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Reference Books: These non-circulating books are located on the Ground Floors of Olin, Uris, and Music Libraries.

General
Biographical
Historical

Culture
Politics
Graffiti

Discography
Web Reference Resources

 General

Hager, Steven. Hip Hop: The Illustrated History of Break Dancing, Rap Music, and Graffiti. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1984. Uris Library, call number E169.12 .H36 1984

Nelson, Havelock. Bring the Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture. New York: Harmony Books, 1991. Music Library, call number ML3531 .N42 1991

Ogg, Alex. The Hip Hop Years: A History of Rap. New York: Fromm International, 2001. Music Library, call number ML3531 .O54x 2001

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

Stavsky, Lois. A to Z: the Book of Rap and Hip Hop Slang. New York: Boulevard Books, 1995. Olin Library, call number PE3727.N4 S73x 1995

Toop, David. The Rap Attack: African Jive to New York Hip Hop. Boston: South End Press, 1984. Music Library, call number ML3556 .T67 1984 [lost, on order]

_____. 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. Music Library, call number ML3531 .T66x 2000

Westbrook, Alonzo. Hip hoptionary : the dictionary of hip-hop terminology. New York : Harlem Moon ; London : Turnaround, 2002. Music Library Reference, call number ML3531 .W47x 2002

 Biographical

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Gale Research Inc. Contemporary Black Biography. Detroit: Gale Research Inc. c1992- Uris Library call number Ref. DT 18 .C76

Hine, Darlene Clark and Kathleen Thompson, eds. Facts on File: Encyclopedia of Black Women in America 8 Volumes. New York: Facts on File. Uris Library, call number E 185.96 .F2x 1997

Nelson, Emmanuel S. African American Autobiographers: A Sourcebook Olin Library Ref, call number PS 366 .A35 A36x 2002

Simmons, Russell. Life and Def: The Autobiography of Russell Simmons.Crown Publishers, 2001.

Strickland, Arvarh E. and Robert E. Weems Jr., eds. The African American Experience: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 2001. Olin Library, call number E184.65 .A37 2001*

Gale Research Inc. Who's Who Among African Americans. Uris Library, E185.96 W62 2003-2004

Zell, Hans M. The African Studies Companion: A Resource Guide and Directory. 1997.
Lists important reference works, journals, library collections, publishers, etc. Uris Library, Africana Ref, call number DT 19.8 Z51 1997

 Historical

Light, Alan. The Vibe History of Hip Hop. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1999. Music Library, call number ML3531 .V53 1999

Fricke, Jim. Yes, Yes, Y'All: The Experience Music Project's Oral History of Hip Hop's First Decade. Cambridge, MA: De Campo Press, 2002. Music Library, call number ML3531 .F75x 2002 or Uris Library Africana Collection, call number ML3531 .F75x 2002

Pough, Gwendolyn D. Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip Hop Culture, and the Public Sphere.Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, c2004. Olin Library, call number E185.86 .P666 2004

Rivera, Raquel Z. New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone . New York, NY: Paulgrave Macmillian, 2003. Olin Library,call number E184.P85 R58 2003

Vibe Books. Hip Hop Divas. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, 2003. Music Library, call number ML3531 .H57x 2001 +

 Culture

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Forman, Murray. The 'hood comes first : race, space, and place in rap and hip-hop . Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2002. Music Library, call number ML3918.R37 M67 2002

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

Kitwana, Bakari. The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture. New York, NY: Basic Cerivtas Books, 2002. Uris Library, call number E185.86 .K58x 2002

Morales, Ed. The Latin beat : the rhythms and roots of Latin music from bossa nova to salsa and beyond. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2003. ML3475 .M67x 2003 Music Library, call number ML3475 .M67x 2003

Durand, Alain P. Black, Blanc, Beur. Scarecrow Press, 2002. Music Library, call number ML3531 .B52x 2002

 Politics

Anderson, Adrienne Word: Rap, Politics and Feminism. Writers Club Press, 2003.

Junior, Nicole Shawan. The politics of hip hop : an exploration of Black urban vernacular in rap music. Smith College, 2002.

Needham, Ian Yusef. Hip-hop critiques of capitalism. Arizona State University, 1999.

Potter, Russell A. Spectacular vernaculars : hip-hop and the politics of postmodernism. Albany State University of New York Press, 1995. Music Library, call number ML3531 .P86 1995

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness. Music lyrics and commerce: hearings before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, February 11 and May 5, 1994. Washington: U.S. G. P.O., 1994. Olin Library, call number KF27 .E5515 1994 or Law Library, call number Microfiche 196 CIS 94 H361-77

 Graffiti

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Chalfant, Henry and Prigoff, James. Spraycan Art. Thames & Hudson, 1987.

Ferrell, Jeff. Crimes of Style : Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality (96 Edition) . Northeastern University Press, 1996.

Ganz, Nicholas. Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents . Harry N. Abrams, 2004.

Gastman, Roger. Free agents : a history of Washington, D.C. graffiti. Bethesda, Md. : R. Rock, 2001. Olin Library, call number GT3913.W35 G37x 2001 +

Hagar, Steven. Hip hop : the illustrated history of break dancing, rap music, and graffiti. New York St. Martin's Press, c1984. Uris Library, call number E169.12 .H36 1984

Kurlansky, Mervyn. The faith of graffiti. Documented by Mervyn Kurlansky and Jon Naar. Text by Norman Mailer. Prepared by Lawrence Schiller.New York : Praeger, 1974. Kroch Library Rare & Manuscripts , call number Rare Books GT3913.A2 K96 ++

Rhan, Janice. Painting Without Permission: Hip-Hop Graffiti Subculture . Bergin & Garvey , 2002.

