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Back in the Days

by Jamel Shabazz

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Back in the Days documents the emerging hip-hop scene from 1980-1989 — before it became what is today's billion-dollar international industry. Back in the days, the streets — not the media — set the standards for style and Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, photographing everyday people. Working the streets of New York like the runways of Paris, Shabazz's subjects strike poses that flaunt their Kangol caps & Gazelle glasses, shell-top Adidas and suede Pumas complete with fat laces, shearling coats and leather jackets, gold rope chains, door-knocker earrings, name belts, boomboxes, and other assorted designer finery. For anyone who wants to know what "keepin' it real" means, Back in the Days is the book of your dreams.

Review:

"Shabazz here shows his subjects striking a pose and staring straight into the camera. The resulting images become less documentary and more yearbook-like in style. At first viewing, the clothes and posturing seem almost ridiculous, until we remember the excesses of the 1980s....An important examination of urban and youth culture through colorful photographs..." Library Journal

Synopsis:

Documents the emerging hip-hop scene from 1980-89, before it became what is today's multi-million-dollar, multinational industry.

Synopsis:

Back In The Days documents the emerging hip-hop scence from 1980-1989--before it became today's multi-million-dollar multinational industry. Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, photographing everyday people hangin' in Harlern, kickin' it in Queens, and cold chillin' in Brooklyn. Street styling with an attitude not seen in fashion for another twenty years to come. Shabazz's subjects strike poses that put supermodels to shame. For anyone who wants to know what "'keepin' it real" means, Back In the Days is the book of your dreams.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781576871065
Essay:
Fab 5 Freddy
Introduction:
Fab 5 Freddy
Essay:
Paniccioli, Ernie
Author:
Shabazz, Jamel
Author:
Paniccioli, Ernie
Author:
Shabazz, Jamal
Publisher:
powerHouse Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
Individual Photographer
Subject:
Youth
Subject:
Photo Essays
Subject:
New York
Subject:
Travel - U.S./Mid-Atlantic
Subject:
Hip-hop
Subject:
African American youth
Subject:
Photoessays & Documentaries
Subject:
Subjects & Themes - Travel - U.S./Mid-Atlantic
Subject:
Individual Photographers - General
Subject:
New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs.
Subject:
Hip-hop - New York (State) - New York
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
4769
Publication Date:
December 2001
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
9.74x7.16x.79 in. 1.47 lbs.

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