Rap category: 259 books

Back in the 1970s on the poverty stricken streets of the Bronx, New York, amongst the African-American community there was a rise in the popularity of the 'block party'. People like the Ghetto Brothers would plug their amps between the lamp posts. These parties would often have a DJ playing soul or...

‘The title is Search Party – the idea being that we’re all out here looking for something, and my poems are my way of finding myself.’ A young black poet blending spoken word and rap; an inner city upbringing with a Cambridge education; a social consciousness with a satirical wit and...

“Arrozconmango. Viaggio nell’underground musicale italiano degli anni novanta”, il nuovo lavoro di Domenico Foglia che racconta nei tratti più salienti una stagione musicale che ha segnato profondamente il modo di suonare in Italia. Il libro, in formato ebook che non vuole essere né un saggio...

Even readers unfamiliar with The Last Poets’ historic significance as building blocks of the hip-hop and rap movement, will instantly find this novel a compelling read. The Last Poets were self-proclaimed prophets of ‘hope and change’. The band was formed in 1968 against an incendiary...

I Club Dogo sono una delle cose migliori capitate alla musica popolare italiana negli ultimi anni. Vantano fan insospettabili e non smettono di farsi amare da quelli della prima ora, quelli dei demo amatoriali e del passaparola da strada. Con un pubblico sempre meno omogeneo, con una maturità artistica...

Die Arbeit widmet sich der Frage, inwieweit HipHop in seiner subkulturellen und künstlerischen Erscheinungsform für die Soziale Arbeit nutzbar gemacht werden kann. Im Fokus stehen dabei in der deutschen Szene relevante Künstler und deren Rap-Texte. Mit einem Blick auf die historische Entwicklung...

Questa è la storia del cantante Benny Yeah, artista fantasioso che scriveva canzoni con gli scioglilingua. La sua carriera, tanto intensa quanto turbolenta, è raccontata attraverso interviste, critiche letterarie, testi di canzoni e testimonianze. Dopo l'incredibile successo seguito all'uscita del...

The New York Times bestselling memoir from the legendary Gucci Mane spares no detail in this “cautionary tale that ends in triumph” (GQ). For the first time Gucci Mane tells his extraordinary story in his own words. It is “as wild, unpredictable, and fascinating as the man himself”...

This book represents the Holy Grail of early hip hop journalism, written by the only professional journalist to travel to the South Bronx in the early 1980s to document the origins of the culture. For anyone interested in "first generation," this is the most authentic portrait of hip hop...

Check out this FREE one of a kind book and find out what Russell Simmons has to say about each artists, visual and recording! See what visual artist Shepard Fairey has in common with Young Jeezy or Jay Z! See how we compare each album to its contemporaries and place them in their aesthetic order!...

Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time. Praise for Decoded “Compelling . . . provocative, evocative ....

From the founder of the Wu-Tang Clan—celebrating their 25th anniversary this year—an inspirational book for the hip hop fan. The RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, imparts the lessons he's learned on his journey from the Staten Island projects to international superstardom. A devout student...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **• A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself—by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more.   **NAMED ONE OF THE...

In the mid-1980s, Emmanuel Jal was a seven year old Sudanese boy, living in a small village with his parents, aunts, uncles, and siblings. But as Sudan's civil war moved closer—with the Islamic government seizing tribal lands for water, oil, and other resources—Jal's family moved again and again,...