"One Day It'll All Make Sense": Hip-Hop and Rap Resources for Music Librarians Author(s): Andrew Leach Source: Notes, Second Series, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Sep., 2008), pp. 9-37 Published by: Music Library Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30163606 Accessed: 23-09-2015 13:21 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Music Library Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Notes. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 138.16.114.93 on Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:21:48 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions "ONE DAY IT'LL ALL MAKESENSE": HIP-HOP AND RAP RESOURCESFOR MUSIC LIBRARIANS BY ANDREW LEACH 0 Despite being an object of derision within academia for many years, the study of hip-hop culture and rap music has now largely gained re- spectability in the academy, and is considerably less marginalized than it was only a decade ago. Scholars working in a number of disciplines are increasingly recognizing hip-hop culture and rap music as subjects wor- thy of attention. Consequently, a great deal of scholarly study and writing on hip-hop and rap is being carried out, drawing from fields including African American studies, history, linguistics, literature, musicology, soci- ology, and women's studies.