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  • The New Beats Redux: Exploring the music, culture and attitudes of hip-hop by Fernando, Jr. S. H.
    Jr. S. H. Fernando

    The New Beats Redux: Exploring the music, culture and attitudes of hip-hop

    The New Beats, first published in 1994, was one of the first books to seriously approach and document the hip-hop phenomenon. It takes you from its origins in the South Bronx in the '70s, to the hip-hop of today, now in its nostalgia phase.The...
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  • Words by Kayser, Brian
    Brian Kayser

    Words

    Words is the first installment of interviews conducted by Brian Kayser, editor-in-chief of HipHopGame.com, with some of the most influential figures in hip-hop, including DJ Premier, Just Blaze, Rakim, N.O.R.E., Raekwon, GZA, and the incomparable Sean Price. These interviews were conducted between 2005 and...
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  • HIP-HOP History (Book 1 of 3): The Incorporation of Hip-Hop: Circa 1970-1989 by Bank$, Antwan 'Ant'
    Antwan 'Ant' Bank$

    HIP-HOP History (Book 1 of 3): The Incorporation of Hip-Hop: Circa 1970-1989

    I consider myself lucky to be born on the 29th of December in the year of 1970. On the other side of my Mother's womb awaited Afro's, bell bottoms, black power and soul music. However amidst the black love lay a dark cloud mixed...
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  • Hip-Hop History (Book 3 of 3): The Incorporation of Hip-Hop: Circa 2000 -2010 by Bank$, Antwan 'Ant'
    Antwan 'Ant' Bank$

    Hip-Hop History (Book 3 of 3): The Incorporation of Hip-Hop: Circa 2000 -2010

    Hip-Hop at it's core is authentic and unapologetic without those two attributes, you ain't Hip-Hop If you feel like you're disrespecting someone, when you say the word nigga, you're definitely not Hip-Hop. So, don't even put yourself in that space, especially if you feel...
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  • HIP-HOP History (Book 2 of 3): The Incorporation of Hip-Hop: Circa 1990-1999 by Bank$, Antwan 'Ant'
    Antwan 'Ant' Bank$

    HIP-HOP History (Book 2 of 3): The Incorporation of Hip-Hop: Circa 1990-1999

    Let's take it back to the seventiesWhen Rap was born and made emcees. But before they could even bless the MicIt would be the DJ that rocked the night From the Message that rained down from Sugar HillTo the beat from chic that spun...
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  • NaS Lost: A Tribute to the Little Homey by Jones, Theotis
    Theotis Jones

    NaS Lost: A Tribute to the Little Homey

    NaS Lost is the Nas book only Byron Crawford could write, and not just due to literacy issues in the hip-hop community. Billed as a tribute to the little homey, it is in fact a tribute, but not in the way that an article...
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  • The Man Behind the Man: Looking from the Inside Out by Smith, Demetrius, Sr.
    Demetrius Sr. Smith

    The Man Behind the Man: Looking from the Inside Out

    Ambition came as a curse for a young optimistic "Johnny-boy." from the hard knocks life of the Cabrini Green and Henry Horner project homes in Chicago, Illinois, to frequent stints with the law, life wasn't a crystal stair by far. Demetrius Smith, driven only...
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  • Racionais McS' Sobrevivendo No Inferno by Pardue, Derek
    Derek Pardue

    Racionais McS' Sobrevivendo No Inferno

    In 1997 the rap group Racionais MCs (the 'Rational' MCs) recorded the album Sobrevivendo no Inferno (Surviving in Hell), subsequently changing the hip-hop scene in S縊 Paulo and firmly establishing itself as the point of reference for youth across Brazil. In an era when...
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  • The Healing Power of Hip Hop by Travis, Raphael
    Raphael Travis Jr

    The Healing Power of Hip Hop

    Using the latest research, real-world examples, and a new theory of healthy development, this book explains Hip Hop culture's ongoing role in helping Black youths to live long, healthy, and productive lives. In The Healing Power of Hip Hop, Raphael Travis Jr. offers a...
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  • Ssm: Issue 1 (Aleshia Haute cover) by Bank$, Antwan 'Ant'
    Antwan 'Ant' Bank$

