Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.47
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre,…
Want to Read $ 12.99"The things we do to stay close to the people we think will carry us through an entire lifetime..."-Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
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1. The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
By: Shea Serrano
4.39
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap… read more
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"I want to marry his smile, and if his smile is already married to someone else, then I want to marry his eyebrows and eyes. They're remarkable. Nobody's ever made better use of his or her eyes or eye…"-Shea Serrano, The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
"A fast note about Ice-T's autobiography: There's a section where he tells a story about hanging out with Flavor Flav that involves going to Red Lobster in a Ferrari. I suspect the phrase "going to Re…"-Shea Serrano, The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
2. Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
By: Jeff Chang , D.J. Kool Herc
3.89
Format: None pages,
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3. The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
By: Jessica Hopper
4.08
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Jessica Hopper's music criticism has earned her a reputation as a firebrand, a keen observer and fe… read more
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4. Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
By: Ben Greenman , Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
3.47
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"You have to bear in mind that [Questlove] is one of the smartest motherf*****s on the planet. His … read more
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5. J Dilla's Donuts
By: Jordan Ferguson
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, Ja… read more
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6. Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
By: Shea Serrano , Reggie Miller , Arturo Torres
3.11
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
#1 New York Timesbestseller Who is the greatest dunker of all time? Which version of the Michael Jo… read more
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7. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
8. Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
By: Mosab Abu Toha
4.74
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Cir… read more
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"Borders are those invented lines drawn with ash on maps and sewn into the ground by bullets."-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
"A country that exists only in my mind. Its flag has no room to fly freely, but there is space on the coffins of my countrymen."-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
"In Gaza, some of us cannot completely die. Every time a bomb falls, every time shrapnel hits our graves, every time the rubble piles up on our heads, we are awakened from our temporary death."-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
"PALESTINE A–Z A An apple that fell from the table on a dark evening when man-made lightning flashed through the kitchen, the streets, and the sky, rattling the cupboards and breaking the dishes. “Am"-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
9. Martyr!
By: Kaveh Akbar
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more
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10. Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
By: Kelefa Sanneh
4.17
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty yea… read more
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11. The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
By: Jonathan Abrams
4.21
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reig… read more
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12. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.47
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre,… read more
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- poetry
- art
- history
- biography
- memoir
- hip hop
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"The things we do to stay close to the people we think will carry us through an entire lifetime..."-Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
13. The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are
By: Tariq Trotter
4.20
Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition
“Tariq Trotter . . . could be hip-hop’s Dostoyevsky. Like the Russian novelist, Mr. Trotter has ref… read more
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14. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
By: Dan Charnas
4.56
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy … read more
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"The Yanceys were not a family that expressed love by saying “I love you."-Dan Charnas, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
15. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
By: Steven Hyden
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album, Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more
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16. Madvillainy
By: Will Hagle
3.96
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
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17. Hip-Hop Is History
By: Questlove
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In Hip-Hop is History, Questlove, one of the major and most revolutionary figures of that genre, un… read more
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18. Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story
By: Talib Kweli
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY LITERARY PRIZEFrom one of the most lyrically gifted… read more
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19. It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him
By: Justin Tinsley
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Culture journalist Justin Tinsley’s It Was All a Dream is “a deeply reported saga of the ephemeral,… read more
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20. She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
By: Joan Morgan
3.93
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
An NPR 2018 Great Read Celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the acclaimed and influential debut … read more
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21. Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story
By: Joe Coscarelli
3.97
Format: 448 pages, ebook
A modern epic about the most consequential music culture today, Atlanta rap—a masterful, street-lev… read more
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