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22) Hip-hop culture
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Describes various aspects of hip-hop culture, including DJing, MCing, breakdancing, and graffiti.
23) The beginning
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Six-time Grammy Award-winning Black Eyed Peas return with their sixth album and follow-up/sequel to 2009's The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies). The album offers a new perspective from the Peas & features the single The Time (The Dirty Bit). The title of the new CD, The Beginning, refers to adopting new technologies and being experimental with crazy new beats.
26) Beef
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A look into the deep and harsh world of high-profile hip-hop battles and beefs, as told by the artists themselves
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Omid needs the right words to connect with his newly met grandfather and distant Iranian heritage, words to tell a special girl what she means to him and to show everyone that he truly belongs in Tucson, Arizona, the only home he’s ever known. Neither the school play’s Shakespearean English nor his parents’ Farsi seems up to the task, and it’s only when Omid delves into the rhymes and rhythms of rap music that he starts to find his voice....
28) POV
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
When first-year film student Spencer O'Toole is asked to make a music video for a band, he leaps at the chance. But Jerry, Spencer's dad, shows up, and somehow the band assumes he's in charge, despite the fact that he has zero background in film. And then there's Scratch, violent gang member turned sleazy music producer, who keeps making big promises but fails to deliver on a single one. Spencer has no idea how he's going to get this thing made. When...
29) The story of rap
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"From Grandmaster Flash to Kendrick Lamar, rap has shaped generations and brought a voice to the voiceless. Bop along with the greats in this adorable baby book that introduces little ones to the rappers that started it all!"--Back of book.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. In this work, the editors demonstrate that rap is also a wide reaching and vital poetic tradition born of beats and rhymes. This pioneering anthology brings together more than three hundred lyrics written over thirty years, from the "old school" to the "golden age" to the present day. Rather than aim for encyclopedic coverage, the editors render through examples the richness...
32) Snipes
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Description
Set in the mean streets of Philadelphia, this is a journey into the dark side of the rap music industry and an underworld filled with hustlers, thieves and killers who will do whatever it takes to stay on top.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"The American Book Award winner, now completely adapted for a young adult audience! From award-winning author Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop is the story of hip-hop, a generation-defining movement and the music that transformed American politics and culture forever. Hip hop is one of the most dominant and influential cultures in America, giving new voice to the younger generation. It defines a generation's worldview. Exploring hip hop's beginnings...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Biggie Smalls was right. Things done changed. But that doesn't mean Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph's music lie forgotten under his bed after he is murdered—not when his rhymes could turn any Bed-Stuy corner into a party, not after years of having each other's backs. With the help of Steph's younger sister, Jasmine, who is eager to see justice for her brother, Quadir and Jarrell come up with a plan to promote Steph's...
Pub. Date
©1999
Description
"VIBE, the voice of the hip hop generation, presents the essence of hip hop. Music, fashion, dance, graffiti, movies, videos, and business: it's all in this tale of a cultural revolution that spans race and gender, language and nationality. The definitive history of an underdocumented music genre, The VIBE History of Hip Hop tells the full story of this grassroots cultural movement, from its origins on the streets of the Bronx to its explosion as...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Highlights more than 100 women who have shaped the power, scope, and reach of rap music, including pioneers like Roxanne Shanté, game changers like Lauryn Hill and Missy Elliott, and current reigning queens like Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and Lizzo--as well as everyone who came before, after, and in between."--Publisher's description.