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
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
The Tao of Wu
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
Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America
Talking Back by bell hooksBuck by M.K. AsanteIt's Bigger Than Hip Hop by M.K. Asante Jr.The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoNo Disrespect by Sister Souljah
#KweliClub
49 books — 6 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

Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff ChangEgo Trip's Book of Rap Lists by Sacha JenkinsThe Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac ShakurBomb the Suburbs by William Upski WimsattDecoded by Jay-Z
Hip Hop History & Currency
152 books — 72 voters


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