Discover information, advice, and prices for History of Gangster Rap The sold for 31.49 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
The History of Gangster Rap is a deep dive into one of the most fascinating subgenres of any music category to date Sixteen detailed chapters organized chronologically examine the evolution of gangster rap its main players and the culture that created this revolutionary music From stillswirling conspiracy theories about the murders of Biggie and Tupac to the release of the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton the era of gangster rap is one that fascinates music junkies and remains at the forefront of pop culture Filled with interviews with key players such as Snoop Dogg IceT and dozens more as well as breakout bios of notorious characters lists and more The History of Gangster Rap is the beallendall book that contextualizes the importance of gangster rap as a cultural phenomenon
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Rap Master Ronnie first edition sold at 180 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Rap Portraits and Lyrics of sold for 39.5 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Photographs of musicians and artists celebrate the newest American form of music rap music and are accompanied by lyrics from ToneLoc Public Enemy Run DMC and others
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Riding the Rap first edition sold for 25 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
It seemed like a brilliant idea Three mismatched bad guysa Palm Beach potted a Bahamian excon and a Puerto Rican gardener turned mob enforcerget together to carry out the perfect crime kidnap retired Miami bookie Harry Arno and let him pay the ransom with his illgotten wealth He cant go to the cops later No one will miss him Its perfect Or so they figureThey figure wrong Harrys former girlfriend extopless dancer Joyce Patton misses him a lot Now shes sending her current boyfriend Stetsonhatted federal marshal Raylan Givens looking for Harry And Raylan always gets his man And in this case he also gets his womanthe last person to see Harry a sexy psychic named Dawn Dawn may be clairvoyant or she may be in on the kidnapping Either way she gives Raylan a lead and hes hunting on Floridas 24karat Gold Coast for three loco hombresand trying to bring Harry back aliveFrom the Trade Paperback edition
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Dutch III International Gangster first sold for 32 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Its one month before Dutchs trial for what the media has deemed the Month of Murder Roc and Angel are locked up and Craze is now the commander in charge After coming into contact with Joseph Odouwo Kazamis very rich and powerful relative Craze is immediately on alert However Odouwo has other plans that may put all of their lives at risk Craze cant resist a stake in Odouwos very successful billiondollar diamond trade and reluctantly takes Odouwo up on his offer hoping that he didnt make a decision he will soon regret
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Anatomy of a Gangster Jack sold for 25 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
The historic narrative of a notorious gangster of prohibition era the study of a steps and scrapes and gun battles brawls drug peddling murder for hire and racketeering all told in a with sadness and pathos and comedy Legs Diamond a great read
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For the first twentyfive years of his criminal career Charles Lucky Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld For the next twentyfive years of his life Luciano was a legendbut a fake master criminal without real power his evil reputation manipulated and maintained by the government agents who had put him behind bars nbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp Drawing on secret government documents from archives in the United States and Europe this mythbusting biography tells the real story from Lucianos early days as a top hit man for the Mob to his exploits running sex and narcotics empires His criminal career abruptly ended with conviction and imprisonment but his reputation was only enhanced by rumors that he was winning World War II for the Allies in Sicily and the Mediterranean Now for the first time author Tim Newark exposes the truth about what Luciano really did do to help the Allies in the warnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp With his expulsion from the United States after the war ended Luciano returned to Italy He was reputed to have overseen a massive transatlantic narcotics network and became the archvillain for international law enforcement agencies But Newark reveals how Luciano really spent his twilight years nbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp Lucky Luciano The Real and the Fake Gangster turns accepted Mafia history on its head with an extraordinary story that has never been told before
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on The Complete Public Enemy Almanac sold at 27.24 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Meticulously documented lavishly detailed exhaustively researched and written with an eye for the truths that have remained largely hidden The Complete Public Enemy Almanac provides a reliable source of information about the violent and lawless era of the twenties and thirties
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on First Generation Rap sold at 45.25 $ ; this product is listed in the Music category, produced by , and sold by Deepdiscount.com.
