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The Rough Guide to Hip-hop 2 (Rough Guide Music Guides)
The Rough Guide to Hiphop 2 - Rough Guide Music Guides Author:Peter Shapiro "At their best, Rough Guide volumes present a balanced consideration of facts and criticism. But under the ostensibly authoritative brand name, they assume the reader's implicit trust in a single author covering a given genre. In the case of Peter Shapiro, this seems a safe bet. Throughout the book he demonstrates a voluminous knowledge of hip-... more »hip history and culture, peppering artist entries with side-bars on everything from mist-tape trading to wild-style graffiti." -Paste magazine The Rough Guide to Hip-Hop has everything you need to know about the worlds most exciting music. Its a one stop AZ of the best rappers, DJs, breakdancers, beat-boxers and graffiti writers, with the producers, record labels and players behind the scenes thrown in too. From old school pioneers such as Grandmaster Flash and the Sugar Hill Gang, through the acts that first made it big like Public Enemy and Beastie Boys, to current superstars such as Eminem, 50 Cent and Jay-Z this Rough Guide has got it covered. Extensive biographies, recommended albums, and hundreds of photos tell Hip-Hops story. Plus there are boxes on Hip-Hops fashions, films, feuds and fads, along side topics like Hip-Hops slang and sub-genres.« less