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Def Jam, Inc.
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 23.95In the early ?80s, the music industry wrote off hip-hop as a passing fad. Few could or would have predicted that the improvised raps and raw beats busting out of New York City?s urban underclass would one day become a multimillion-dollar business and one of music?s most lucrative genres. Among those few were two visionaries: Russell Simmons, a young... more...
The Tanning of America
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 26.00The business marketing genius at the forefront of today?s entertainment marketing revolution helps corporate America get hip to today?s new consumer?the tan generation. When Fortune 500 companies need to reenergize or reinvent a lagging brand, they call Steve Stoute. In addition to marrying cultural icons with blue-chip marketers, Stoute has helped... more...
Beastie Boys
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 35.00No matter where they focused their energies, the Beastie Boys have defined success by their own standards. The New York City trioŅMichael Diamond, Adam "MCA" Yauch, and Adam "Ad-Rock" HorovitzŅare a force of nature, still going strong after 20 years and 40 million records sold. more...
Bring the Noise
Faber and Faber 2009; US$ 21.86Writing on rock and hip-hop, and the creative tensions between the two, from the best-selling author of Rip It Up and Start Again. more...
How to Wreck a Nice Beach
Melville House 2011; US$ 22.95The history of the vocoder: how popular music hijacked the Pentagon's speech scrambling weapon The vocoder, invented by Bell Labs in 1928, once guarded phones from eavesdroppers during World War II; by the Vietnam War, it was repurposed as a voice-altering tool for musicians, and is now the ubiquitous voice of popular music. In How to Wreck a... more...
The Rap and Hip Hop Quiz Book
Andrews UK 2011; US$ 3.99Are you a fan of rap and hip hop? Are you familiar with artists such as Snoop Dog, Ice T and Lil Kim? Can you name all the trailblazing rappers and singers and their hits? If so, you will enjoy trying to answer the 100 quick questions in The Rap & Hip Hop Quiz Book. For which album did Dizzee Rascal win the 2003 Mercury Prize? What was the name... more...
Bring the Noise
Soft Skull Press 2011; US$ 16.95Bring the Noise weaves together interviews, reviews, essays, and features to create a critical history of the last twenty years of pop culture, juxtaposing the voices of many of rock and hip hop?s most provocative artists?Morrissey, Public Enemy, The Beastie Boys, The Stone Roses, P.J. Harvey, Radiohead?with Reynolds?s own passionate analysis. With... more...
Holler If You Hear Me (2006)
Basic Books 2006; US$ 16.99A wholly original way of looking at Tupac Shakur that will thrill those who already love the artist and enlighten those who want to understand him more...
Raising Kanye
Pocket Books 2007; Not AvailableAs the mother of hip-hop superstar Kanye West, Donda West has watched her son grow from a brilliant baby boy with all the intimations of fame and fortune to one of the hottest rappers on the music scene. And she has every right to be proud: she raised her son with strong moral values, teaching him right from wrong and helping him become the man he... more...
Hip Hop Africa
Indiana University Press 2012; US$ 29.99Hip Hop Africa explores a new generation of Africans who are not only consumers of global musical currents, but also active and creative participants. Eric Charry and an international group of contributors look carefully at youth culture and the explosion of hip hop in Africa, the embrace of other contemporary genres, including reggae, ragga, and... more...









