Hip Hop and Rap
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Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique (33 1/3 Series)
by Dan LeRoy  Publisher Comments Derided as one-hit wonders, estranged from their original producer and record label, and in self-imposed exile in Los Angeles, the Beastie Boys were written off by most observers before even beginning to record their second album. But, Paul's Boutique...
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Tupac Shakur Legacy
by Jamal Joseph Publisher Comments Features removable reproductions of handwritten lyrics, notebook pages, and other personal memorabilia, plus Tupac Shakur Speaks, a 60-minute CD featuring rare interviews with Tupac Aramu Shakur. Tupac Shakur Legacy presents the story of rap artist...
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Gotta Get Signed: How To Become a Hip-hop Producer
by Sahpreem A. King Synopsis King lays out the steps one must take to learn the art and craft of hip-hop production. He begins with a brief history of the genre, explains the roles of a producer and beat-maker, how to build a studio, assemble a production team, and promote the music....
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Oh Snap!: The Rap Photography of Ricky Powell
by Ricky Powell About the Author Ricky Powell is a photographer and writer from New York City. He has contributed to The Source, Vibe, Grand Royal, Paper, Ego Trip, and many other magazines. He co-hosts a weekly radio show and has hosted his own Public Access cable TV show, Rappin' with...
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Know What I Mean? : Reflections on Hip-hop (07 Edition)
by Michael Eric Dyson Publisher Comments Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop music has been a source of controversy since the beats got too big and the voices too loud for the block parties that spawned them. America has condemned and commended this music and the culture...
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Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop
by Jeff Chang Publisher Comments 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...
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Rose That Grew From Concrete (99 Edition)
by Tupac Shakur Publisher Comments His talent was unbounded, a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic -- a violent homage to the power of his voice. His legacy is indomitable -- remaining vibrant and alive. Here now, newly discovered, are Tupac's most honest...
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The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs
by Felicia Pride Publisher Comments In this book of life lessons culled from hip-hop culture, author Felicia Pride examines a wide range of hip-hop songs and artists, interpreting life through their lenses. Growing up with hip-hop, Pride has come to realize the way it shaped how she thinks,...
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Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women
by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting Publisher Comments View the Table of Contents. Read the Prologue. "Sharpley-Whiting's book does not suffer from the sort of cowardice one too often hears from black academics who genuflect to hip hop in order to stay current with the tastes of the students...
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Hip Hop Generation : Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture (02 Edition)
by Bakari Kitwana Publisher Comments For black youth, can hip hop can be this generation's salvation? Young blacks born between 1965 and 1984 belong to the first generation to have grown up in post-segregation America. Their historical significance is tremendous, but until now there has...
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Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
by Jeff Chang 
Powells.com Staff Pick "Here's a little story that must be told..." Jeff Chang, hip-hop journalist (URB, Village Voice, Spin, the Nation, San Francisco Chronicle), has penned an award-winning (2005 American Book Award) account of the origins of hip-hop. From Jamaica and...
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Powerhouse Arena Catalogue: Issue One (No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn)
by Charlie (con) Ahearn Synopsis A twice-yearly publication launching in October 2006, each issue of powerHouse Arena Catalogue will have a single editorial focus inspired by a central group exhibition at The powerHouse Arena, located at 37 Main Street, Brooklyn. But the cataloge is...
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Black Eyed Peas: An Unauthorized Biography
by Jake Brown Publisher Comments The emergence of the Black Eyed Peas, one of the rap game’s renaissance players throughout the course of the last decade, is chronicled for the first time in this dazzling biography. With more than 30 million albums sold worldwide since 1998, the...
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Nuthin' But a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap (Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives)
by Eithne Quinn Synopsis < P> Focusing on the artists Ice Cube, Dr Dre, the Geto Boys, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur, Quinn explores the origins, development, and immense popularity of gangsta rap. Including detailed readings in urban geography, neoconservative politics...
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Never Drank the Kool-Aid: Essays
by Toure
Powells.com Staff Pick Wildly entertaining, Touré's profiles of some of pop culture's superstars penetrate the glitzy veneer offering insight into their truer selves. Fast paced, thoughtful, and often times laugh-out-loud funny, this enjoyable collection successfully...
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R&B (Rhythm and Business): The Political Economy of Black Music
by Norman Kelley Publisher Comments "Hot stuff for politically and economically astute pop-music collections."-Booklist "A great primer on how poorly the music industry tends to treat its artists."-New York Press Courtney Love and Public Enemy's Chuck D join Kelley and other journalists to...
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Gunshots in My Cook-Up: Bits and Bites from a Hip-Hop Caribbean Life
by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds Publisher Comments Selwyn Seyfu Hinds -- award-winning former editor-in-chief of The Source -- presents an extraordinary memoir/history of hip-hop as seen through the eyes of one fan-turned-luminary. The moment nine-year-old Hinds heard "Rapper's Delight" in Guyana, he...
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Life and Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, and God
by Russell Simmons Publisher Comments The original hip-hop mogul, Russell Simmons is one of the most innovative and influential figures in modern American business and culture. Life and Def provides the blueprint of how he went from a kid running the streets of Queens, New York, to the...
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Hiphop America (98 Edition)
by Nelson George Synopsis This is an account of the history of hip hop music, from its roots in the late 1970s to its emergence as the cultural force it is today, influencing everything from films to advertising, fashion to sports. Nelson examines why it has held a steady grip on...
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Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-Hop Became a Southern Thing
by Roni Sarig Publisher Comments Typically, more than half the top rap songs in the country are the work of Southern artists. In a world still stuck in the East/West coast paradigm of the ’90s, Southern hip hop has dominated the genre-and defined the culture-for years. And the...
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