    Ssm: Issue 1 (Aleshia Haute cover)

    SSM Magazine "Sexy but Classy" A Model Pictorial In the premier issue of SSM, we introduce new model; Aleshia Haute. Her name says it all; this Charlotte beauty has an amazing personality with a body to match. SSM (So Seductive Models) Magazine is a...
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  • Magnolia: Home of tha Soldiers: Exclusive interviews with the Hot Boys & Cash Money Millionaires by Rosen, Harris
    Harris Rosen

    Magnolia: Home of tha Soldiers: Exclusive interviews with the Hot Boys & Cash Money Millionaires

    A riveting historical account of how two hustlers invested everything in one 10 years old and changed the music business, forever Behind the Music Tales is a series which captures the mood and feel of the energy that surged through music in the 90s...
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  • New York State of Mind 1.0: Exclusive 1992-1993 Interviews with Tragedy Khadafi, Brand Nubian, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth by Rosen, Harris
    Harris Rosen

    New York State of Mind 1.0: Exclusive 1992-1993 Interviews with Tragedy Khadafi, Brand Nubian, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

    A fascinating genuine narrative formed in the crucible of Golden Age Hip-Hop mindfulness. Behind the Music Tales is a series which captures the mood and feel of the energy that surged through music in the 90s and 2000s. It presents exclusive original interviews as...
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  • N.W.a: The Aftermath: Exclusive Interviews with Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Jerry Heller, Yella & Westside Connection by Rosen, Harris
    Harris Rosen

    N.W.a: The Aftermath: Exclusive Interviews with Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Jerry Heller, Yella & Westside Connection

    N.W.A Fans Only ] Astonishing facts revealed for the first time #1 on Amazon U.S., Canada, France, Australia and Japan For Decades Harris Rosen Has Been Asking Fearless Questions Of Hip-Hop's Biggest Names. N.W.A: The Aftermath collects many of his best interviews, which challenge...
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  • Rap and Hip Hop: A Day by Day History Guide by Brown, Mason
    Mason Brown

    Rap and Hip Hop: A Day by Day History Guide

    More than 3,500 entries are listed in chronological order in a day-by-day record of rap and hip hop including industry awards, television and film appearances, noteworthy concerts and music festivals, personal disputes and controversies, arrests and court trials, and birthdays and deaths. There is...
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  • Kanye West in the Studio: Beats Down! Money Up! (2000-2006) by Brown, Jake
    Jake Brown

    Kanye West in the Studio: Beats Down! Money Up! (2000-2006)

    Few realize how important Kanye West has been to the last 5 years of hip-hop, well before he became a solo phenomenon, when he was still a fledgling producer working on Jay Z's The Blueprint, arguably the first 5 MICs-worthy album of the Millennium,...
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  • Peep This! Hip Hop Trivia Volume 1 by Youngblood, Joe
    Joe Youngblood

    Peep This! Hip Hop Trivia Volume 1

    This book will entertain, inform and challenge the realest hip hop fan from the old to the new. Peep This Hip Hop Trivia Vol. 1 features over 400 questions on the artists you know and love. You can test yourself or your friends on...
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  • The Real Hiphop: Battling for Knowledge, Power, and Respect in the LA Underground by Morgan, Marcyliena
    Marcyliena Morgan

    The Real Hiphop: Battling for Knowledge, Power, and Respect in the LA Underground

    Project Blowed is a legendary hiphop workshop based in Los Angeles. It began in 1994 when a group of youths moved their already renowned open-mic nights from the Good Life, a Crenshaw district health food store, to the KAOS Network, an arts center in...
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  • The 'Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop by Forman, Murray
    Murray Forman

    The 'Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop

    Examines the significance of the 'hood in rap and hip hopThe 'Hood Comes First looks at the increasingly specific emphasis on real neighborhoods and streets in rap music and hip hop culture as an urgent response to the cultural and geographical ghettoization of black...
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  • The New H.N.I.C. (Head Niggas in Charge): The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop by Boyd, Todd
    Todd Boyd

    The New H.N.I.C. (Head Niggas in Charge): The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop

