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1	Angry Blonde more books like this by Eminem add to wishlist It's a sign both of Eminem's belief in his own songwriting skills and of his wide-ranging popularity that he has the confidence to publish a book of his rap lyrics: it's irrefutable proof of his talent that they prove to be not only readable but consistently compelling. The rapper reveals the origins and purposes of the various pieces featured ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Where You're at more books like this by Patrick Neate add to wishlist Neate embarks on a global tour of planet Earth with hip-hop, in all its multifarious forms, as the main character. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
3	Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop more books like this by Adam Bradley add to wishlist One of hip-hop studies' brightest young scholars celebrates the lyrics of hip hop as the most vivid, most revolutionary form of American poetry today. see all copies from $4.84! new only from $4.84! \| SVS
4	Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation more books like this by Jeff Chang, D J Kool Herc (Introduction by) add to wishlist Although it's billed as a chronicle of the rise of hip-hop, Jeff Chang's CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP is more than a mere recounting of the influential musical movement's story. It's a remarkable social history of how the New York community of the South Bronx, and by extension minority communities nationwide, were all but abandoned to their fates by ... see all copies from $4.83! new only from $6.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk about When We Talk about Hip Hop--And Why It Matters more books like this by Tricia Rose add to wishlist A pioneering expert in the study of hip hop explains why the music matters - and why the battles surrounding it are so very fierce.Hip hop is in crisis. During the years when hip hop's commercial fortunes rose sharply, the most commercially successfully hip hop has increasingly become a playground populated by caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, ... see all copies from $6.49! new only from $6.55! \| SVS
6	The Wu-Tang Manual more books like this by RZA, Craig Wetherby (Photographer), Michael Lavine, PHO (Photographer) add to wishlist Formed in the early 1990s on New York's Staten Island, the Wu-Tang Clan took as their blueprint the doctrines of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, and applied them to the semi-benign dictatorship of an inner-city street gang of rappers. The resulting mix of gangsta rap, Oriental philosophy, and martial arts is laid out in THE WU-TANG MANUAL, put ... see all copies from $8.44! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry--From Music to Hollywood more books like this by Terrance Dean add to wishlist In the tradition of "New York Times" bestsellers "Confessions of a Video Vixen" and "It's No Secret," an entertainment industry insider presents an expos into the down low culture of Hollywood and hip hop, where straight male celebrities find themselves intimate with other men. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur more books like this by Michael Eric Dyson add to wishlist When Tupac Shakur died in September 1996, he was a star, if a controversial one. Following his death, he has become something else entirely. His posthumously released recordings, films, and books have all been widely successful, but more importantly, he has attained the level of cultural hero. In this study, author Dyson explores how and why this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Black Noise more books like this by Tricia Rose add to wishlist This winner of the 1995 American Book Award explores the history and development of hip-hop music and culture. Author Tricia Rose, a history and African-American studies scholar, discusses the social contexts within which rap music is created. She also examines the process of rap's commercial marketing, traditions and technology in rap music ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.22! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Hip Hop America more books like this by Nelson George add to wishlist This history of hip hop profiles key recording artists, including old school hip hop pioneers (1977-1987)--like Grandmaster Flash, KRS-One, and the Sugar Hill Gang--and the newer generation of artists (1988-1998)--such as Puff Daddy, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and Tupac Shakur. In addition to discussing values that support hip hop culture--including ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem more books like this by Anthony Bozza add to wishlist Anthony Bozza's extended meditation on Eminem's career is a combination of personal reminiscences and interviews with some of the most insightful contemporary commentators on the early-21st century rap scene. Starting with a first encounter with the future star on his way to a gig after a few hits of Ecstasy (which he's conned Bozza into buying), ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Killing of Tupac Shakur more books like this by Cathy Scott add to wishlist This raw, no-holds-barred account discloses new information, including exclusive photo evidence, about the unsolved murder of Tupac: the failed investigation, the rap wars, the killing of Biggie Smalls, the Bloods-Crips connection, and the many possible motives leading to the murder that rocked the music world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.79! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop more books like this by Jeff Chang (Editor) add to wishlist The most innovative and provocative voices in hip-hop assess the future of the most important cultural movement of our time. Music journalist and award-winning author, Jeff Chang presents a stunning and incisive look at hip-hop in the voices of those most intimately involved - prominent artists, writers, musicians and performers, who consider not ... see all copies from $3.16! new only from $3.55! \| SVS
14 view cover	Tupac: A Thug Life more books like this by Sam Brown (Editor) add to wishlist Tupac was a gangsta-rapper who praised the "thug life." He was also a young man who hoped for spiritual awakening among his peers, and the sensitive son of a single mother. Every aspect of Tupac's curtailed life and career is explored here in interviews, articles, reviews, photos, and essays. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $11.93! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits more books like this by Joel Whitburn add to wishlist This first edition of "The Billboard Book Of Top-40 R&B & Hip-Hop Hits" offers complete and authoritative chart information on the most popular rhythm and blues and hip-hop songs and artists to reach the top 40 positions on Billboard's R&B Singles chart from 1942 - the present. From the days of Louis Jordan and Bullmoose Jackson and his Buffalo ... see all copies from $13.21! new only from $35.39!
