Rap & Hip Hop
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Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic
$19.99 Add to cartAt the age of nineteen, Nasir “Nas” Jones began recording tracks for his debut album — and changed the music world forever. Released in 1994, Illmatic was hailed as an instant masterpiece and has pro
- Author: Dyson, Michael Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 01, 2009
- ISBN10: 0465002110
- Language: English
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The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song from Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
$25.99 Read moreFrom Sugarhill Gang to NWA to Biggie to Kanye, The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical… [more below]
- Author: Serrano, Shea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1419718185
- Language: English
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Back in the Day: My Life and Times with Tupac Shakur
$19.99 Add to cartA legend after a bullet killed him at the age of twenty-five, Tupac Shakur was the most riveting rap musician of his day. Far from being the insolent “gangsta” the press put forth, Shakur was fiercely
- Author: Bastfield, Darin Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: May 10, 2007
- ISBN10: 0306812959
- Language: English
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The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
$32.00 Add to cart“There has never been a better book about hip-hop…a record-biz portrait that jumps off the page.”–A.V. Club
The perfect read for music lovers and business aficionados alike, The Big Payback reveals- Author: Charnas, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0451234782
- Language: English
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Rapper’s Delight: The Hip Hop Cookbook
$15.95 Add to cartRapper’s Delight: The Hip Hop Cookbook features thirty recipes inspired by your favourite Hip Hop artists of today and yesteryear. Split into three categories of Starters, Mains and Desserts, the book… [more below]
- Author: Inniss, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 15 2014
- ISBN10: 9185639702
- Language: English
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The Chronicles of Doom: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast
$21.00 Add to cartA Variety best music book of 2024
“In a career and life full of fictions, the truth–as this excellent, de
A FLOOD best music book of 2024
A Clash best music book of 2024
A Mother Jones best book of 2024- Author: Fernando, S. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 166260324X
- Language: English
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In My Remaining Years
$18.99 Add to cartA collection of morbidly funny, intensely personal essays by cult fave and multi-hyphenate artist Jean Grae
In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae, debunks the myth that coming-of-age- Author: Grae, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1250857546
- Language: English
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Bust a Move: Matt Dike, Delicious Vinyl, and the Hip-Hop Hits That First Conquered Pop
$29.00 Add to cartThe greatest untold story in the history of hip-hop, this is the first-ever complete account of the scene, street-savvy stars, and daring record label that launched West Coast hip-hop into the America… [more below]
- Author: Relic, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 0806545259
- Language: English
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Spit: A Life in Battles
$29.95 Add to cart“I have watched every Dumbfoundead battle so many times that I have most of the insults memorized.”
–Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker“Jonnie ‘Dumbfoundead’ Park’s story is the definition of winning l
- Author: Park, Jonnie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798890130396
- Language: English
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Kendrick Lamar: Revolutionary in Rhymes
$14.99 Add to cartWhen Kendrick Lamar won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music, the world took notice. This was no ordinary rapper.
Lamar’s songwriting transcends the boundaries of music, exploring themes of race, identi
- Series: Icons
- Author: Mooney, Carla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 01 2026
- ISBN10: 9798348029616
- Language: English
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When Rock Met Hip-Hop: How Run-DMC, Aerosmith, Anthrax, the Beastie Boys, and More Crossed Cultural and Musical Boundaries
$32.95 Add to cartOne of the most important events in modern music remains the late 80s cross-collision of rock and hip hop.
Aerosmith/Run DMC, Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique, Public Enemy and Anthrax, Rick Rubin and Rus- Author: Blush, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 05 2026
- ISBN10: 149307802X
- Language: English
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The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
$14.95 Add to cartAs 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 the
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Barker, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: May 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1501321277
- Language: English
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Remember the Times: A Memoir
$29.00 Add to cartGrammy Award–winning R&B and hip-hop legend Teddy Riley recounts his journey from growing up in the projects in Harlem to inventing the genre New Jack Swing, selling out shows at Madison Square Garden… [more below]
- Author: Riley, Teddy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1668056453
- Language: English
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This Thug’s Life
$30.00 Add to cartThe first-ever insider account of the Shakur family, the iconic hip hop group T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E., and the life and death Tupac Shakur – written by Mopreme Shakur, the legendary rapper’s big brother and… [more below]
- Author: Shakur, Mopreme
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1496760581
- Language: English
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Rapper’s Delight: The Hip Hop Cookbook
$15.95 Add to cartRapper’s Delight: The Hip Hop Cookbook features thirty recipes inspired by your favourite Hip Hop artists of today and yesteryear. Split into three categories of Starters, Mains and Desserts, the book… [more below]
- Author: Inniss, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 15 2014
- ISBN10: 9185639702
- Language: English
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Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World de la Soul Made
$29.00 Add to cartFor fans of Dilla Time and The Chronicles of DOOM, a culturally connected celebration of the groundbreaking hip-hop group De La Soul, and how they changed the look, sound, and feel of Black America.
M- Author: McCoy, Austin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1668047942
- Language: English
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The Chronicles of Doom: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast
$21.00 Add to cartA Variety best music book of 2024
“In a career and life full of fictions, the truth–as this excellent, de
A FLOOD best music book of 2024
A Clash best music book of 2024
A Mother Jones best book of 2024- Author: Fernando, S. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 166260324X
- Language: English
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Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic
$34.95 Add to cartAn oral history with the women of Parliament-Funkadelic, from forming the band to landing the mothership.
Parliament-Funkadelic is perhaps the greatest funk band ever assembled. Yet at the time of the
- Series: American Music
- Author: Neblett, Seth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1477332677
- Language: English
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Lyrical Dharma: Hip-Hop as Mindfulness
$21.95 Add to cart“It is hard to express how important I feel this book is.”
A powerful and poetic illustrated meditation on hip-hop and mindfulness “I want to create music and
–Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple- Author: Born I
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 0984627162
- Language: English
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Kool Keith: The Krossover Into the Flower Kosmic
$29.99 Add to cartThe Krossover of the Flower Kosmic is a sci-fi hip-hop epic where Kool Keith unites his legendary personas to battle GERBIK, a threat to reality itself. Written by Seamus “Esoteric” Ryan and illustrat… [more below]
- Author: Ryan, Seamus Esoteric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 9798886562033
- Language: English
