Hip Hop Bibliography--Africana Library, Cornell University

Hip Hop Bibliography

(http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/guides/hiphop.html)

Books:

Asante, M. K. Jr. It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Post Hip-Hop Generation. New York: St. Martin Press, 2008.

Bogdanov, Vladamir. All Music Guide to Hip Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip Hop. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books, 2003.

Chang, Jeff. Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005.

_____. Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop. New York: BasicCivitas Books, 2006..

Chuck D. Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality. New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1997.

Conyers, James L. African American Jazz and Rap: Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior. Jefferson, N.C.: Mcfarland, 2001.

Dyson, Michael Eric. Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

_____. Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac Shakur. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2001.

Eure, Joseph D. Nation Conscious Rap. New York: PC International Press, 1991.

Fernando, S.H. The New Beats: Exploring the Music, Culture, and Attitudes of Hip Hop. New York: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1994.

Flores, Juan. From Bomba to Hip Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

Forman, Murray. The ‘Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip Hop. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press, 2002.

Fricke, Jim. Yes Yes Y’all: the Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip Hop’s First Decade. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2002.

George, Nelson. Hip Hop America. New York: Viking, 1998.

Hager, Steven. Hip Hop: The Illustrated History of Break Dancing, Rap Music, and Graffiti. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1984.

Heard, Gladys C. Empowering the Hip Hop Nation: The Arts and Social Justice. Norfolk, VA: Department of English and Foreign Languages, Norfolk State University, 2000.

Hinds, Selwyn Seyfu. Gunshots in My Cook-up: Bits and Bites from a Hip Hop Caribbean Life. New York: Atria Books, 2002.

Jackson, Robert and James Williams. The Last Black Mecca, Hip Hop: A Black Cultural Awareness Phenomena and Its Impact on the African American Community. Chicago, IL: Research Associates, 1994.

Kelley, Norman. R & B, Rhythm and Business: the Political Economy of Black Music. New York: Akashic, 2002.

Kitwana, Bakari. The Rap on Gangsta Rap: Who Run It?: Gangsta Rap and Visions of Black Violence. Chicago: Third World Press, 1994.

______. The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2002.

_____. Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and The Reality of Race in America. New York Basic Civitas Books, 2005.

KRS-ONE. Ruminations. New York: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2003.

Kugelberg, Johan, ed. Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop. New York: Rizzoli. 2007.

Lornell, Kip. The Beat: Go-Go’s Fusion of Funk and Hip Hop. New York: Billboard, 2001.

Maxwell, Ian. Phat Beats, Dope Rhymes: Hip Hop Down Under Comin’ Upper. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2003.

McCarthy, Cameron. Sound Identities: Popular Music and the Cultural Politics of Education. New York: Peter Lang, 1999.

McWhorter, John H. All About the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America. New York: Gotham Books, 2008.

Mitchell, Tony. Global Noise: Rap and Hip Hop Outside the USA. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2001.

Neal, Mark Anthony and Murray Forman, eds. That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader. New York: Routledge, 2004.

Nelson, Havelock and Michael Gonzales. Bring the Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture. New York: Harmony Books, 1988.

Ogg, Alex. The Hip Hop Years: A History of Rap. New York: Fromm International, 1999.

Paniccioli, Ernie. Who Shot Ya?: Three Decades of Hip Hop Photography. New York: Amistad, . 2002.

Perkins, William Eric. Droppin’ Science: Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.

Pinn, Anthony B. Noise and Spirit: The Religious and Spiritual Sensibilities of Rap Music. New York: New York University Press, 2003.

Potter, Russell A. Spectacular Vernaculars: Hip Hop and the Politics of Postmodernism. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995.

Rivera, Raquel Z. New York Ricans From the Hip Hop Zone. New York, N.Y.:Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Ro, Ronin. Gangsta: Merchandizing the Rhymes of Violence. New York: St Martin’s Press, 1996.

_____. Bad Boy: the Influence of Sean “Puffy” Combs on the Music Industry. New York: Pocket Books, 2001.

Rose, Tricia. Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press: Published by University Press of New England, 1994.

