Rap category: 259 books
Notorious C.O.P.
The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD's First "Hip-Hop Cop"
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Throughout his career, Derrick Parker worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in rap history, from the shooting at Club New York, where Derrick personally escorted Jennifer Lopez to police headquarters, to the first shooting of Tupac Shakur.
Always straddling the fence between "po-po"...
Pimps Up, Ho's Down
Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
2007 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Emily Toth AwardPimps Up, Ho’s Down pulls at the threads of the intricately knotted issues surrounding young black women and hip hop culture. What unravels for Tracy D. Sharpley-Whiting is a new, and problematic, politics of...
The Concise Guide to Hip-Hop Music
A Fresh Look at the Art of Hip-Hop, from Old-School Beats to Freestyle Rap
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
In 1973, the music scene was forever changed by the emergence of hip-hop. Masterfully blending the rhythmic grooves of funk and soul with layered beats and chanted rhymes, artists such as DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash paved the way for an entire new genre and generation of musicians. In this...
by Barnaby Legg, Jim McCarthy, "Flameboy"
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2004
A new Graphic Novel from the creative team behind the best-selling Godspeed: The Kurt Cobain Graphic. This is a story about the world's one and only true crossover rap superstar, one that is as profound and profane as the man himself.
From Government housing slums in Detroit to the bling-bling...
The Real 213
Behind The Music Tales, #10
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2018
Exclusive interviews and photos with Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Warren G, and Bishop Don Magic Juan. An All-Star cast on an unflinching mission to advance the gospel of their enduring legacy, and the case of G-funk. It ain't no joke!
Behind the Music Tales is a series which captures the mood and...
by Whiskifyre
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
This small book of poetry serves as a precursor to the later release of a Rap and R&B debut. For the sake of readability and cross-cultural comfort, some words have been changed from the musical version of the title; nevertheless, some words which may seem strong have been left as they are.
Crossing Traditions
American Popular Music in Local and Global Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
In Crossing Traditions: American Popular Music in Local and Global Contexts, a wide range of scholarly contributions on the local and global significance of American popular music examines the connections between selected American blues, rock and roll, and hip-hop music and their equivalents from...
Political Melodies in the Pews?
The Voice of the Black Christian Rapper in the Twenty-first-Century Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
In this fascinating study of contemporary Christian worshippers, David L. Moody analyzes Christian rap music against traditional Christian theology. For many, mixing the sanctified worship of God with music originating from unconsecrated avenues has become difficult to accept. From the back alleys...
by Monica R. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Religion and Hip Hop brings together the category of religion, Hip Hop cultural modalities and the demographic of youth. Bringing postmodern theory and critical approaches in the study of religion to bear on Hip Hop cultural practices, this book examines how scholars in religious and theological studies...
The Black Church and Hip Hop Culture
Toward Bridging the Generational Divide
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Black Church stood as the stronghold of the Black Community, fighting for equality and economic self-sufficiency and challenging its body to be self-determined and self-aware. Hip Hop Culture grew from disenfranchised urban youth who felt that they had no support...
A Brief History of Rhyme and Bass
Growing up with Hip-Hop
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2001
During the late seventies a generation of black rockers laid the foundation for what would become a multi-billion dollar Industry: Hip-Hop music. A Brief History Of Rhyme And Bass fills us in on the origin of rap music and how it evolved from music with a message into a cesspool of sex, drugs, death...
by Martin Ander
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Rap, Breakdance, Graffiti & DJ:ing – now for the very youngest! The Hip Hop Board Book is a different, colorful picture book about culture and everyday life with fun and clear pictures for small children. A charming book with lots of humor and attitude. You can point at events and objects related...
We Flow Hard
The Y7 Guide to Crafting Your Yoga Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Y7 Studios co-founders Sarah and Mason Levey bring their sweat-dripping, beat-bumping practice to readers with We Flow Hard, a fitness and lifestyle book from the original hip-hop yoga studio.
Y7 embodies a modern, streamlined approach to the ancient practice of vinyasa, fusing edgy aspiration...
Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene
Living Out Authenticity in Popular Music
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
This book explores the highly-valued, and often highly-charged, ideal of authenticity in hip-hop — what it is, why it is important, and how it affects the day-to-day life of rap artists. By analyzing the practices, identities, and struggles that shape the lives of rappers in the London scene, the...