This 4CD boxed set spotlights the founding fathers of rap including Dr Ice Grandmaster Flash The Fearless Four and Doug E Fresh
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Find tips, reviews, and features on The Rap Year Book Most sold for 20.55 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
NOW BEING TURNED INTO A DOCUMENTARY TO BE AIRED ON AMC IN 2018New York Times Best SellerPicked by Billboard as One of the 100 Greatest Music Books of AllTimePitchfork Book Clubs first selectionHeres what The Rap Year Booknbspdoes It takes readers from 1979 widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical landscape and comes right up to the present with Shea Serrano hilariously discussing debating and deconstructing the most important rap song year by year Serrano also examines the most important moments that surround the history and culture of rap musicfrom artists backgrounds to issues of race the rise of hiphop and the struggles among its major playersboth personal and professional Covering East Coast and West Coast famous rapper feuds chart toppers and show stoppersnbspThe Rap Year Booknbspis an indepth look at the most influential genre of music to come out of the last generationnbspnbspComplete with infographics lyric maps uproarious and informative footnotes portraits of the artists and short essays by other prominent music writersnbspThe Rap Year Booknbspis both a narrative and illustrated guide to the most iconic and influential rap songs ever created Its like the gold tank from Master Ps Make Em Say Uhh video except its a book Its like Kanyes verse on Put On except its a book Its like the face Biggie made when he was on the boat with Puffy in Hypnotize except its a booknbsp
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Find tips, reviews, and features on The Hip Hop Years A sold for 61.29 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
It began as a mix of funk soul and rhythm and blues invented by blacks and Latinos for block parties in the South Bronx in the 1970s evolving into the rap and hip hop that became the hot center of youth culture during the last decade of the century At first a music to party to rap kept reinventing itself as a cry of pain and rebellion eventually spreading across America and jumping all barriers of race to blossom into a critique of American life race and political hypocrisy From the turntable acrobatics of Grandmaster Flash to the electrofunk of Afrika Bambaataas Zulu nation from the provocative blend of black nationalism and rebellion of Public Enemy to the charttopping albums of Eminem hip hops story of success is a journey of a subculture attacking the mainstream to become the mainstream itself The Hip Hop Years traces the history of this vibrant culture through the firsthand accounts of many of the people who have played a pivotal role in that journey including Kool Herc Grandmaster Flash Run DMC IceT Public Enemy NWA De La Soul WuTang Clan and Eminem
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Rap Music and Street Consciousness sold for 100.37 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
In this first musicological history of rap Cheryl L Keyes traces the genre from its roots in West African bardic traditions the Jamaican dancehall tradition and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of hiphop lifestyle and cultureRap music according to Keyes is a forum that addresses the political and economic disfranchisement of black youths and other groups fosters ethnic pride and displays culture values and aesthetics Blending popular culture with folklore and ethnomusicology Keyes offers a nuanced portrait of the artists themes and varying styles reflective of urban life and street consciousnessDrawing on the music lives politics and interests of figures including Afrika Bambaataa the godfather of hiphop and his Zulu Nation Grandmaster Flash Kool DJ Herc MC Lyte LL Cool J De La Soul Public Enemy and The Last Poets the book challenges outsider views of the genre It also draws on ethnographic research done in New York Los Angeles Detroit and London as well as interviews with performers producers directors fans and managersKeyess vivid and wideranging analysis covers the emergence and personas of female rappers and white rappers the advent of rap music videos and the existence of gangsta rap Southern rap acid rap and dancecentered rap subgenres Also considered are rapperturnedmogul phenomenons such as Queen Latifah the multimedia empire of Sean P Diddy Combs the cataclysmic rise of Death Row Records East Coast versus West Coast tensions the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Christopher The Notorious BIG Wallace and the unification efforts of the Nationof Islam and the HipHop Nation
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Ammunition Poetry and Other Raps sold for 90 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Published by the radical London imprint founded by Guyanese activists Jessica and Eric Huntley in 1968 to first issue Walter Rodneys Groundings with My Brothers Signaturebound octavo in illustrated wraps 84 pp
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Find tips, reviews, and features on BeatTips Manual Some Insight on sold for 79 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
The BeatTips Manual the first and ONLY Hip HopRap Production guide available is packed with specifics on EVERYTHING from Getting Gear to Sampling from Beat Structure to Timing and more Said reduces the usually long learning curve that is associated with Hip HopRap Production and takes all the mystery out of producing giving rare insight on the entire surrounding process A perfect tool for those just starting out and exceptionally usefull for midlevel and even advanced producers
