Rap & Hip Hop
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Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang
$22.00 Add to cartA PERFECT COMPANION READ TO THE SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY, WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN
Selected as a Best Book of the Year by Esquire
Couldn’t put it down. – Charlamagne Tha God
Mesmerizing. – Raekwon da C- Author: Hawkins, Lamont U-God
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1250191173
- Language: English
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Hip-Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason
$26.95 Add to cartIs there too much violence in hip-hop music? What’s the difference between Kimberly Jones and the artist Lil’ Kim? Is hip-hop culture a “black” thing? Is it okay for N.W.A. to call themselves niggaz a… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture & Philosophy #16
- Author: Darby, Derrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 26 2005
- ISBN10: 0812695895
- Language: English
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3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Hip-Hop’s Multibillion-Dollar Rise
$29.00 Add to cartTracing the careers of hip-hop’s three most dynamic stars, this deeply reported history brilliantly examines the entrepreneurial genius of the first musician tycoons: Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z.
Being- Author: Greenburg, Zack O’Malley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0316316539
- Language: English
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Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah
$18.00 Add to cartIn a definitive and “excellent homage to a star who left this planet too soon” (Questlove), the life, career, tragic death, and evolution of Aaliyah into a music legend are explored–now updated with … [more below]
- Author: Iandoli, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1982156856
- Language: English
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Trip-Hop
$19.95 Read moreTrip-hop described some of the 1990s’ best music, and it was one of the decade’s most revealing bad ideas.
The music itself was an intoxication of beats, bass, and voice. It emerged amid the social te- Series: Genre: A 33 1/3
- Author: Wheaton, R. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1501373609
- Language: English
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Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop
$26.95 Add to cartAt once the most lucrative, popular, and culturally oppositional musical force in the United States, hip hop demands the kind of interpretation Imani Perry provides here: criticism engaged with this v… [more below]
- Author: Perry, Imani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 30 2004
- ISBN10: 0822334461
- Language: English
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Yo! the Early Days of Hip Hop 1982-84: Photography by Sophie Bramly
$49.95 Add to cartThe birth of hip hop in New York: rare images of the bands, the MCs and DJs, the artists and the fans, from Afrika Bambaataa and Run-DMC to Keith Haring and the Rock Steady Crew
This book features more
- Author: Bramly, Sophie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1916359825
- Language: English
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Split Decision: Life Stories
$20.00 Add to cartAward-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T unveils a compelling memoir of his early life robbing jewelry stores until he found fame and fortune–while a handful of bad choices sent his former cri… [more below]
- Author: Ice-T
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1982148780
- Language: English
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The History of Miami Hip Hop: The Story of DJ Khaled, Pitbull, DJ Craze, and Other Contributors to South Florida’s Scene
$16.95 Read more“In the late 90s, the music scene in Miami was at the infancy of becoming the multi-million dollar cultural and artistic force that it is today. Musicians like Pitbull, DJ Khaled, and countless others… [more below]
- Series: Scene History
- Author: Cordero, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 162106395X
- Language: English
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Ride or Die: A Feminist Manifesto for the Well-Being of Black Women
$18.99 Read moreCultural criticism and pop culture history intertwine in this important book, which dissects how hip hop has sidelined Black women’s identity and emotional well-being.
A “ride-or-die chick” is a woma- Author: Hubbard, Shanita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 0306874687
- Language: English
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What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Language
$22.95 Read moreA NEW YORKER & GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A love letter to the verbal artistry of hip-hop, What’s Good is a work of passionate lyrical analysis
“What’s Good is, among a great many other things
- Author: Levin Becker, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 0872868761
- Language: English
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The BeatTips Manual: The Art of Beatmaking, The Hip Hop/Rap Music Tradition, and The Common Composer
$44.95 Add to cart‘The BeatTips Manual’ (Amir Said) is the definitive study of the art of beatmaking (hip hop production). Brilliantly divided into five major parts – a riveting History part, an extensive Instruction (… [more below]
- Author: Said, Amir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 604
- Publish Date: November 17 2013
- ISBN10: 0989398609
- Language: English
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Labyrinth
$17.00 Add to cart” An] engrossing, damning tale of widespread unchecked corruption in one of the nation’s largest police departments, one that deserves attention . . . Exhaustively researched . . . The most thorough e
- Author: Sullivan, Randall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0802127428
- Language: English
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Shirt Kings: Pioneers of Hip Hop Fashion: Paperback Edition
$29.95 Read more“They would transform your whole look into a superstar.” — — Nas
The exiting story about how the street wear pioneers Shirt Kings created a style that would define hip hop culture in the 1980s and b… [more below]
- Author: Sacasa, Edwin Phade
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 27 2023
- ISBN10: 9188369781
- Language: English
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Nipsey Hussle A Secret Biography of an Icon and West Coast Hero: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Nipsey Hussle Rapper Extraordinaire
$14.95 Add to cartGet to know the “real” Nipsey Hussle behind the music. Here’s just a taste of what you’re about to read to in this concise Nispey Hussle biography.
Nipsey Hussle’s personal life
Hussle has a daughter n
- Author: Vance, Jj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1637608659
- Language: English
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Cross the Tracks: A Memoir
$17.99 Add to cartFrom one of rap’s most evocative writers comes a stirring memoir and “masterpiece of a book” (Snoop Dogg) about how Boosie Badazz, one of the industry’s most controversial figures, was able to overcom… [more below]
- Author: Badazz, Boosie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1982131373
- Language: English
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Look at Me!: The Xxxtentacion Story
$21.99 Add to cartA compelling biography of SoundCloud sensation and rising star XXXTENTACION — from his candid songwriting and connection with fans to his tragic death.
At the age of twenty, rapper Jahseh Dwayne Onfr- Author: Reiss, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 0306845423
- Language: English
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Chuck D Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History
$29.99 Add to cartA one-of-a kind survey of rap and hip hop history from 1973 to today by Chuck D, arguably the most influential rapper in the world.
In the more than 40 years since the days of DJ Kool Herc and “Rappe- Author: D, Chuck
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 0316430978
- Language: English
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Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story
$18.00 Add to cartFrom one of the most lyrically gifted and socially conscious rappers of the past twenty years, Vibrate Higher is a firsthand account of hip-hop as a political force
Before Talib Kweli became a world-r- Author: Kweli, Talib
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1250787386
- Language: English
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My Brother’s Name Is Kenny: The Greatest True Hip-Hop Story Ever Told
$23.99 Add to cartThe future looks bleak. The present feels hopeless. Yet, for two young African-American brothers from the slums of New York City, failure is not an option. The reader will experience a once-in-a-lifet
- Author: Parker, Kenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: June 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1736275631
- Language: English
