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Buddy Esquire: King of the Hip Hop Flyer
Johan Kugelberg
Sinecure Books
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9781938265068
2014
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Visions Of Peace And Justice: San Francisco Bay Area: 1974-2007. Over 30 Years Of Political Posters From The Archives Of Inkworks Press
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Fight the Power : Rap, Race, and Reality
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Raising Hell : The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay
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And It Don't Stop : The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years
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From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism (Politics History & Social Chan)
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How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC
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Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
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Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
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Somebody Scream!: Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power
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The Anthology of Rap
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Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America (Music Culture)
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Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop
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Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics
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J Dilla's Donuts
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Hip Hop Family Tree 1975-1983 Gift Box Set
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Rap, Race and Revolution: Solutions for Our Struggle (aka How to Hustle and Win)
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Hip Hop Speaks to Children: CD-ROM
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Danger Mouse's The Grey Album
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Hip Hop Family Tree, Volume 1
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Hip Hop Family Tree, Volume 2: 1981-1983
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Wild Style: The Sampler
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Check the Technique: Volume 2: More Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
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Beats to the Rhyme: A Collection of Instrumental Hip-Hop Records for the Beat Connoisseur
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Behind the Beat: Hip Hop Home Studios
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Legions of Boom
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Where'd You Get Those?: New York City's Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987
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Sounding Race in Rap Songs
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Pulse of the People: Political Rap Music and Black Politics
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The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk about when We Talk about Hip Hop--and why it Matters
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Hip Hop Family Tree, Volume 4: 1984–1985
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Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap
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No Half Steppin': An Oral and Pictorial History of New York City Club the Latin Quarter and the Birth of Hip-Hop's Golden Era
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The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
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New York State of Mind 1.0: Exclusive 1992-1993 Interviews with Tragedy Khadafi, Brand Nubian, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
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Goin' Off: The Story of the Juice Crew and Cold Chillin' Records
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Native Tongues: An African Hip-hop Reader
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Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America
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Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap
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Ballad of the Bullet: Gangs, Drill Music, and the Power of Online Infamy
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Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin': The Authorised Story Of Public Enemy
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Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop
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Son of the City: A Memoir
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Yo! the Early Days of Hip Hop 1982-84: Photography by Sophie Bramly
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It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation
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Sweat the Technique:
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From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga
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Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation
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The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast
S. H. Fernando, Jr.
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Chuck D Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History
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