16 view cover	Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop more books like this by Guthrie P Ramsey, Jr. add to wishlist This powerful book covers the vast and various terrain of African American music, from bebop to hip-hop, providing vivid glimpses of the careers of Dinah Washington, Louis Jordan, Dizzy Gillespie, Cootie Williams, and Mahalia Jackson, among others, to show how the social changes of the 1940s elicited an Afro-modernism that inspired much of the ... see all copies from $3.27! new only from $25.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader more books like this by Murray Forman (Editor), Mark Anthony Neal (Editor) add to wishlist That's the Joint: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader brings together the best-known and most influential writings on rap and hip-hop from its beginnings to today. Spanning nearly twenty-five years of scholarship, crticism, and journalism, this unprecedented anthology showcases the evolution and continuing influence of one of the most creative and ... see all copies from $24.48! new only from $44.34! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Rebel for the Hell of It: The Life of Tupac Shakur more books like this by Armond White add to wishlist In this critical biography of the late multi-talented Tupac Shakur, author Armond White chronicles Shakur's life--from his childhood in a racially diverse art school in Baltimore, to his untimely death at the age of 25 when he was gunned down in Las Vegas after attending a Mike Tyson fight. In addition to discussing the history of hip-hop, White ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Eminem: The Stories Behind Every Song more books like this by David Stubbs add to wishlist Emerging from a poor, stereotypically white-trash childhood in Detroit, this vengeful hip-hop devotee soon turned his anger into an art form and shot to global notoriety. Eminem has written two multi-platinum bestselling albums of surreally inventive, vicious, scattergun brilliance and become the world's premier rapper and and icon for ... see all copies from $6.73! new only from $6.73! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Murder of Biggie Smalls more books like this by Cathy Scott add to wishlist Scott has reported on the murder investigation of Biggie Smalls since the beloved rapper was gunned down outside the Soul Train Music Awards in March 1997. To date, no assailant has been brought to justice, although a suspect was recently identified. Scott reveals the real story behind a musical career gone terribly awry. see all copies from $2.05! new only from $12.42! \| first editions
21 view cover	I Make My Own Rules more books like this by L L Cool J, Karen Hunter add to wishlist IN see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap more books like this by Professor Jeffrey O G Ogbar add to wishlist In the world of hip-hop, "keeping it real" has always been a primary goal - and realness takes on special meaning as rappers mold their images for street cred and increasingly measure authenticity by ghetto-centric notions of "Who's badder?" In this groundbreaking book, Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar celebrates hip-hop and confronts the cult of authenticity ... see all copies from $7.12! new only from $13.41! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Yes Yes Y'All more books like this by Jim Fricke, Charlie Ahearn add to wishlist Told by the people who made it happen, YES YES Y'ALL is the story of hip-hop's rise from an early-1970s local New York street phenomenon to a musically and technically sophisticated worldwide movement. It's a tale of vitality and violence, mixed with creativity and an urge for self-expression by its exponents, the predominantly black inhabitants ... see all copies from $5.23! new only from $17.83!
24 view cover	VX: 10 Years of Vibe Photography more books like this by Rob Kenner, George Pitts, Quincy Jones (Introduction by) add to wishlist The decade from 1993 to 2003 was the period during which hip-hop rose from an urban subculture to a multi-billion-dollar industry, whose styles and sound have affected every aspect of worldwide popular culture. One magazine led the way in chronicling this hip-hop revolution: VIBE. Launched by Quincy Jones in 1993, VIBE soon became the fastest ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.71! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The 50th Law more books like this by 50 Cent, Robert Greene add to wishlist Hip Hop icon 50 Cent joins forces with bestselling author Green to discuss what it takes to be a success in life and work. see all copies from $11.95! new only from $11.95! \| SVS

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