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Hip-hop is history / Questlove with Ben Greenman.

Questlove, (author.). Greenman, Ben, (author).

Summary:

"When hip-hop first emerged in the 1970s, it wasn't expected to become the cultural force it is today. But for a young Black kid growing up in a musical family in Philadelphia, it was everything. He stayed up late to hear the newest songs on the radio. He saved his money to buy vinyl as soon as it landed. He even started to make his own songs. That kid was Questlove. Now, in this landmark book, Questlove traces the creative and cultural forces that made and shaped hip-hop, highlighting both the forgotten but influential gems and the undeniable chart-topping hits--and weaves it all together with the stories no one else knows. It is at once an intimate, sharply observed story and a sweeping theory of the evolution of the great artistic movement of our time. Questlove approaches it with both the encyclopedic fluency of an obsessive fan and the unique expertise of an innovative participant. Hip-hop is history, and also his history."-- Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374614072
  • ISBN: 0374614075
  • ISBN: 9781399621625
  • ISBN: 1399621629
  • Physical Description: 342 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, New York : AUWA Books, MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:
1979-1982 : What you hear is not a test -- 1982-1987 : Love bought you clothes -- 1987-1992 : Back is the incredible -- 1992-1997 : While I get my proper swerve on -- 1997-2002 : Dare me to drive? -- 2002-2007 : Excuse me miss, I forgot your name -- 2007-2012 : Pull up in the monster -- 2012-2017 : Promise that you will sing about me -- 2017-2022 : The Royce got no roof -- 2023 : No time to joke around -- Hip-hop songs I actually like.
Subject: Rap (Music) > History and criticism.
Hip-hop > History.
Popular music > History and criticism.
Genre: Music criticism and reviews.
Informational works.
Autobiographies.

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  • 39 of 44 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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