    Frames hip-hop as the defining cultural force in the aftermath of the Civil Rights and Black Power eras When Lauryn Hill stepped forward to accept her fifth Grammy Award in 1999, she paused as she collected the last trophy, and seeming somewhat startled said,...
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  • La Verdad: An International Dialogue on Hip Hop Latinidades by Castillo-Garsow, Melissa
    Melissa Castillo-Garsow

    La Verdad: An International Dialogue on Hip Hop Latinidades

    From its earliest days, hip hop was more than just music, encapsulating the ideas of community and exchange. Artists like Mellow Man Ace and Kid Frost opened doors by infusing Spanish into their lyrics, calling for racial and social equality; others employed hip hop...
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  • The Word Rhythm Dictionary: A Resource for Writers, Rappers, Poets, and Lyricists by Polashek, Timothy
    Timothy Polashek

    The Word Rhythm Dictionary: A Resource for Writers, Rappers, Poets, and Lyricists

    This new kind of dictionary reflects the use of "rhythm rhymes" by rappers, poets, and songwriters of today. Users can look up words to find collections of words that have the same rhythm as the original and are useable in ways that are familiar...
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  • The Musical Artistry of Rap by Connor, Martin E.
    Martin E. Connor

    The Musical Artistry of Rap

    For years Rap artists have met with mixed reception--acclaimed by fans yet largely overlooked by scholars. Focusing on 135 tracks from 56 artists, this survey appraises the artistry of the genre with updates to the traditional methods and measures of musicology. Rap synthesizes rhythmic...
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  • The Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation by Rabaka, Reiland
    Reiland Rabaka

    The Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation

    Connecting classic rhythm & blues and rock & roll to the Civil Rights Movement, and classic soul and funk to the Black Power Movement, The Hip Hop Movement critically explores what each of these musics and movements contributed to rap, neo-soul, hip hop culture,...
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  • Hip Hop's Inheritance: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Hip Hop Feminist Movement by Rabaka, Reiland
    Reiland Rabaka

    Hip Hop's Inheritance: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Hip Hop Feminist Movement

    Hip Hop's Inheritance arguably offers the first book-length treatment of what hip hop culture has, literally, 'inherited' from the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts movement, the Feminist Art movement, and 1980s and 1990s postmodern aesthetics. By comparing and contrasting the major motifs of the...
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  • Push Hip Hop History: The Brooklyn Scene by Cooper, Mabusha
    Mabusha Cooper

    Push Hip Hop History: The Brooklyn Scene

    Author: Mabusha CooperISBN-10: 1410799352ISBN-13: 9781410799357Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/04/2004Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.40w x 0.36d
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  • Hip-Hop Turntablism, Creativity and Collaboration by Smith, Sophy
    Sophy Smith

    Hip-Hop Turntablism, Creativity and Collaboration

    Armed only with turntables, a mixer and a pile of records, hip-hop DJs and turntable musicians have changed the face of music. However, whilst hip-hop has long been recognised as an influential popular culture both culturally and sociologically, hip-hop music is rarely taken seriously...
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  • Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem by Bozza, Anthony
    Anthony Bozza

    Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem

    does eminem matter? On assignment for his first cover story for Rolling Stone, the very first national cover story on Eminem, Anthony Bozza met a young blond kid, a rapper who would soon take the country by storm. But back in 1999, Eminem was...
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  • I Am A Black Man: The Evolution of a Dangerous Negro by Walker, Demetrius
    Demetrius Walker

    I Am A Black Man: The Evolution of a Dangerous Negro

    Enter the mind of Demetrius Walker as he fights for the American Dream amidst the intergenerational struggles of poverty, daddy issues, and religious conviction. I Am a Black Man is a memoir that examines love, fatherhood, spirituality, and emotional immaturity through the unique perspective...
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  • Hip-Hop Homophobes: Origin & Attitudes Towardsgays & Lesbians in Hip Hop Culture; As Perpetuated by Rappers, Thugs, Athletes, Reggae Rasta by Amani, S. a. Khalil
    S. a. Khalil Amani

    Hip-Hop Homophobes: Origin & Attitudes Towardsgays & Lesbians in Hip Hop Culture; As Perpetuated by Rappers, Thugs, Athletes, Reggae Rasta

