will cry? /|rAntwone Fisher --|tThe song of the smoke /|rW.E.B. DuBois --|tDoubtless by Steve Ericson /|rNikki Giovanni --|tThe negro speaks of rivers /|rLangston Hughes --|tIf we forget /|rJa Jahannes --|gfrom|t"I have a dream" /|rMartin Luther King Jr.
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|aMore than 50 poems and an accompanying CD introduce poetry with a beat.