6 must-read hip hop books like Madvillainy by Will Hagle

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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…

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1. "Diane..." - The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper

By: Kyle MacLachlan , Scott Frost , Michael Ontkean

3.94

Format: 111 pages,

Based on the television series Twin Peaks. Here are the actual dictation tapes of FBI Agent Cooper,… read more

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2. The Rose That Grew from Concrete

By: Tupac Shakur

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

This collection of more than 100 poems that honestly and artfully confront topics ranging from pove… read more

Similar categories in Tupac Shakur's The Rose That Grew from Concrete book and Will Hagle's Madvillainy

  • music
  • nonfiction
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3. The Last Holiday

By: Gil Scott-Heron

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream. And Stevie Wonder had a dream. This is a book about dreams." I… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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4. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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6. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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7. Sonic Life: A Memoir

By: Thurston Moore

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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8. Alien, Vol. 1: Bloodlines

By: Phillip Kennedy Johnson

3.71

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The iconic cinematic terror makes its Marvel debut! Gabriel Cruz gave his life to the Weyland-Yutan… read more

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9. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

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11. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

By: Sly Stone

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more

Similar categories in Sly Stone's Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir book and Will Hagle's Madvillainy

  • music
  • nonfiction
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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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  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
"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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13. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Tweedy's World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music book and Will Hagle's Madvillainy

  • music
  • nonfiction
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14. 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 Will Hagle's Madvillainy

  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
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15. High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

By: Marc Masters

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle ch… read more

Similar categories in Marc Masters's High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape book and Will Hagle's Madvillainy

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

16. 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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  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
"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

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17. 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 Will Hagle's Madvillainy

  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
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18. The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music

By: Tom Breihan

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through th… read more

Similar categories in Tom Breihan's The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music book and Will Hagle's Madvillainy

  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
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19. The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood

By: Brian "Box" Brown

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Brian "Box" Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his new graphic novel, … read more

Similar categories in Brian "Box" Brown's The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood book and Will Hagle's Madvillainy

  • nonfiction
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20. Rise of a Killah

By: Ghostface Killah

3.23

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The story of the celebrated rapper and the iconic Wu-Tang Clan, told by one of its founding members… read more

Similar categories in Ghostface Killah's Rise of a Killah book and Will Hagle's Madvillainy

  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
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21. Son of the City: A Memoir

By: Dante Ross

4.15

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

You might not know his name—but you’ve heard his work. Dante Ross, born and raised by political act… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction

19 must-read nonfiction books like Madvillainy by Will Hagle

Transform Your Habits

The Rose That Grew from Concrete

Tupac Shakur

3.44

Transform Your Habits

The Last Holiday

Gil Scott-Heron

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

Werner Herzog

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

4.04

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18 Top music books like World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

Bob Boilen

3.78

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.35

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