Music - Genres & Styles - Rap & Hip Hop
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Hip-Hop Is HistoryThis is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop. When hip-hop first emerged in the 1970s, it wasn't expected to become the cultural force it is today. But for a young Black kid...
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In My Remaining YearsA collection of morbidly funny, intensely personal essays by cult fave and multi-hyphenate artist Jean Grae In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae, debunks the myth that coming-of-age narratives should be reserved for the kids, providing a much-needed rallying cry for those...
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In the Hour of Chaos: Art and Activism with Public Enemy's Chuck D Volume 6A profound meditation on hip hop's transformative power, In the Hour of Chaos takes us deep into the mind of the genre's most unabashed revolutionary. This book is not an autobiography. It's not a manifesto. It's a razor-sharp investigation into hip hop and rap...
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Independent as F***: Underground Hip-Hop from 1995-2005For a glorious ten-year period from 1995 to 2005, hip-hop music received a much-needed shot in the arm from a generation of determined and wildly creative rappers and producers. They rallied against the increasingly formulaic and shallow world of mainstream rap, as well as...
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It Was You All AlongThe self-made musical artist follows his bestseller IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD with this second inspirational book for everyone who's looking for answers in all the wrong places. It's a book about self-empowerment, self-awareness, and ultimately self-love.Independent rapper, songwriter, singer, and producer Russ sells...
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J Dilla's DonutsFrom a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James "J Dilla" Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform. The songs on Donuts are not hip...
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Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasyIn the first decade of the twenty-first century, Kanye West created the most compelling body of pop music by an American artist during the period. Having risen from obscurity as a precocious producer through the ranks of Jay Z's Roc-A-Fella records, by the time...
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Kendrick Lamar's to Pimp a ButterflyBreaking the global record for streams in a single day, nearly 10 million people around the world tuned in to hear Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album in the hours after its release. To Pimp a Butterfly was widely hailed as an instant classic, garnering laudatory...
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Legacy of LyricsTekomin Williams, also known as Tek from the Legendary Hip Hop group Smif -n- Wessun, takes us on a journey as he opens up from having dreams of being a professional boxer while following in the footsteps of his boxing idol Mike Tyson, to...
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Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World de la Soul MadeFor fans of Dilla Time and The Chronicles of DOOM, a culturally connected celebration of the groundbreaking hip-hop group De La Soul, and how they changed the look, sound, and feel of Black America. Music artists and trends come and go, but every once...
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Lobotomy: Surviving the RamonesLobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl's Court and newfound...
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Look at Me!: The Xxxtentacion StoryA 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 Onfroy-aka XXXTENTACION-was gunned down during an attempted robbery on the streets of Deerfield...
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Lyrical Dharma: Hip-Hop as Mindfulness#1 New Release in Black & African American Poetry and Rap Music "It is hard to express how important I feel this book is."--Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple A powerful and poetic illustrated meditation on hip-hop and mindfulness "I want to create...
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Madvillain's MadvillainyThis book celebrates Madvillainy as a representation of two genius musical minds melding to form one revered supervillain. A product of circumstance, the album came together soon after MF DOOM's resurgence and Madlib's reluctant return from avant-garde jazz to hip-hop. Written from the alternating...
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Making Music: Conversations with Record ProducersTHIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS with people who have made records with some of the biggest names in music. Along the way, they might be engineering the recordings, picking the songs, guiding the singers, picking the best takes of songs, balancing egos,...
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Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-FunkadelicAn oral history with the women of Parliament-Funkadelic, from forming the band to landing the mothership. Parliament-Funkadelic is perhaps the greatest funk band ever assembled. Yet at the time of the group's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, none of the...
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No Sense in Wishing: Essays"Among the most profound and dazzling debuts I've ever read." --Kiese Laymon, award-winning author of Heavy: An American Memoir An essay collection from culture critic Lawrence Burney that is a personal and analytical look at his home city of Baltimore, music from throughout the...
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No Sense in Wishing: Essays on Black Music, Belonging, and BaltimoreA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker * Kirkus Reviews "Earnest and engaging." --The New Yorker A personal and analytical essay collection from culture critic Lawrence Burney that is a personal and analytical look at his home city of Baltimore, music from...
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On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in OaklandHow struggles over Black sound have shaped Oakland's culture, politics, and geography. Chicago has house. Detroit has techno. But Oakland slaps. On Loop explores the role of Black dance music and sonic politics in recurring struggles over race and space in Oakland, California. Insisting...
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On Ruben Slikk: A Manifesto on the Purpose of Art and the Value of TransgressionOn Ruben Slikk: An Manifesto on the Purpose of Art and the Value of Transgression is a philosophical and critical inquiry into the modern musical landscape, using the obscure, prolific, transgressive soundcloud rapper Ruben Slikk as an entrypoint for discussing the interplay of art,...
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