Music-Genres & Styles-Rap & Hip Hop

On the tenth anniversary of his death, The Dirty Version is the first biography of hip hop superstar and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol' Dirty Bastard, to be written by someone from his inner circle: his right-hand man and best friend, Buddha...

The powerful and compelling true story of corruption, coercion and murder surrounding the Tupac Shakur & Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace homicides brought to 2014. With contribution by former Los Angeles Police Detective Russell Poole, the original Wallace homicide investigator, Michael Douglas Carlin, Director of...

The phenomenon known as Hip Hop encompasses a global, multiethnic, grassroots culture committed to social justice and self-expression through performance. Hip Hop Theater emerged from that culture, mixing spoken-word performance with music and dance and marked by Hip Hop's strong sense of activism and...

It's not just rap music. Hip-hop has transformed theater, dance, performance, poetry, literature, fashion, design, photography, painting, and film, to become one of the most far-reaching and transformative arts movements of the past two decades. American Book Award-winning journalist Jeff Chang, author of the...

Kim Osorio had a front-row seat for the biggest beefs, battles, and blow-ups in hip-hop. As the first female editor-in-chief of The Source, she had come up. From her corner office, Kim got the goods on hip-hop's hottest names: Jay-Z, Nas, 50 Cent, Lil'...

From Sandy "Pepa" Denton--rap legend and outspoken star of VH1's smash-hit reality show--comes the juicy tell-all in which she talks about sex, music, life, love, fame, and so much more. The spiciest ingredient in the legendary rap group Salt-N-Pepa, fans know Sandy Denton as...

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at life in the rap world, from the woman at the heart of the Nas/Jay-Z feud--one of the biggest beefs in hip-hop. Carmen Bryan is no stranger to the rap world. Not only did she work at Def Jam and...

Based on police wiretaps and exclusive interviews with drug kingpins and hip-hop insiders, this is the untold story of how the streets and housing projects of southeast Queens took over the rap industry.For years, rappers from Nas to Ja Rule have hero-worshipped the legendary...

A PERFECT COMPANION READ TO THE SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY, WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MENSelected as a Best Book of the Year by Esquire"Couldn't put it down." - Charlamagne Tha God"Mesmerizing." - Raekwon da Chef"Insightful, moving, necessary." - Shea Serrano"Cathartic." -The New Yorker"A classic." -The...

This book examines the old school hip hop years from 1979-1985. This was the age of innocence.Author: Rashad Skyla MitchellISBN-10: 151162194XISBN-13: 9781511621946Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/22/2015Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.07d

"Reading this book is like looking in the mirror...Much love for Professor Kreston Kent " -Lil Wayne. #1 Bestseller on Amazon Rap category and iBooks Music category. Called a "thorough and incisive proof of Lil Wayne's genius" by critics, the book shows that Wayne's...

As immediately believable as they were cartoonish, as much an inner city cipher as a suburban boys gang, the foursome that made up the Pharcyde were the most relatable MCs to ever pass the mic. On their debut and magnum opus Bizarre Ride II...

A visual catalog of site-specic rap lyrics in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston and more. With lyrics from Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, Andre 3000, Kanye West, Scarface and more. Since 2013, multi-disciplinary artist Jay Shells (Jason Shelowitz) has been travelling to major...

Author Jake Brown breaks it all down. In Kanye West Before the Legend: The Rise of Kanye West and the Chicago Rap and R&B Scene - The Early Years, we will uncover the method behind this genius's multi-platinum madness, from Jay Z's 'The Blueprint',...

Over the past four decades, rap and hip hop culture have taken a central place in popular music both in the United States and around the world. Listening to Rap: An Introduction enables students to understand the historical context, cultural impact, and unique musical...

Through rap and hip hop, entertainers have provided a voice questioning and challenging the sanctioned view of society. Examining the moral and social implications of Kanye West's art in the context of Western civilization's preconceived ideas, the contributors consider how West both challenges religious...

