Research Sources

Gabrielle Williams

Ms. Downer

English 102

4 April 2012

Secondary Sources

1. 

The Wild, Wild West: Images of California in Contemporary Rap Music

Heather J. Mayne

California History , Vol. 79, No. 1, Literature and the Arts in California and the Pacific Northwest (Spring, 2000), pp. 70-75

<http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/stable/25591580?&Search=yes&searchText=Tupac&searchText=Shakur&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DTupac%2BShakur%26gw%3Djtx%26acc%3Don%26prq%3DTupac%26Search%3DSearch%26hp%3D25%26wc%3Don&prevSearch=&item=4&ttl=259&returnArticleService=showFullText>

This article mentions Tupac's album and describes how some of the songs portray California life. I will use this to talk about how his album describes life in California through his eyes. 

2.

Slouching toward Bork: The Culture Wars and Self-Criticism in Hip-Hop Music

Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar

Journal of Black Studies , Vol. 30, No. 2 (Nov., 1999), pp. 164-183

Published by: Sage Publications, Inc.

Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2645846

This article critiques Tupacs album. I will use this to talk about negative views on his album.

3.

Rap's Unruly Body: The Postmodern Performance of Black Male Identity on the American Stage

Annette J. Saddik

TDR (1988-) , Vol. 47, No. 4 (Winter, 2003), pp. 110-127

Published by: The MIT Press

Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4488512

This article describes Tupacs album and offers positive feedback. I will use this for supporting my argument. 

4.

Neal, M. A. (2003), Tupac's Book Shelf: “All Eyez on Me: Tupac Shakur and the Search for a Modern Folk Hero,” W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University, April 17, 2003. Journal of Popular Music Studies, 15: 208–212. 

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1533-1598.2003.00007.x/full

This talks about how his album made him a modern hero in the rap world. I will use this for strengthening my argument. 

5.

Only God Can Judge Me”: Tupac Shakur, the Legal System, and Lyrical Subversion By

Josh Nisker

http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/vol14is2/nisker.pdf?q=tupa

This article talks about Tupacs legal struggle while making the album and how it influenced some of the songs. I will use this as background and for strengthening my argument. 

6.

The Making of All Eyez On Me

XXL Magazine

http://www.scribd.com/doc/126280/The-Making-of-All-Eyez-on-Me

This article goes in depth talking to other artists on the album. It goes through each song as they were making it. I will use this as background.