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…
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1. The Spook Who Sat by the Door
By: Sam Greenlee
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
This book is both a satire of the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 60s and a … read more
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2. 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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- music
- nonfiction
- memoir
"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
3. Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius
By: Rakim
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The musician and Hip Hop legend--hailed as "the greatest MC of all time" and compared to Thelonious… read more
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4. When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season
By: Rich Cohen
3.90
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and … read more
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- nonfiction
5. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more
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"Misery is a money pit."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
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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"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
7. Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir
By: Mark Lanegan
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A gritty, gripping memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Sou… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- memoir
8. Beastie Boys Book
By: Michael Diamond
4.54
Format: 572 pages, Hardcover
A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself--b… read more
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9. 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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- music
- nonfiction
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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"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
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
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12. 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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- memoir
13. 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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- nonfiction
- memoir
"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
14. 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
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15. 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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16. Devils Kill Devils
By: Johnny Compton
3.46
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Devils Kill Devils is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Certain Dark Things and Southern g… read more
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17. The Devil's Best Trick: How the Face of Evil Disappeared
By: Randall Sullivan
3.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Part true crime story, part historical account, part religious and literary analysis, an investigat… read more
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18. 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
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19. Chronicles of the Juice Man: A Memoir
By: Juicy J
4.07
Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition
A memoir by the Oscar-winning, platinum-selling rapper and producer for fans of Rick Ross’s Hurric… read more
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20. 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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21. Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance and Surviving the Music Industry
By: Rollie Pemberton
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Bedroom Rapper is a book for obsessive music fans who are looking for the definitive take on what's… read more
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