    Khalil Amani has put homophobia on blast 50 Cent, Eminem, DMX, Ja Rule, Busta Rhymes, Elephant Man, Buju Banton, Tim Hardaway, TD Jakes, Creflo Dollar, Bishop Eddie Long.the jig's up Your homophobia has been officially dismantled Do you even know why you're homophobic? Homophobia...
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  • In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion by Nava, Alejandro
    Alejandro Nava

    In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion

    In Search of Soul explores the meaning of "soul" in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava...
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  • Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big by Karp, Jensen
    Jensen Karp

    Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It Big

    In this "triumphantly funny" (AV Club) memoir, comedian Jensen Karp tells the story of how, as a Jewish kid from the L.A. suburbs, he became a rap battle legend--and then almost became a star. "The funniest person I follow on Twitter finally got smart...
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  • That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader by Forman, Murray
    Murray Forman

    That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader

    This newly expanded and revised second edition of That's the Joint! brings together the most important and up-to-date hip-hop scholarship in one comprehensive volume. Presented thematically, the selections address the history of hip-hop, identity politics of the "hip-hop nation," debates of "street authenticity," social...
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  • The Hip Hop & Obama Reader by Gosa, Travis L.
    Travis L. Gosa

    The Hip Hop & Obama Reader

    Featuring a foreword by Tricia Rose and an Afterword by Cathy J. Cohen Barack Obama flipped the script on more than three decades of conventional wisdom when he openly embraced hip hop--often regarded as politically radioactive--in his presidential campaigns. Just as important was the...
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  • In Hip Hop Time: Music, Memory, and Social Change in Urban Senegal by Appert, Catherine M.
    Catherine M. Appert

    In Hip Hop Time: Music, Memory, and Social Change in Urban Senegal

    In the twenty-first century, Senegalese hip hop--"Rap Galsen"--has reverberated throughout the world as an exemplar of hip hop resistance in its mobilization against government corruption during a series of tumultuous presidential elections. Yet Senegalese hip hop's story goes beyond resistance; it is a story...
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  • It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation by Asante, M. K.
    M. K. Asante

    It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation

    It's Bigger Than Hip Hop takes a bold look at the rise of a generation that sees beyond the smoke and mirrors of corporate-manufactured rap and is building a movement that will change not only the face of pop culture, but the world. M....
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  • On the Record: The Scratch DJ Academy Guide by White, Phil
    Phil White

    On the Record: The Scratch DJ Academy Guide

    In the three decades since Kool Herc first put the same record on two side-by-side turntables, DJs have moved out of city parks, house and block parties, and the darkened booths of nightclubs, and onto center stage, performing before admiring crowds of thousands. They...
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  • Thug Life: Race, Gender, and the Meaning of Hip-Hop by Jeffries, Michael P.
    Michael P. Jeffries

    Thug Life: Race, Gender, and the Meaning of Hip-Hop

    Hip-hop has come a long way from its origins in the Bronx in the 1970s, when rapping and DJing were just part of a lively, decidedly local scene that also venerated b-boying and graffiti. Now hip-hop is a global phenomenon and, in the United...
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  • Global Noise: Rap and Hip Hop Outside the USA by Mitchell, Tony
    Tony Mitchell

    Global Noise: Rap and Hip Hop Outside the USA

    International scholars explore the hip hop scenes of Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia.The thirteen essays that comprise Global Noise explore the hip hop scenes of Europe, Anglophone and Francophone Canada, Japan and Australia within their social, cultural and ethnic contexts. Countering the prevailing colonialist...
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  • Hip Hop as Performance and Ritual by Smith, William E.
    William E. Smith

    Hip Hop as Performance and Ritual

    Hip-hop has had a fertile and exciting life in the underground scene of Washington DC. There are several clubs that have nurtured the music and many individuals who have upheld the art form in the shadow of DC's popular music, go-go. Priest do Nomad...
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  • Harlem World: How Hip Hop's Super Showdown Changed Music Forever by Mael, Jonathan
    Jonathan Mael