"Reading this book is like looking in the mirror...Much love for Professor Kreston Kent " -Lil Wayne. #1 Bestseller on Amazon Rap category and iBooks Music category. Called a "thorough and incisive proof of Lil Wayne's genius" by critics, the book shows that Wayne's...

In the beginning, he was one of nine-the Wu-Tang Clan's first swordsman. But much more than just 11.11% of a greater entity, Ghostface Killah established himself as a seminal rapper in hip-hop history and one of the greatest artists to skulk the planet. In...

Jay-Z is one of America's leading rappers and entrepreneurs, as well known for his music as for his business acumen. This text seeks to situate Jay-Z within his musical, intellectual and cultural context for educational study. Thirteen essays address such topics as Jay-Z's relevance...

Spring Forward is a collection of photographs, artwork, and writings by Erick Elliott. Elliott is the producer and member of the Brooklyn based hip hop group the Flatbush Zombies. In commenting on Spring Forward, Elliott notes, "I've worked on this book subconsciously (all of...

The powerful and compelling true story of corruption, coercion and murder surrounding the Tupac Shakur & Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace homicides brought to 2014. With contribution by former Los Angeles Police Detective Russell Poole, the original Wallace homicide investigator, Michael Douglas Carlin, Director of...

Introducing the first ever grime songbook of the first ever grime album to reach No. 1 in the UK charts. Gang Signs & Prayer is the debut album from three-time MOBO award winner Stormzy. Released in 2017, the album contains elements of gospel and...

This is the first book to discuss in detail how rap music is put together musically. Whereas a great deal of popular music scholarship dismisses music analysis as irrelevant or of limited value, the present book argues that it can be crucial to cultural...

As one of the most influential and popular genres of the last three decades, rap has cultivated a mainstream audience and become a multimillion-dollar industry by promoting highly visible and often controversial representations of blackness. Sounding Race in Rap Songs argues that rap music...

Our national conversation about race is ludicrously out-of-date. Hip-hop is the key to understanding how things are changing. In a provocative book that will appeal to hip-hoppers both black and white and their parents, Bakari Kitwana deftly teases apart the culture of hip-hop to...

Mary J. Blige is an icon who represents the political consciousness of hip hop and the historical promise of soul. She is an everywoman, celebrated by Oprah Winfrey and beloved by pop music fans of all ages and races. Blige has sold over fifty...

Welcome to this exploration of the Roots of hip-hop. The roots of hip-hop, as in: the Roots--a story of one of the most enduring, multi-talented, and successful groups of the past thirty years in any genre--and the story of the roots of hip-hop, that...

Explores the range of vibrant cultural production and political activism of youth in Africa today, as expressed through art, music, theater, and online media. This edited collection focuses on the links between youth and African popular culture. Contributions by a distinguished group of scholars...

In her first book, Patrice shares her story about being a fourteen-year-old girl who endures the horrors of child sexual abuse. On a path filled with every horror imaginable, there were still angels along the way. She is able to triumph and then dedicates...

Award-winning poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor pays tribute to her departed son Malik 'Phife Dawg' Taylor of the legendary hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest in this intimate collection.Author: Cheryl Boyce-TaylorISBN-10: 1642594040ISBN-13: 9781642594041Publisher: Haymarket BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/19/2021Pages: 80Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

CONTENTSOrigins: A sampling of the sphere of influence for Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), the debut album of the Digable Planets.The System: A shadowy synth-pop album unearthedRaymond Scott: Synthesizer innovator and composer sampled by DillaSusaye Greene: Singer-songwriter who worked with Ray...

The story of how Hip Hop got its start, told by Gene "Poo Poo Man" Anderson, the promoter at the center of it all. From "Rapper's Delight" and the first rap concert ever, to the introduction of breakdancing and scratching, take an insider's tour...

THE REAL EMINEM is a lively authentic look at the most successful artist to debut after 1983 and the most successful rapper of all-time featuring 90+ unseen 1999 black & white photos and 2 exclusive1999 interviews. Eminem outsold every artist across the globe in...

