... into shape." Here Mos Def recognizes the power of the tools of collective memory and orality. "What is gonna happen to hip-hop? I"ll tell you what's gonna happen to hip-hop. What's gonna happen to hip hop is what ever happens to us." Mos Def continues, "people talk about hip hop like it is some giant on the hillside, coming down to visit the people.... we are ... hip hop...next time you ask where is hip hop going ...ask yourself how am I doing...where am I going." With this verse Mos Def is describing ... ...

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