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Publisher Comments:

Music, fashion, dance, graffiti, movies, videos, and business: it's all in this brilliant tale of a cultural revolution that spans race and gender, language and nationality. The definitive history of an underdocumented music genre, The VIBE History of Hip Hop tells the full story of this grassroots cultural movement, from its origins on the streets of the Bronx to its explosion as an international phenomenon. Illustrated with almost 200 photos, and accompanied by comprehensive discographies, this book is a vivid review of the hip hop world through the eyes and ears of more than 50 of the finest music writers and cultural critics at work today, including Danyel Smith, Greg Tate, Anthony deCurtis, dream hampton, Neil Strauss, and Bönz Malone.

"A history? No. A story, really. A tale from the dark side. In this book, hip hop is all. It's always there. Like hip hop, this book is about the intense kind of aspiration that comes from having little. About holding and rhyming into a microphone. Mixing and scratching. Guns pain blood. Desire desperation truth true love. Art and mystery and metaphor. The singularity of voice. The magnificence of ingenious sampling. The glory of a beat. This book is that story."

-- From the Preface by Danyel Smith, editor-in-chief of VIBE, the voice of the hip hop generation, presents the essence of hip hop.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780609805039
Editor:
Light, Alan
Author:
Light, Alan
Author:
The Editors of VIBE
Author:
Vibe Magazine
Publisher:
Three Rivers Press (CA)
Location:
New York :
Subject:
History & Criticism *
Subject:
History and criticism
Subject:
Popular
Subject:
Composers & Musicians - Country & Folk
Subject:
Rap
Subject:
Rap (music)
Subject:
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Rap & Hip-Hop
Subject:
History & Criticism - General
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Rap & Hip Hop
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Includes discographies and index.
Publication Date:
October 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
432
Dimensions:
28 cm. +

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