Rap (Music) + History and criticism
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Rap (Music) + History and criticism
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Rap (Music) + History and criticism
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- Diary of a madman, the Geto Boys, life, death, and the roots of Southern rap, Brad Scarface Jordan and Benjamin Meadows-Ingram
- The motherlode, 100+ women who made hip-hop, Clover Hope ; illustrations by Rachelle Baker
- Signifying rappers, David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello ; with a new preface by Mark Costello
- 1989, Bob Dylan didn't have this to sing about, Joshua Clover
- Decoded, Jay-Z
- Chamber music, Wu-Tang and America (in 36 pieces), Will Ashon
- The concise guide to hip-hop music, a fresh look at the art of hip-hop, from old-school beats to freestyle rap, Paul Edwards
- Parental discretion is advised, the rise of N.W.A and the dawn of gangsta rap, Gerrick D. Kennedy
- Dilla time, the life and afterlife of J Dilla, the hip-hop producer who reinvented rhythm, Dan Charnas ; with musical analysis by Jeff Peretz
- Hip hop matters, politics, pop culture, and the struggle for the soul of a movement, S. Craig Watkins
- Promise that you will sing about me, the power and poetry of Kendrick Lamar, Miles Marshall Lewis
- One nation under a groove, rap music and its roots, James Haskins
- Def Jam, Inc., Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the extraordinary story of the world's most influential hip hop label, Stacy Gueraseva
- 2pac v. Biggie, an illustrated history of rap's greatest battle, Evan McGarvey and Jeff Weiss
- The rap year book, the most important rap song from every year since 1979, discussed, debated, and deconstructed, by Shea Serrano ; forward by Ice-T ; illustrated by Arturo Torres
- Can't stop, won't stop, a history of the hip-hop generation, Jeff Chang ; introduction by DJ Kool Herc
- Hip hop culture, Emmett G. Price, III
- God save the queens, the essential history of women in hip-hop, Kathy Iandoli
- Bring the noise, 20 years of writing about hip rock and hip hop, Simon Reynolds
- Chuck D presents This day in rap and hip-hop history, with Duke Eatmon, Ron Maskell, Lorrie Boula, and Jonathan Bernstein ; foreword by Shepard Fairey
- Jay-Z, made in America, Michael Eric Dyson ; with a foreword by Pharrell
- What's good, notes on rap and language, Daniel Levin Becker
- Close to the edge, in search of the global hip hop generation, Sujatha Fernandes
- Original gangstas, the untold story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the birth of West Coast rap, Ben Westhoff
- Bling bling, hip hop's crown jewels, Minya Oh ; foreword by Ludacris
- 3 kings, Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay Z, and hip-hop's multibillion-dollar rise, Zack O'Malley Greenburg
- Afeni Shakur, evolution of a revolutionary, Jasmine Guy