Rap & Hip Hop
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Kendrick Lamar’s to Pimp a Butterfly
$14.95 Add to cartBreaking 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
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Maner, Sequoia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1501377477
- Language: English
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The FBI War on Tupac Shakur: The State Repression of Black Leaders from the Civil Rights Era to the 1990s
$18.95 Add to cartSince the first day after the tragedy was announced, controversy has surrounded the death of rap and cultural icon Tupac Shakur. In this work, preeminent researcher on the topic, John Potash, puts for… [more below]
- Series: Real World
- Author: Potash, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1621064557
- Language: English
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Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop
$40.00 Add to cartONE OF AMAZON’S BEST ART & PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS 0F 2018
AN NPR AND PITCHFORK BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2018 PICK
ONE OF TIME‘S 25 BEST PHOTOBOOKS OF 2018
NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS, WALLSTREET JOURNAL, ROLLI… [more below]- Author: Tobak, Vikki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0525573887
- Language: English
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The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
$20.00 Add to cartThe essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reign as the most powerful force in pop culture–from the award-winning journalist behind All the Pieces … [more below]
- Author: Abrams, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1984825151
- Language: English
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Pharrell: Carbon, Pressure & Time: A Book of Jewels
$65.00 Read moreWith pieces drawn from the extensive personal collection of Pharrell Williams, this is a stunning and unprecedented exploration of the “bling” in hip-hop culture and fashion.
Few recording artists hav- Author: Williams, Pharrell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0847899179
- Language: English
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Gangsta Rap Coloring Book
$10.95 Read moreThe title says it all. Break out the crayons, ’cause it gangsta rap coloring time! 48 pages of line drawings of “Gangsta” rappers, done with the thick black line we all remember from the coloring book
- Author: Morano, Anthony Aye Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: April 01, 2004
- ISBN10: 0867196041
- Language: English
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Decoded
$50.00 Add to cartDecoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful a… [more below]
- Author: Jay-Z
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 16 2010
- ISBN10: 1400068924
- Language: English
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Jay-Z: Made in America
$27.00 Read moreNOW A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BESTSELLER
“Dyson writes with the affection of a fan but the rigor of an academic. … Using extensive passages from Jay-Z’s lyrics, ‘Made in Ame- Author: Dyson, Michael Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1250230969
- Language: English
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Hip Hop Raised Me
$45.00 Add to cartIn 2008, with help from Jay-Z and Puff, Barack Obama got the hip hop vote, and became the first African American to be elected president. For a brief moment, the “Audacity of Hope” seemed attainable.
- Author: Semtex, Dj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0500293953
- Language: English
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Holler if You Hear Me
$30.07 Add to cartAcclaimed for his writings on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as his passionate defense of black youth culture, Michael Eric Dyson has emerged as the leading African American intellectu
- Author: Dyson, Michael Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05, 2006
- ISBN10: 0465017282
- Language: English
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That’s the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader
$119.93 Read moreThis 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 selec
- Author: Forman, Murray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 776
- Publish Date: August 02 2011
- ISBN10: 0415873266
- Language: English
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Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic
$19.99 Add to cartAt the age of nineteen, Nasir “Nas” Jones began recording tracks for his debut album — and changed the music world forever. Released in 1994, Illmatic was hailed as an instant masterpiece and has pro
- Author: Dyson, Michael Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 01, 2009
- ISBN10: 0465002110
- Language: English
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Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap
$19.99 Add to cartOne of Rolling Stone‘s Best Music Books of 2015
From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Hou
- Author: Jordan, Brad Scarface
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 26, 2016
- ISBN10: 0062302647
- Language: English
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Lil Wayne (an Unauthorized Biography)
$20.00 Add to cartLIL WAYNE (An Unauthorized Biography) an in-depth – tell all about the making and building of Cash Money Records, Southern rap and the biggest rap superstar in the universe who served a prison term at
- Author: Brown, Jake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: June 15, 2011
- ISBN10: 0982492235
- Language: English
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The Wu-Tang Manual
$26.00 Add to cartThe Wu-Tang Manual is The RZA’s first written introduction to the philosophy and history of Hip-Hop’s original Dynasty, the Wu-Tang Clan.
Written in a style that is at once personal and philosophical,
- Author: The Rza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1594480184
- Language: English
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Nicki Minaj: The Woman Who Stole the World
$16.00 Add to cartWith never before seen photos and interviews that bring you deep into the heart and soul of this modern day Queen of Hip-Hop, author Lynette Holloway, will take you on a journey of uncompromising tale
- Author: Holloway, Lynette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: August 01, 2012
- ISBN10: 1937269302
- Language: English
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The Tao of Wu
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, an inspirational book for the hip-hop fan.
The RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, imparts the lessons he’s learned on his journey from the Staten Island projects t- Author: The Rza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 02, 2010
- ISBN10: 1594484856
- Language: English
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Murder Rap
$14.99 Add to cartTwo of the most notorious unsolved cases in the annals of American crime, the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls have been the subject of exhaustive investigations, relentless speculation and a
- Author: Kading, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: October 04, 2011
- ISBN10: 0983955484
- Language: English
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Decoded
$30.00 Add to cartDecoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful a
- Author: Jay-Z
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 01, 2011
- ISBN10: 0812981154
- Language: English
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Dirty South: Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop
$19.99 Read moreRap music from New York and Los Angeles once ruled the charts, but nowadays the southern sound thoroughly dominates the radio, Billboard, and MTV. Coastal artists like Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and Ice-T cal
- Author: Westhoff, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 01, 2011
- ISBN10: 1569766061
- Language: English
