The Plot Against Hip Hop MIXTAPE

            All the chapter titles of Nelson’s novel are taken from classic and contemporary hip hop songs, making The Plot Against Hip Hop a kind of mixtape narrative. Think about connections between the chapters and the tracks, and among the various tracks in sequence.

1. “Big Pimpin,” Jay-Z

2. “Dead Homiez,” Ice Cube

3. “Lyrics of Fury,” (Eric B. &) Rakim

4. “Never Seen a Man Cry / Until I Seen a Man Die,” Scarface

5. “Looking for the Perfect Beat,” Afrika Bambaataa

6. “Amerikkka’s Most Wanted,” Ice Cube

7. “You Must Learn,” KRS-One (Boogie Down Productions)

8. “The Message,” Melle Mel (Grandmaster Flash and the Mighty Five?)

9. “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos,” Public Enemy

10. “The Blueprint for Hip Hop,” KRS-One (Boogie Down Productions)

11. “Sound of the Police,” KRS-One (Boogie Down Productions)

12. “Criminal Minded,” KRS-One (Boogie Down Productions)

13. “Party for Your Right to Fight,” Pubic Enemy

14. “Made You Look,” Nas

15. “Ante Up,” MOP

16. “Round the Way Girl,” LL Cool J

17. “Da Art of Storytellin’ Part 1,” Outkast

18. “Otha Fish,” Pharcyde

19. “Talkin’ All That Jazz,” Stereosonic

20. “Things Don Changed,” Notorious BIG

21. “As the Rhyme Goes On,” (Eric B. &) Rakim

22. “Can’t Truss It,” Public Enemy

23. “Crank That,” Souja Boy

24. “What You Know,” TI?

25. “Soul Survivor,” Young Jeezy

26. “All of the Lights,” Kanye West

27. “The Scenario,” A Tribe Called Quest

28. “It’s Like That,” Run-DMC

29. “Time For Sum Aksion,” Redman

30. “Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z