A choice hardcover, THE REAL EMINEM is a lively authentic look at the most successful artist to debut after 1983 and the most successful rapper of all-time featuring 90+ unseen 1999 colour photos and 2 exclusive1999 interviews. Eminem outsold every artist across the globe...

Astonishing facts revealed for the first time The interviews provide first-hand knowledge of the state of mind of these legendary characters. Figures who existed within the heart of arguably the most infamous and dark period in music history.Each chapter will unravel the truth and...

The musician and Hip Hop legend--hailed as "the greatest MC of all time" and compared to Thelonious Monk--reimagines the writing handbook in this memoir and guide that incorporates the soulful genius, confidence, and creativity of a master artist.When he exploded on the music scene,...

Murder Dog has been the premiere magazine of underground Hip Hop for over twenty years now This full-color book features the best of their covers with everyone from 50 Cent to Lil Wayne to Jacka to Nappy Roots and so many more.Author: Black Dog...

Check out the top 25 hip-hop albums of 1990.Author: Rashad Skyla MitchellISBN-10: 1511841729ISBN-13: 9781511841726Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/23/2015Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.06d

"Music is simply the soul boiling over into sound. When you produce with this in mind, there is no way you'll ever miss the mark." Curtiss King: Producer. Rapper. Mentor to thousands of aspiring artists and entrepreneurs through his YouTube channel. His production credits...

A look at the History of Hip Hop ( A sub-cultural music movement) that has inspired and changed lives. It has also impacted the world in the last four decades. This book includes the elements of Hip Hop, origin and founders popular and "underground"...

Rap-A-Lot Records, U.G.K. (Pimp C and Bun B), Paul Wall, Beyonce, Chamillionaire and Scarface are all names synonymous with contemporary hip-hop. And they have one thing in common: Houston. Long before the country came to know the chopped and screwed style of rap from...

A hero for our times, Jay-Z is one of the world's most successful hip hop artists, record producers and entrepreneurs, selling more than 50 million albums globally and winning 13 Grammy Awards. Author Mark Beaumont has interviewed Jay-Z and many revealing insights from that...

The New Beats, first published in 1994, was one of the first books to seriously approach and document the hip-hop phenomenon. It takes you from its origins in the South Bronx in the '70s, to the hip-hop of today, now in its nostalgia phase.The...

Words is the first installment of interviews conducted by Brian Kayser, editor-in-chief of HipHopGame.com, with some of the most influential figures in hip-hop, including DJ Premier, Just Blaze, Rakim, N.O.R.E., Raekwon, GZA, and the incomparable Sean Price. These interviews were conducted between 2005 and...

I consider myself lucky to be born on the 29th of December in the year of 1970. On the other side of my Mother's womb awaited Afro's, bell bottoms, black power and soul music. However amidst the black love lay a dark cloud mixed...

Hip-Hop at it's core is authentic and unapologetic without those two attributes, you ain't Hip-Hop If you feel like you're disrespecting someone, when you say the word nigga, you're definitely not Hip-Hop. So, don't even put yourself in that space, especially if you feel...

Let's take it back to the seventiesWhen Rap was born and made emcees. But before they could even bless the MicIt would be the DJ that rocked the night From the Message that rained down from Sugar HillTo the beat from chic that spun...

NaS Lost is the Nas book only Byron Crawford could write, and not just due to literacy issues in the hip-hop community. Billed as a tribute to the little homey, it is in fact a tribute, but not in the way that an article...

Ambition came as a curse for a young optimistic "Johnny-boy." from the hard knocks life of the Cabrini Green and Henry Horner project homes in Chicago, Illinois, to frequent stints with the law, life wasn't a crystal stair by far. Demetrius Smith, driven only...

In 1997 the rap group Racionais MCs (the 'Rational' MCs) recorded the album Sobrevivendo no Inferno (Surviving in Hell), subsequently changing the hip-hop scene in S縊 Paulo and firmly establishing itself as the point of reference for youth across Brazil. In an era when...