Hip Hop Hits

Books about hip hop and by hip hop artists.
Updated September 19, 2022
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Decoded
Jay-Z
Paper Book
Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time. Praise for Decoded "Compelling . ....
Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop
Adam Bradley
Ebook
The definitive account of rap and hip hop as forms of American poetry "Bradley is a visionary critic, skillful and wise.... Book of Rhymes is a tour de force, brilliantly renovating hip hop criticism as [lit] rescues the forgotten vanguard of...
The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed
Shea Serrano
Ebook
A New York Times-bestselling, in-depth exploration of the most pivotal moments in rap music from 1979 to 2014. Here's what  The Rap Year Book does: It takes readers from 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and...

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