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Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang, D.J. Kool Herc

Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jam more...0 points

Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop has been a generation-defining global movement. In a post-civil rights era rapidly transformed by deindustrialization and globalization, hip-hop gave voiceless youths a chance to address these seismic changes, and became a job-making engine and the Esperanto of youth rebellion. Hip-hop crystallized a multiracial generation's worldview, and forever transformed politics and culture. But the epic story of how that happened has nev...0 points

The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur

His talent was unbounded, a raw force that command more...0 points

His talent was unbounded, a raw force that commanded attention and respect.His death was tragic -- a violent homage to the power of his voice.His legacy is indomitable -- remaining vibrant and alive.Here now, newly discovered, are Tupac's most honest and intimate thoughts conveyed through the pure art of poetry -- a mirror into his enigmatic life and its many contradictions.Written in his own hand at the age of nineteen, they embrace his spirit, his energy...and his ultimate message of hope.0 points

The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture by Kitwana, Bakari Kitwana

The Hip Hop Generation is an eloquent testament fo more...0 points

The Hip Hop Generation is an eloquent testament for black youth culture at the turn of the century. The only in-depth study of the first generation to grow up in post-segregation America, it combines culture and politics into a pivotal work in American studies. Bakari Kitwana, one of black America's sharpest young critics, offers a sobering look at this generation's disproportionate social and political troubles, and celebrates the activism and politics that may herald the beginning of a new pha...0 points

Know What I Mean? : Reflections on Hip-Hop by Michael Eric Dyson

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Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop music has been a source of controversy since the beats got too big and the voices too loud for the block parties that spawned them. America has condemned and commended this music and the culture that inspires it. Dubbed "the Hip-Hop Intellectual" by critics and fans for his pioneering explorations of rap music in the academy and beyond, Michael Eric Dyson is uniquely situated to probe the most compelling and controversial dimensi...0 points

Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture

The groundbreaking mix CD that accompanies this bo more...0 points

The groundbreaking mix CD that accompanies this book features Nam Jun Paik, the Dada Movement, John Cage, Sonic Youth, and many other examples of avant-garde music. Most of the CD's content comes from the archives of Sub Rosa, a legendary record label that has been the benchmark for archival sounds since the beginnings of electronic music. (For a complete list of audio credits, see below.) If Rhythm Science was about the flow of things, Sound Unbound is about the remix--how music, art, and lite...0 points

Hip-Hop Poetry and The Classics by Alan Lawrence Sitomer, Michael Cirelli

Hip-Hop's literary and artistic merits are evident more...0 points

Hip-Hop's literary and artistic merits are evident when compared to classic poetry and it's easy to link the great poets of the past to the contemporary Hip Hop poets of today: compare Robert Frost to Public Enemy, Shakespeare to Eminem, and Shelley to the Notorious B.I.G. This interactive workbook-style format is fun for teachers and students, as it illuminates the art of the written word with in-depth analysis of poetic literary devices, writing activities, and other innovative methods.0 points

Hip Hop Forever, Vol. 3

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Through the Years of Hip Hop, Vol. 1: Graffiti

This 90-minute feature tells the tale of Hip-Hop t more...0 points

This 90-minute feature tells the tale of Hip-Hop through a four-part documentary series entitled 'The Architects.' The story is told chronologically and right from the mouths of the greats. Learn how these young gifted pioneers constructed an industry th0 points

Hip Hop Is Dead

Throughout his storied career, which began with 19 more...0 points

Throughout his storied career, which began with 1994's classic Illmatic and has spanned the last decade with over 12 million albums sold, Nas has been more than just the genre's foremost lyricist and thinker. He has become a statesman, some would argue hip-hop's "conscience." Now, with the release of his long-awaited Def Jam debut--the aptly-titled Hip-Hop Is Dead--Nas returns to his role as mentor and teacher, his legendary mic skills as sharp as ever, and takes today's young rappers back to sc...0 points

Social Class V.3: Dread Meets B-Boys Downtown: the Hip Hop Sound of Ny 81-82

Subtitled - The Hip Hop Sound Of New York '81-'82. more...0 points

Subtitled - The Hip Hop Sound Of New York '81-'82. Selcted by Don Letts. In 2001 Don Letts compiled 'Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown', which received widespread critical acclaim in the UK & appeared in Mojo's top five compilations of the year in their end0 points