Discuss Tricia Rose’s critique of commercial hip-hop in detail for your weekly response. In your response explain two of the key economic and/or cultural factors in Tricia Rose’s theory of the “narrowing of hip-hop images” and the “trinity of commercial hip-hop.” Include an account of radio and corporate consolidation in your account. Finally, choose one contemporary artist that you think either demonstrates or counters some of Rose’s account of commercial hip-hop.
