Rap & Hip-Hop Music


"50 Cent"

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"Hip-Hop (Part 2) Series" series; With full-colour photographs throughout. Paperback, 64 pages. Size: 235 x 185 mm. Weight: 98g.
Author:  Marcovitz, Hal
ISBN:  1422202623
Publisher:  Mason Crest Publishers
Date:  2007  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"Death Rap"

Tupac Shakur - a Life

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From the creators of Godspeed: The Kurt Cobain Graphic and Eminem: In My Skin a graphic novel that traces the events leading up to the death of one of modern music's most charismatic performers - Tupac Shakur. With colour animation. Paperback, 96 pages. Size: 290 x 230 mm. Weight: 455g.
Author:  McCarthy, Jim Legg, Barnaby
ISBN:  1844497275
Publisher:  Omnibus Press
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"Where You're At"

Notes From the Frontline of a Hip Hop Planet

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An examination of the world-wide hip hop phenomenon. This work explores the way how through hip hop the potent symbolism of black America has been acquired, used and subsumed by cultures on every continent to create a uniquely different form of globalism. New ed. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 334g.
Author:  Neate, Patrick
ISBN:  0747563837
Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem"

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Eminem is the biggest music star in the world. But how much of his music is inspired by the truth, and how much is poetic licence? Only one woman knows - his mother. This is her letter to Eminem, a reminder of how they once were, and an attempt to refute allegations of her drug abuse and tell the story behind some of her son's most famous lyrics. With 2x8 page illustrations. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 234 x 153 mm. Weight: 535g.
Author:  Nelson, Debbie
ISBN:  1844544567
Publisher:  Blake Publishing
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem"

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Eminem is the biggest music star in the world, a rapper who's sold more than 37 million records worldwide, whose music reveals in outspoken detail every aspect of his tortured existence. The way he tells it in his lyrics, he's lived a life straight out of a Jerry Springer soap opera since birth. But how much of his music is inspired by truth? Paperback, Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 260g.
Author:  Nelson, Debbie
ISBN:  184454673X
Publisher:  Blake Publishing
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"Country Fried Soul"

Adventures in Dirty South Hip-Hop

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An editor for BPM Culture offers an overview of Dirty South rap--a phenomenon centered around cities such as Atlanta, Miami, and New Orleans--covering such groups as The Neptunes, Timbaland, OutKast, Lil Jon, Ludacris, Cee-Lo, and others. Original. With illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 235 x 190 mm. Weight: 640g.
Author:  Palmer, Tamara
ISBN:  0879308575
Publisher:  Backbeat Books
Date:  2005  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"A Boy Called Marshall"

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'Once upon a time there was a boy called Marshall...' So begins the second in this series of ultra-concise and hilariously brutal pop biographies. With a stylistic nod towards Roger Hargreaves' Mr Men series, 'A Boy Called Marshall' follows Marshall Mathers (aka Eminem) on his Eight Mile journey from trailer park to total world domination. With 20 colour illustrations. Paperback, 48 pages. Size: 127 x 140 mm. Weight: 131g.
Author:  Popjustice
ISBN:  0954831861
Publisher:  The Friday Project Limited
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"Bring the Noise"

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From Morrissey and Nick Cave to The Streets and Kanye West, this book explores the links between hip-hop and rock. It focuses on two strands: white alternative rock and black street music. It identifies the strange dance of white bohemian rock and black culture, how they come together at various points and then go their own way. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 234 x 153 mm. Weight: 577g.
Author:  Reynolds, Simon
ISBN:  0571232078
Publisher:  Faber and Faber
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"Have Gun Will Travel"

Spectacular Rise and Violent Fall of Death Row Records

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Subtitled 'The Spectacular Rise and Violent Fall of Death Row Records'. With portraits. Paperback, 304 pages. Weight: 465g.
Author:  Ro, Ronin
ISBN:  0704381028
Publisher:  Quartet Books
Date:  1998  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"Black Noise"

Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America

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"Music & Culture" series; Discusses the elements of rap music, including its lyrics, music, culture, and style, and looks at the impact of rap music. With 15 illustrations. Paperback, 257 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 408g.
Author:  Rose, Tricia McClary, Susan
ISBN:  0819562750
Publisher:  University Press of New England
Date:  1994  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"Third Coast"

Outkast, Timbaland and How Hip Hop Became a Southern Thing

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Looks at a regional phenomenon that has exploded into a worldwide sensation: Dirty South Hip-Hop. This book deals with the phenomenon of Southern hip-hop as a matter of cultural history, and explains the character and significance of down South rapping to fans as well as outsiders. With 8 pages b&w photographs. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 236 x 156 mm. Weight: 480g.
Author:  Sarig, Roni
ISBN:  0306814307
Publisher:  The Perseus Books Group
Date:  2007  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"The E.A.R.L."

The Autobiography of Dmx

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This is the story of DMX - from his humble beginnings, to mass superstardom, to the adrenaline-fuelled gangster life he can't leave behind. With ill.(some col.).. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 152 x 229 mm. Weight: 550g.
Author:  Simmons, Earl Fontaine, Smokey D.
ISBN:  085965334X
Publisher:  Plexus Publishing Ltd
Date:  2002  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"Jam Master Jay"

The Heart of Hip Hop

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This is the chronicle of Jam Master Jay's journey from the hard knocks of life to the heights of fame and fortune as a member of Run DMC, and the musical legacy he leaves behind. The story ends with the mystery of his murder in October 2002 - Jam Master Jay had few enemies. With 16pp halftones. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 178 x 111 mm. Weight: 113g.
Author:  Thigpen, David
ISBN:  0743476948
Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"Hip Hop Divas"

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A thoughtful, provocative, entertaining look at the cool, charismatic women who have become the biggest stars in today's hip hop scene. With 55 b&w photographs. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 215 x 277 mm. Weight: 773g.
Author:  Vibe Magazine
ISBN:  085965320X
Publisher:  Plexus Publishing Ltd
Date:  2001  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

"Tupac Shakur"

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The second edition, revised and updated, following further investigations by the editors of 'Vibe Magazine' into the rap star's still unsolved killing and the three murders that followed. With 100+ colour photographs. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 280 x 215 mm. Weight: 675g.
Author:  Vibe Magazine
ISBN:  0859652793
Publisher:  Plexus Publishing Ltd
Date:  1998  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Rap & Hip-Hop Music

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