_____. The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip-Hop. New York: BasicCivitas, 2008.

_____ and Andrew Ross, eds. Microphone Fiends: Youth Music & Youth Culture. New York: Routledge, 1994.

Sexton, Adam. Rap on Rap: Straight Up Talk on Hip Hop Culture. New York: Delta, 1995.

Shabazz, David L. Public Enemy #1. Clinton, S.C.: Awesome Records, 1999.

Shapiro, Peter. The Rough Guide to Hip Hop. London: Rough Guides, 2001.

Shaw, William. Westside: the Coast to Coast Explosion in Hip Hop. New York, NY: Cooper Square Press, 2000.

Shomari, Hashim A. From the Underground: Hip Hop Culture as an Agent of Social Change. Fanwood, NJ: X-Factor Publications, 1995.

Spady, James G. Street Conscious Rap. Philadelphia, PA: Black History Museum Umum/Loh Pub, 1999.

Spencer, Jon Michael. The Emergency of Black and the Emergence of Rap. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1991.

Stavsky, Lois and I. E. Mozeson and Dani Reyes Mozeson. A 2 Z: the Book of Rap and Hip Hop Slang. New York: Boulevard Books, 1995.

Toop, David. The Rap Attack: African Jive to New York Hip Hop. Boston: South End Press, 1984.

_____. Rap Attack 2: African Rap to Global Hip Hop. London: Serpent’s Tail, 1991.

_____. Rap Attack 3: African Rap to Global Hip Hop. London: Serpent’s Tail, 2000.

Watkins, S. Craig. Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement. Boston: Beacon Press, 2005.

Videos/Films:

Beat Street. Produced by David V. Picker. Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, 2003 [1984].

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes. Produced, Written, and Directed by Byron Hurt. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 2006.

Hip-Hopumentary. Film by Angad Bhai, and Sheyen Ikeda. Cornell University: Ithaca, New York, 2008.

Scratch. Directed by Doug Pray. New York: Plam Pictures, 2002 [2001].

Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake. Directed by Sean Long. Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures, 2001.

Welcome to Death Row. Directed by Leigh Savidge. Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures, 2001.

Wild Style. A Charlie Ahean film. Burbank, CA: Rhino Entertainment Co., 2007 [1982]


