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How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as rap)
avg rating 3.99 — 796 ratings — published 2009
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as rap)
avg rating 4.26 — 101,744 ratings — published 2019
Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as rap)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,284 ratings — published 2019
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as rap)
avg rating 4.08 — 12,503 ratings — published 2017
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as rap)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,223 ratings — published 2010
The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as rap)
avg rating 4.38 — 4,799 ratings — published 2015
Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as rap)
avg rating 3.29 — 1,530 ratings — published 1990
Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as rap)
avg rating 4.35 — 2,051 ratings — published 2016
The Wu-Tang Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as rap)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,556 ratings — published 2004
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as rap)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,736 ratings — published 2005
From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rap)
avg rating 4.24 — 980 ratings — published 2021
La Época del Rap de Acá (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as rap)
avg rating 4.23 — 102 ratings — published 2019
Raw: My Journey into the Wu-Tang (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as rap)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,268 ratings — published
The Rapper's Handbook: A Guide to Freestyling, Writing Rhymes, and Battling (by Flocabulary)
by (shelved 4 times as rap)
avg rating 4.12 — 106 ratings — published 2009
How to Rap 2: Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rap)
avg rating 4.18 — 139 ratings — published 2013
King of the Neuro Verse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.85 — 452 ratings — published 2025
Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.83 — 302 ratings — published 2011
Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.94 — 472 ratings — published
The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.22 — 766 ratings — published
Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.80 — 644 ratings — published 2008
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.45 — 6,857 ratings — published 2019
Hurricanes: A Memoir – A NYT Bestseller African American Autobiography of a Music Legend (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,181 ratings — published 2019
Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.41 — 791 ratings — published 1999
Beastie Boys Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.53 — 14,741 ratings — published 2018
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.26 — 741 ratings — published
Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.53 — 270 ratings — published
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.54 — 19,885 ratings — published 2017
Rani Patel in Full Effect (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.72 — 782 ratings — published 2016
My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,425 ratings — published 2011
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,159 ratings — published 2013
Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.27 — 668 ratings — published 2007
Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,624 ratings — published 2011
J’étais là - 30 ans au cœur du rap (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 2022
Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.43 — 2,152 ratings — published 2023
Bomb the Suburbs: Graffiti, Race, Freight-Hopping and the Search for Hip Hop's Moral Center (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,205 ratings — published 1995
The Science of Rap (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.23 — 31 ratings — published 1995
Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.07 — 204 ratings — published
J’étais là | 30 ans au cœur du rap (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.10 — 31 ratings — published 2022
Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.35 — 228 ratings — published 1992
Ghost (Boston Underworld, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.12 — 19,608 ratings — published 2016
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,056 ratings — published 2019
The Rapping Princess (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 3.72 — 85 ratings — published
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,337 ratings — published 2013
Jay-Z: Made in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,961 ratings — published 2019
Let Me Hear a Rhyme (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,062 ratings — published 2019
Droppin' Science: Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 3.52 — 58 ratings — published 1995
“Bitches ain't shit, and they ain't sayin' nuthin'. A hundred muthafuckas can't tell me nuthin'.”
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