    Harlem World: How Hip Hop's Super Showdown Changed Music Forever

    A thrilling narrative history of how one rap battle in New York transformed American culture forever.July 3, 1981, was a pivotal night for the future of America's newest art form: hip hop. In New York's Harlem World Club, the Fantastic Romantic Five and the...
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  • Games and the Fight: An Untold Story by Sinclair, Benny
    Benny Sinclair

    Games and the Fight: An Untold Story

    Benny moves into an expensive suburb when his mother re-marries. Feeling totally out of place and exposed to negative influences, he retaliates through acts of petty crime and violence. Benny's spiritual intuition comes to his aid: he finds focus in boxing and expression through...
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  • Hip Hop Family Tree 1983-1985 Gift Box Set by Piskor, Ed
    Ed Piskor

    Hip Hop Family Tree 1983-1985 Gift Box Set

    A special slipcover and a special comic are included in the smash hit s gift set."Author: Ed PiskorISBN-10: 1606999419ISBN-13: 9781606999417Publisher: Fantagraphics BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/2016Pages: 224Format: Boxed SetWeight: 3.25lbsSize: 13.50h x 9.40w x 1.20d
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  • Hip Hop Family Tree: The Omnibus by Piskor, Ed
    Ed Piskor

    Hip Hop Family Tree: The Omnibus

    Ed Piskor's Hip Hop Family Tree has been a global phenomenon and perennial bestseller since the first (of four) volumes was published in 2013, spawning multiple printings, fourteen comic books, and the author's wildly popular YouTube comics channel, Cartoonist Kayfabe (with fellow cartoonist Jim...
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  • Hip Hop DJs and the Evolution of Technology: Cultural Exchange, Innovation, and Democratization by Miller, Toby
    Toby Miller

    Hip Hop DJs and the Evolution of Technology: Cultural Exchange, Innovation, and Democratization

    Using interviews with world-renowned and innovative hip-hop DJs, as well as technology manufacturers that cater to the market/culture, this book reveals stories behind some of the iconic DJ technologies that have helped shape the history and culture of DJing. More importantly, it explores how...
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  • FORDO - Hip Hop New Generation Prodigy by Boudjaoui, Anissa
    Anissa Boudjaoui

    FORDO - Hip Hop New Generation Prodigy

    Hello Readers, As we do our best to celebrate this country's independence, we are reminded that we still have a long way to go in achieving that goal for all Americans.As protests continue across the country and states and monuments are torn down we...
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  • G.A.M.E Corp. Magazine by Brown, Aaron
    Aaron Brown

    G.A.M.E Corp. Magazine

    G.A.M.E Corp. Magazine is your guide to becoming a legitimate Independent recording Artist. We teach you how to Copyright your songs, register with ASCAP, market your music and much more..No fluff all valuable content to guide you through your journey to a successful music...
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  • Hip Hop at Europe's Edge: Music, Agency, and Social Change by Helbig, Adriana N.
    Adriana N. Helbig

    Hip Hop at Europe's Edge: Music, Agency, and Social Change

    Responding to the development of a lively hip hop culture in Central and Eastern European countries, this interdisciplinary study demonstrates how a universal model of hip hop serves as a contextually situated platform of cultural exchange and becomes locally inflected. After the Soviet Union...
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  • Hip Hop Africa: New African Music in a Globalizing World by Charry, Eric
    Eric Charry

    Hip Hop Africa: New African Music in a Globalizing World

    Hip Hop Africa explores a new generation of Africans who are not only consumers of global musical currents, but also active and creative participants. Eric Charry and an international group of contributors look carefully at youth culture and the explosion of hip hop in...
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  • From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga by Fernando, S. H.
    S. H. Fernando

    From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga

    This definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan, features decades of unpublished interviews and unparalleled access to members of the group and their associates.This is the definitive biography of rap supergroup and cultural icons, Wu-Tang Clan (WTC). Heralded as one of the most influential...
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  • Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style by Way, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Way

    Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style

    On a hot summer night in August of 1973, DJ Kool Herc and his sister, Cindy, put on a "back to school jam" in the rec room of their apartment block at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the West Bronx. The rest is history. The...
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