;I mean love is love. Recognize the Hip Hop culture, cause that's what we are doing. We're having fun with it. We spread love. There's no animosity. There's no prejudice in our ...

Now with a new introduction by the author, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media.

''The Rough Guide to Hip-Hop'' is the definitive guide to the MCs, DJs, producers, labels, graffiti taggers, poppers, lockers and body-rockers involved in the hip-hop scene ...

From the turntable acrobatics of Grandmaster Flash to the electro-funk blend of Afrika Bambaataa's Zulu nation, and from the rebellion of Public Emeny o te chart-topping albums ...

A guide to rap and hip-hop music examines the origins of the musical form and discusses influential performers as well as the best recordings available

That's the Joint: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader brings together the best-known and most influential writings on rap and hip-hop from its beginnings to today. Spanning nearly 25 ...

A collection of outstanding articles and essays about the music, history, and culture of hip-hop features a quarter century of outstanding writing by Ali Farka Toure, Kevin ...

Hip hop map of the Bronx on inside of dust jacket.