Contains fifteen articles that define the debate over whether music lyrics should be censored.

Hip-hop and rap lyrics can be useful teaching tools / Mary Ellen Flannery -- Hip-hop and rap lyrics have no educational value / John McWhorter -- Society will not suffer if music lyrics are censored / Malcolm X Abram -- Society suffers from any form of censorship / Julie Polter -- Hip-hop lyrics reflect the reality of black urban culture / Nick Marino -- Hip-hop lyrics do not reflect the reality of most African Americans / John McWhorter -- Hip-hop lyrics are degrading to women / Kayce T. Ataiyero -- Hip-hop lyrics are no more degrading to women than other media / Nida Khan -- Explicit lyrics encourage teen sex / Sarah Knoploh -- Explicit lyrics do not encourage teen sex / Carla Stokes, interviewed by Bonnie Zylbergold -- Rap and hip-hop music promote violence / Geoff Schumacher -- Rap and hip-hop music reveal but do not promote violence / Yan Dominic Searcy -- Racist and sexist rap lyrics must be rejected by African Americans / Anthony Asadullah Samad -- Consumers of all races should boycott offensive rap music / Justin D. Ross -- Music censorship threatens cultural growth and survival in Somalia / Jessica Saxton.