few years, and the part of princeton hill biggie comes from is nicer than the rural south where james baldwin and it's better than the environment my father grew up in. >> the guy was a drug dealer. >> yeah, he made choices. i grew up in the suburbs and my friends sold drugs. his mother was a schoolteacher and he didn't have to sell drugs to survive. >> that was his choice. >> exactly. >> what is good hip-hop to you? >> i want to be clear about this. my book is not about music and a critique of hip hop. >> losing my cool, how a father's love and 15,000 books beats hip-hop culture. >> it's about a system of values that the music doesn't create, but it provides a sound check and an echo chamber and magnifies and glorifies these things, but i'm not -- a lot of older black critics of hip-hop have a problem with hip-hop and find it inferior to jazz and other forms of black music. that's not the argument. i'm trying to attack ideas in cultural values and critique them and talk about what i really see as the secular religion of hip-hop, it's a way of living or reaching for a glass of water or greeti

quite nice compared to the parts of the rural south where a lot of -- it's much nicer than what james baldwin grew up in and ralph ellison grew up and far more -- >> the guy was a drug dealer. >> i grew up in the suburbs around guys who chose to deal drugs because it was very cool. >> right, right. >> his mother was a school teacher and he didn't to have deal drugs to feed himself. >> right, but that was his choice -- >> it was, exactly. >> so let me ask you this. what is good hip hop to you? >> well, i want -- i want to be very clear about this. my book is not about music. it's not -- it's not a critique of the artistic merit of hip hop which i don't dispute. >> well, let me repeat your title. losing my cool: how a father's love and 15,000 books beat hip hop culture. >> it's about a system of values that the music doesn't create but it provides a soundtrack and an echo chamber -- it magnifies often and it glorifies and romanticizes these things i'm not -- a lot of older black critics of hip hop have a problem with hip hop on a musical level and find it inferior of black music. that's not my

the part where biggie comes to is much nicer than what james baldwin and ralph grew up in. >> i meanwas a drug dealer. >> yeah, he made choices. i chew up in the suburbs who choice to deal drugs too. his mother was a school teacher. he didn't have to deal drugs. >> right. that was his choice. >> it was. exactly. >> so let me ask you this, what is good hip hop to you? >> well, i want to make, i want to be clear, my book is not about music. it's not a critique of the artistic merit of hip-hop. >> let me repeat your title. "losing my cool: how a fathers love and 15,000 books beat hip-hop culture." >> it's a values that the music doesn't create, but it magnifies, and glorifies, and romanticize these things. a lot of them have a problem on the hip-hop level and find it inferior to jazz. that's not my argument. i'm trying o -- trying to attack ideas and cultural values. i see the secular religion of hip-hop. it's a way of living, reaching for a cup of water, dismisses certain ideas as not real. i'm not talking about whether an artist like andre 3,000 as ability. because clearly he does. i

that from james carville. >>> alec baldwin. man we love, perhaps america's finest comedic actor, can i say that? the "30 rock" star, we're not going to talk about that show even though it was on last night, we're talking about a commercial he was on. if you live in the northeast, you know about wegman's groceries, it's beloved throughout the area. and alec's mom loves it. he agreed to do some holiday commercials. now keep in mind this isn't like funny or -- ironic, earnest grocery store commercial from alec baldwin. >> wegmans brings delicious to the season with our bakery fresh cakes and pies. enjoy home made taste with a variety for all your family gatherings. well, i don't want to bother my mother with choosing, so let's have one of each. >> let wegmans help you sweeten the season. >> low prices, incredible service, best ingredients, healthful meals, and friendly, caring people who make you feel like family. what an amazing experience. >> every day you get our best. >> i love that. he did it for his mom. >>> still ahead on "

. >>> jonathan baldwin, uconn wins 30-28 over pitt. lebron james will be feeling the heat after this game. against the celtics, air balls in the third quarter, then in the fourth he collages one off the side of the glass and the celtics beat the heat. >>> number 2, how strong is this woman's hair? look mom, no hands. >> is that her hair? >> that's her hair. >> ooh. don't do that, yeah. number 1, thursday night football, ravens and falcons, matt ryan to robbie white, 33- yard touchdown with 20 seconds left, the falcons who beat the 49ers in the closing seconds do it again tonight in a thriller, 26-21, they are now 7-2. >>> can we go back to the woman's thing? what was that, somebody holding her up from above? >> mighty strong hair. >> we're going to need to see that again. >> we'll be right back. >> don't try that at home. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! it's time for new school banking, bubbie. interest plus savings at capitalone.com. why earn bupkis, when your

. >>> jonathan baldwin, uconn wins 30-28 over pitt. lebron james feeling the heat after this game. against the celtics, air balls in the third quarter, then in the fourth he collages one off the side of the glass and the celtics beat the heat. >>> number 2, how strong is this woman's hair? look mom, no hands. >> is that her hair? >> that's her hair. >> ooh. don't do that, yeah. number 1, thursday night football, ravens and falcons, matt ryan to robbie white, 33- yard touchdown with 20 seconds left, the falcons who beat the 49ers in the closing seconds do it again tonight in a thriller, 26-21, they are now 7-2. >>> can we go back to the woman's thing? what was that, somebody holding her up from above? >> mighty strong hair. >> we're going to need to ,,,, [ indistinct conversations ] wrap it up, boys. while i'm still young. ♪ two hours till bedtime. let's move it.