The Hip-Hop Library
I seem to be fast designating myself as the resident hip-hop book reviewer. Look for a review of Newsweek reporter Alison Samuels’ Off the Record (Amistad) in the Nov. 1 issue. I recently snapped up the galley of Total Chaos, a book of essays on the art and culture of hip-hop edited by Jeff Chang, author of the popular Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.
Also on my shelf are Making Beats, a book on sampling by Joseph Schloss, Russell Simmons’ Life and Def, and Heather’s copy of Never Drank the Kool-Aid. (On an unrelated side-note, look for Simmons’ (estranged?) wife’s book, Fabulosity, on our Nov. 1 self-help bestsellers list.)
The hip-hop library that was being established before I was reading about hip-hop is pretty well endowed, too. LJ called It’s Not About a Salary by Brian Cross, published in 1994 and focusing on LA, “the best available work on a music genre that’s here to stay.” With Tricia Rose’s Black Noise, we have what LJ considered “the first detailed exploration of rap music within its social, cultural, and artistic contexts,” published in 1994 as well. Another formative text is Hip Hop America (1998) by the prominent critic Nelson George.
What hip-hop books are coming in and going out of your library?
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