18 Best music books like Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series) by Hanif Abdurraqib

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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,…

"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)

If you liked the music plot in Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series) by Hanif Abdurraqib , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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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

Similar categories in Shea Serrano's The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"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

Cover of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang, D.J. Kool Herc

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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Similar categories in Jeff Chang's Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
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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

Similar categories in Jessica Hopper's The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • essays

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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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
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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

Similar categories in Jordan Ferguson's J Dilla's Donuts book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • essays

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

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

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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

Similar categories in Mosab Abu Toha's Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • poetry
  • art
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
"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

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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

Similar categories in Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • poetry
  • art
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in Kelefa Sanneh's Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop by Jonathan Abrams

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

Similar categories in Jonathan Abrams's The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series) book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • 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)

Cover of The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are by Tariq Trotter

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

Similar categories in Tariq Trotter's The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas

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

Similar categories in Dan Charnas's Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

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

Similar categories in Steven Hyden's There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Madvillainy

By: Will Hagle

3.96

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

This book celebrates Madvillainy as a representation of two genius musical minds melding to form on… read more

Similar categories in Will Hagle's Madvillainy book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
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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

Similar categories in Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story by Talib Kweli

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

Similar categories in Talib Kweli's Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him by Justin Tinsley

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

Similar categories in Justin Tinsley's It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Joan Morgan

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

Similar categories in Joan Morgan's She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story by Joe Coscarelli

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

Similar categories in Joe Coscarelli's Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story book and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • history

12 must-read audiobook books like Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series) by Hanif Abdurraqib

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

Kelefa Sanneh

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop

Jonathan Abrams

4.21

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18 Best history books like Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story by Joe Coscarelli

Transform Your Habits

Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story

Max Marshall

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

Malcolm Harris

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

Kelefa Sanneh

4.17

Transform Your Habits

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Will Hermes

4.23

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