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		Print This Page Hip Hop Bibliography (http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/guides/hiphop.html) Books\| Videos Books: Asante, M. K. Jr. It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Post Hip-Hop Generation. New York: St. Martin Press, 2008. Bogdanov, Vladamir. All Music Guide to Hip Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip Hop. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books, 2003. Chang, Jeff. Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. _____. Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop. New York: BasicCivitas Books, 2006.. Chuck D. Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality. New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1997. Conyers, James L. African American Jazz and Rap: Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior. Jefferson, N.C.: Mcfarland, 2001. Dyson, Michael Eric. Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. _____. Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac Shakur. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2001. Eure, Joseph D. Nation Conscious Rap. New York: PC International Press, 1991. Fernando, S.H. The New Beats: Exploring the Music, Culture, and Attitudes of Hip Hop. New York: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1994. Flores, Juan. From Bomba to Hip Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. Forman, Murray. The ‘Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip Hop. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press, 2002. Fricke, Jim. Yes Yes Y’all: the Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip Hop’s First Decade. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2002. George, Nelson. Hip Hop America. New York: Viking, 1998. Hager, Steven. Hip Hop: The Illustrated History of Break Dancing, Rap Music, and Graffiti. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1984. Heard, Gladys C. Empowering the Hip Hop Nation: The Arts and Social Justice. Norfolk, VA: Department of English and Foreign Languages, Norfolk State University, 2000. Hinds, Selwyn Seyfu. Gunshots in My Cook-up: Bits and Bites from a Hip Hop Caribbean Life. New York: Atria Books, 2002. Jackson, Robert and James Williams. The Last Black Mecca, Hip Hop: A Black Cultural Awareness Phenomena and Its Impact on the African American Community. Chicago, IL: Research Associates, 1994. Kelley, Norman. R & B, Rhythm and Business: the Political Economy of Black Music. New York: Akashic, 2002. Kitwana, Bakari. The Rap on Gangsta Rap: Who Run It?: Gangsta Rap and Visions of Black Violence. Chicago: Third World Press, 1994. ______. The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2002. _____. Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and The Reality of Race in America. New York Basic Civitas Books, 2005. KRS-ONE. Ruminations. New York: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2003. Kugelberg, Johan, ed. Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop. New York: Rizzoli. 2007. Lornell, Kip. The Beat: Go-Go’s Fusion of Funk and Hip Hop. New York: Billboard, 2001. Maxwell, Ian. Phat Beats, Dope Rhymes: Hip Hop Down Under Comin’ Upper. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2003. McCarthy, Cameron. Sound Identities: Popular Music and the Cultural Politics of Education. New York: Peter Lang, 1999. McWhorter, John H. All About the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America. New York: Gotham Books, 2008. Mitchell, Tony. Global Noise: Rap and Hip Hop Outside the USA. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. Neal, Mark Anthony and Murray Forman, eds. That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader. New York: Routledge, 2004. Nelson, Havelock and Michael Gonzales. Bring the Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture. New York: Harmony Books, 1988. Ogg, Alex. The Hip Hop Years: A History of Rap. New York: Fromm International, 1999. Paniccioli, Ernie. Who Shot Ya?: Three Decades of Hip Hop Photography. New York: Amistad, . 2002. Perkins, William Eric. Droppin’ Science: Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996. Pinn, Anthony B. Noise and Spirit: The Religious and Spiritual Sensibilities of Rap Music. New York: New York University Press, 2003. Potter, Russell A. Spectacular Vernaculars: Hip Hop and the Politics of Postmodernism. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. Rivera, Raquel Z. New York Ricans From the Hip Hop Zone. New York, N.Y.:Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Ro, Ronin. Gangsta: Merchandizing the Rhymes of Violence. New York: St Martin’s Press, 1996. _____. Bad Boy: the Influence of Sean “Puffy” Combs on the Music Industry. New York: Pocket Books, 2001. Rose, Tricia. Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press: Published by University Press of New England, 1994. _____. The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip-Hop. New York: BasicCivitas, 2008. _____ and Andrew Ross, eds. Microphone Fiends: Youth Music & Youth Culture. New York: Routledge, 1994. Sexton, Adam. Rap on Rap: Straight Up Talk on Hip Hop Culture. New York: Delta, 1995. Shabazz, David L. Public Enemy #1. Clinton, S.C.: Awesome Records, 1999. Shapiro, Peter. The Rough Guide to Hip Hop. London: Rough Guides, 2001. Shaw, William. Westside: the Coast to Coast Explosion in Hip Hop. New York, NY: Cooper Square Press, 2000. Shomari, Hashim A. From the Underground: Hip Hop Culture as an Agent of Social Change. Fanwood, NJ: X-Factor Publications, 1995. Spady, James G. Street Conscious Rap. Philadelphia, PA: Black History Museum Umum/Loh Pub, 1999. Spencer, Jon Michael. The Emergency of Black and the Emergence of Rap. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1991. Stavsky, Lois and I. E. Mozeson and Dani Reyes Mozeson. A 2 Z: the Book of Rap and Hip Hop Slang. New York: Boulevard Books, 1995. Toop, David. The Rap Attack: African Jive to New York Hip Hop. Boston: South End Press, 1984. _____. Rap Attack 2: African Rap to Global Hip Hop. London: Serpent’s Tail, 1991. _____. Rap Attack 3: African Rap to Global Hip Hop. London: Serpent’s Tail, 2000. Watkins, S. Craig. Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement. Boston: Beacon Press, 2005. Videos/Films: Beat Street. Produced by David V. Picker. Santa Monica, CA: MGM Home Entertainment, 2003 [1984]. Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes. Produced, Written, and Directed by Byron Hurt. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 2006. Hip-Hopumentary. Film by Angad Bhai, and Sheyen Ikeda. Cornell University: Ithaca, New York, 2008. Scratch. Directed by Doug Pray. New York: Plam Pictures, 2002 [2001]. Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake. Directed by Sean Long. Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures, 2001. Welcome to Death Row. Directed by Leigh Savidge. Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures, 2001. Wild Style. A Charlie Ahean film. Burbank, CA: Rhino Entertainment Co., 2007 [1982]