Hip Hop

Hip hop is a broad conglomerate of artistic forms that originated within a marginalized subculture in the South Bronx and Harlem in New York City among black and Latino youth during the 1970s.

The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981
Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop
My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
One Day It'll All Make Sense
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop (Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent)
The Psychological Covert War on Hip Hop: The Illuminati's takeover of Hip Hop
Talking 'Bout Your Mama: The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap
The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy
Game Over: My Love for Hip Hop
Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood
Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation
Donuts
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 2: 1981-1983
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
Decoded
The Tao of Wu
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop
The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop--and Why It Matters
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981
Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius
Mr. Yay by Emily  JaneGot the Flow by Carlos SalinasThe History of Hip Hop by Eric ReeseCan't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangGangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah
Books about rap and hip-hop
8 books — 10 voters
Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangEnter the 36 Chapters by Kevin McDormandThe Tao of Wu by The RZACan't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangBomb the Suburbs by William Upski Wimsatt
My Favorite Hip-Hop Books
17 books — 2 voters

Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangIt's Bigger Than Hip Hop by M.K. Asante Jr.Freestyle For Life by Latif MercadoSix-Figure Musician - How to Sell More Music, Get More People... by David     HooperWidespread Panic in the Streets of Athens, Georgia by Gordon Lamb
MUSIC
115 books — 33 voters
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom RobbinsWaltz With Evil by P.D. RozziBlack Mamba Boy by Nadifa MohamedHula by Lisa   SheaBallet Master by Cassie Mint
Types of Dance - Titles
159 books — 12 voters

Hair for Mama by Kelly TinkhamMythic Adventures by Ayn Cates SullivanThe Broke Diaries by Angela NisselThe Wake of the Wind by J. California CooperThe Matter Is Life by J. California Cooper
Highly Favored
28 books — 8 voters
Trick of the Spotlight by M.L. EastComeback by Lyn AshwoodRemember Tonight by Love JourneyLOVE LANGUAGE by Love JourneyI'll Be the One by Lyla Lee
KPOP JPOP CPOP Romance
37 books — 19 voters


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Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that’s opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.
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