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Rap and Hip Hop Culture, priced at 58.96 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Rap and Hip Hop Culture traces the ideological social historical and cultural influences on a musical genre that first came to prominence in the mid1970s in one of New Yorks toughest neighborhoods the South Bronx Orejuela describes how the arts of DJing MCing breakin bboying and graffiti developed as a way for this communitys struggle to find its own voice He addresses raps early successes on the pop charts its spread to mainstream culture the growth of gangsta rap and mainstream societys reaction to it and the commercial success of rap music from the 90s through today Throughout this enlightening text highlights key performers producers and voices in the rap and hip hop movements using their stories to illuminate the underlying issues of racism poverty prejudice and artistic freedom that are part of rap and hip hops ongoing legacy Distinctive Features Traces the roots of rap and hip hop culture in African and African American history Designed for an introductory course in rap and hip hop for students with little or no background in music Includes 17 detailed listening guides covering key recordings in raps history Addresses the many controversies surrounding rap music including violence sexism and racial stereotyping Includes chapter outlines and goals questions for further discussion and study and key terms
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Nation Conscious Rap sold for 50 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
This book is the first major work on the Hip Hop movement and its most popular byproduct Rap Music The narrative strategies used by the editors and rap artists lead to points of illumination Includes featured sections in the voices of Chuck D and Flavor Flav of the Public Enemy aggregation Big Daddy Kane DaddyO of Stetsasonic and more
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Chicano Rap Gender and Violence sold for 35.65 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Powered by a driving beat clever lyrics and assertive attitudes rap music and hip hop culture have engrossed American youth since the mid1980s Although the first rappers were African Americans rap and hip hop culture quickly spread to other ethnic groups who have added their own cultural elements to the music Chicano Rap offers the first indepth look at how Chicanoa youth have adopted and adapted rap music and hip hop culture to express their views on gender and violence as well as on how Chicanoa youth fit into a globalizing worldPancho McFarland examines over five hundred songs and seventy rap artists from all the major Chicano rap regionsSan Diego San Francisco and Northern California Texas and Chicago and the Midwest He discusses the cultural political historical and economic contexts in which Chicano rap has emerged and how these have shaped the violence and misogyny often expressed in Chicano rap and hip hop In particular he argues that the misogyny and violence of Chicano rap are direct outcomes of the patriarchal dominance paradigm that governs human relations in the United States McFarland also explains how globalization economic restructuring and the conservative shift in national politics have affected Chicanoa youth and Chicano rap He concludes with a look at how Xicana feminists some Chicano rappers and other cultural workers are striving to reach Chicanoa youth with a democratic peaceful empowering and liberating message
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Therapeutic Uses of Rap and sold at 56.8 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
In perceiving all rap and hiphop music as violent misogynistic and sexually charged are we denying the way in which it is attentive to the lived experiences both positive and negative of many therapy clients This question is explored in great depth in this anthology the first to examine the use of this musical genre in the therapeutic context The contributors are all experienced therapists who examine the multiple ways that rap and hiphop can be used in therapy by listening and discussing performing creating or improvisingThe text is divided into three sections that explore the historical and theoretical perspectives of rap and hiphop in therapy describe the firsthand experiences of using the music with atrisk youth and discuss the ways in which contributors have used rap and hiphop with clients with specific diagnoses respectivelyWithin these sections the contributors provide rationale for the use of rap and hiphop in therapy and encourage therapists to validate the experiences for those for whom rap music is a significant mode of expression Editors Susan Hadley and George Yancy go beyond promoting culturally competent therapy to creating a paradigm shift in the field one that speaks to the problematic ways in which rap and hiphop have been dismissed as expressive of meaningless violence and of little social value More than providing tools to incorporate rap into therapy this text enhances the therapists cultural and professional repertoire
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Therapeutic Uses of Rap and sold for 63.05 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
In perceiving all rap and hiphop music as violent misogynistic and sexually charged are we denying the way in which it is attentive to the lived experiences both positive and negative of many therapy clients This question is explored in great depth in this anthology the first to examine the use of this musical genre in the therapeutic context The contributors are all experienced therapists who examine the multiple ways that rap and hiphop can be used in therapy by listening and discussing performing creating or improvisingThe text is divided into three sections that explore the historical and theoretical perspectives of rap and hiphop in therapy describe the firsthand experiences of using the music with atrisk youth and discuss the ways in which contributors have used rap and hiphop with clients with specific diagnoses respectivelyWithin these sections the contributors provide rationale for the use of rap and hiphop in therapy and encourage therapists to validate the experiences for those for whom rap music is a significant mode of expression Editors Susan Hadley and George Yancy go beyond promoting culturally competent therapy to creating a paradigm shift in the field one that speaks to the problematic ways in which rap and hiphop have been dismissed as expressive of meaningless violence and of little social value More than providing tools to incorporate rap into therapy this text enhances the therapists cultural and professional repertoire
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