A comprehensive reference work that focuses on three decades of Hip Hop culture describing its history, popular terms and phrases, and an analysis of fifty of the most influential Hip Hop songs.
Contains over twenty essays that offer varying perspectives on controversial issues related to rap music, such as if it is a significant American cultural music and if it harms women.
an encyclopedia of the movement, music, and culture
Hess, Mickey
2007
Profiles hip-hop artists and groups who made significant contributions to the music and culture of the genre, including Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys, Queen Latifah, and Public Enemy; and contains discographies and resources for each selection as well as a time line.
Presents nearly 150 selections of spoken-word poetry by poets, songwriters, actors, and performers, including Mike McGee, Mark Strand, Billy Corgan, Nikki Giovanni, Viggo Mortensen, and others, and includes over fifty performances on audio CD.
New York hip hop producer Harry "Freedom" Hudson is strangely drawn to an abandoned Harlem house and finds it is haunted by spirits who say the magic of the old African drum--which is not just an instrument but a conveyor of wisdom--is being used by rap music to send the wrong message.
Contains stories, photographs, and facts about some of the music world's most influential hip hop artists, and ranks them from one to ten. Includes Salt-n-Pepa, Tupac Shakur, and Jay-Z.
Based on extensive interviews, chronicles the events, ideas, music, and art that brought the hip hop movement from the remains of the 1960s into the new millennium.
