The title says it all. Break out the crayons, 'cause it gangsta rap coloring time! 48 pages of line drawings of "Gangsta" rappers, done with the thick black line we all remember from the coloring books of our youth. The juxtaposition of the outlaw image of the rappers with the childlike innocence of a coloring book makes for an instant laugh.
The title is self-explanatory on this one. Great conversation piece for the coffee table, between the triple-beam balance and the baggies...Art could be better, and no Wu-Tang or Gravediggaz, which are pretty gross oversights. But what does this honky know?
In a very strange way this book looks at the juxtaposition of so many ideas we have in our culture about art and social commentary - unusual but very interesting. There is a real need to try to understand what is happening in our society; I think that you have to be open to looking at all aspects of our culture to try to find the missing pieces of the puzzle that are so important for us to put in place. Rap music has the potential to be very positive - or very negative - based on how it is presented.