Soul & R&B
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The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song from Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
$25.99 Add to cartFrom Sugarhill Gang to NWA to Biggie to Kanye, The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical… [more below]
- Author: Serrano, Shea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1419718185
- Language: English
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Rhythm & Fire: A Life in Harmony with Earth, Wind & Fire
$32.00 Read moreEmbrace over fifty years of Earth, Wind & Fire through percussionist and vocalist Ralph Johnson’s profound memoir. Ralph has seen it all and, for the first time, shares the inside story of their rise … [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Ralph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 9798895151433
- Language: English
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Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
$14.95 Add to cartConceived and first composed on her laptop at home, with some vocals recorded in her bathroom, Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two is lo-fi and highly sophisticated-exquisitely analog and experimental
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Carter, Kameryn Alexa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765106464
- Language: English
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It’s No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown’s Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy
$30.00 Add to cartThe biography of Sylvia Moy, Motown’s first certified female in-house producer and songwriter, and one of the authors behind classic hits like “My Cherie Amour,” “Uptight (Everything’s Alright),” and
- Author: Christian, Margena A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0306833638
- Language: English
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Rock & Soul: Portraits by Barry Morgenstein
$69.95 Add to cartWhen I was young, I wanted to be Jimmy Page. That job was already taken, so I learned how to work a camera and photographed Jimmy Page instead.
Before Barry Morgenstein ever clicked a camera shutter, h
- Author: Morgenstein, Barry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1966786425
- Language: English
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Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic
$34.95 Add to cartAn 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
- Series: American Music
- Author: Neblett, Seth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1477332677
- Language: English
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Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers’ Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music
$19.95 Add to cartConnecting the black music tradition with the black activist tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus than ever before and reveals just how strongly the black power movement was felt on t… [more below]
- Author: Vincent, Rickey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1613744927
- Language: English
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Boyz II Men 40th Anniversary Celebration
$30.00 Add to cartA must-have for every Boyz II Men fan, this handsome volume traces forty years of the groundbreaking group through stunning photography, fascinating facts, and interviews with fans and industry pros. … [more below]
- Author: Morrison, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 760395020
- Language: English
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The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
$19.00 Add to cartThe story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, the early days of Saturday Night Live, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our p
- Author: de Vis?, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0802164366
- Language: English
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Too Hot: Kool & the Gang & Me
$28.99 Read moreGrowing up around music, young George was inspired to piece together a makeshift drum set and teach himself to play as he practiced in the dark, dank basement of his run-down New Jersey row house.
He- Author: Brown, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1641609184
- Language: English
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Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania Under the Mirror Ball
$55.00 Read moreThis dazzling volume shines new light on the songs, styles, and enduring pop culture impact of the 1970s musical genre that emerged from Black and Latin queer culture to take the world by storm.
Half- Author: DeCaro, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0847899616
- Language: English
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James Brown’s Live at the Apollo
$14.95 Read moreIn this remarkable book, Douglas Wolk brings to life an October evening in 1962, at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem – an evening at the height of Cold War tensions. In great detail, Wolk pieces together … [more below]
- Series: 33 1/3 #13
- Author: Wolk, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 10 2004
- ISBN10: 0826415725
- Language: English
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Black Moses: The Hot-Buttered Life and Soul of Isaac Hayes
$28.00 Read moreThe first biography of soul pioneer Isaac Hayes, whose groundbreaking music provided the foundation for hip-hop and a new racial paradigm.
“Black men could finally stand up and be men because here’s B- Author: Ribowsky, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1642938866
- Language: English
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Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston
$28.00 Read moreDidn’t We Almost Have It All is a candid exploration of the genius, shame, and celebrity of Whitney Houston.
Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR . . . SO FAR by The New Yorker
Named a BEST BOOK OF THE MONT- Author: Kennedy, Gerrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1419749692
- Language: English
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Sly and the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’ on
$14.95 Add to cartThe story behind the making of the album that signaled the descent of Sylvester Sly Stone Stewart into a haze of drug addiction and delirium is captivating enough for the cinema. In the spacious attic
- Series: 33 1/3 #32
- Author: Lewis, Miles Marshall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: February 25 2006
- ISBN10: 0826417442
- Language: English
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Sam Cooke’s Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
$14.95 Read moreShelved for over 20 years, Sam Cooke’s Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, stands alongside Otis Redding’s Live in Europe and James Brown’s Live at the Apollo as one of the finest live soul albums e
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Fleming, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1501355546
- Language: English
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Janet Jackson’s the Velvet Rope
$14.95 Add to cartThe question of control for Black women is a costly one. From 1986 onwards, the trajectory of Janet Jackson’s career can be summed up in her desire for control. Control for Janet was never simply just
- Series: 33 1/3 #148
- Author: Dozier, Ayanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1501355023
- Language: English
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Minnie Riperton’s Come to My Garden
$14.95 Read moreCome to My Garden (1970) introduced the world to Minnie Riperton, the solo artist. Minnie captivated listeners with her earth-shattering voice’s uncanny ability to evoke melancholy and exultance. Born
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Proctor, Brittnay L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1501379151
- Language: English
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Why Solange Matters
$18.95 Read moreGrowing up in the shadow of her superstar sister, Solange Knowles became a pivotal musician in her own right. Defying an industry that attempted to bend her to its rigid image of a Black woman, Solang
- Series: Music Matters
- Author: Phillips, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1477320083
- Language: English
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Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation
$39.99 Read moreCelebrate the culture of cool with this compact, paperback edition of the heartfelt tribute to Soul Train, a worldwide phenomenon of dance, music, and fashion.
From Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of the- Author: Insight Editions
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1647228581
- Language: English