Woods, Michael. Ancient Communication: From Grunts to Graffiti (Ancient Technology) . Runestone Press , 2000.

Discography & Books about Music

"Roots of hip hop." (London : Mojo, 2003.) Music Library, call number CD 12611 (Circulation Desk)

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five The Message. 1982 Sugar Hill Records.

McCoy, JudyRap music in the 1980s: a reference guide.1980 Scarecrow Press, 1992.

Sugarhill Gang The Sugarhill Gang.1980 Sugar Hill Records.

Web Reference Resources: These are websites that include syllabi and other research-oriented materials on Hip Hop.

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Africanhiphop.com/Madunia FoundationAfrica HipHop.com: The foundation of African Hip Hop online. Available online: http://www.africanhiphop.com/. [Last checked September 2, 2004].

Davy D. Davy D's Hip Hop Corner: Hip Hop History 101. Available online: http://www.daveyd.com/daveyhistorylinks2002.html. [Last checked September 2, 2004].

Hip Hop Database. Available online: http://www.hhdb.com/. [Last checked September 2, 2004].

RoJaRo Index. Available online: http://www.notam02.no/rojaro/. [Last checked March 28, 2005]. A key to articles, discographies, live-/record-reviews in the music press worldwide from January 1992 to date, now incorporationg record label info.

Salinas, Raul R. From the Bebop Generation to the Hip Hop Nation: Selected Bibliography/Discography Available online: http://www.calacapress.com/raulrsalinas/raul_bibliography.html. [Last checked September 2, 2004].

ThugLife Army.com. Available online: http://www.thuglifearmy.com/index.htm. [Last checked September 2, 2004].

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Afro-American Bibliographic Unit. Hip-Hop Subculture and African American Identity. Available online: http://hiphoparchive.org/archive/index2.htm. [Last checked September 2, 2004].

W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research. The Hip Hop Archive. Available online: http://hiphoparchive.org/archive/index2.htm. [Last checked September 2, 2004].

Woods, Michael. Ancient Communication: From Grunts to Graffiti (Ancient Technology) . Runestone Press , 2000.

More Books: These books can be checked out from Olin, Uris, or the Music Library. If you do not find them in the Library Catalog, borrow them by making an InterLibrary Loan Request at the top of the Library Catalog webpage.

Anglesey, Zoe. Listen Up!: Spoken Word Poetry. Ballatine Books,1999. Olin Library, call number PS615 .L47x 1999

Broughton, Frank and Brewster, Bill. Last Night a Dj Saved My Life . Pub Group West, 2000. Music Library, call number ML3470 .B75x 2000

Conyers, James L. Jr. ed.. African American jazz & rap: social & philosophical examination of Black expressive behavior. McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2001. Music Library, call number ML3508 .A47x 2000 or Uris Library, Africana Collection (6th Level), call number ML3508 .A47x 2000

Dimitriadis, Greg. Performing Identity/Performing Culture: Hip Hop As Text, Pedagogy, and Lived Practice . Peter Lang Publishing Inc. , 2001. Olin Library, call number E185.86 .D55x 2001

Fores, Juan. From bomba to hip-hop : Puerto Rican culture and Latino identity . New York : Columbia University Press, 2000. Olin Library, call number E184.P85 F58x 2000 or Uris Library, call number E184.P85 F58x 2000

Habell-Pall´an, Michelle and Mary Romero, eds. Latino/a popular culture. New York : New York University Press, 2002. Olin Library, call number E184.S75 L3554 2002 or Uris Library, call number E184.S75 L3554 2002

Hernández, Daisy and Bushra Rehman. Colonize this! : young women of color on today's feminism. New York : Seal Press Emeryville, CA, 2002. Olin Library, call number HQ1161 .C65 2002

Horner, Bruce and Thomas Swiss. Key terms in popular music and culture. Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1999. Music Library, call number ML3470 .K49x 1999

Kunjufu, Jawanza. Hip-Hop Vs Maat.a Psycho. Social Analysis of Values. Independent Publishing Group, 1993. Olin Library, call number E185.625 .K845x 1993 or Uris Library, Africana Collection (6th Level), call number E185.625 .K845x 1993

Laó-Montes, Agustín and Arlene Dávila. Mambo montage : the Latinization of New York. New York : Columbia University Press, 2001. Olin Library, call number F128.9.S75 M36x 2001

Mitchell, Tony. Popular music & local identity: pop, rock & rap in Europe & Oceania. Books International, Incorporated, 1996. Music Library, call number ML3470 .M68 1996

Morgan, Joan. When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hop-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down . Simon & Schuster Publishing Inc., 1999. Olin Library, call number E185.86 .M63x 1999, Uris Library, Africana Collection (6th Level)
c.1 Temporarily Shelved at Uris Library Reserve, call number E185.86 .M63x 1999

Perkins, William Eric, ed. Droppin' science : critical essays on rap music and hip hop culture. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1996. Music Library, call number ML3531 .D78 1996

Rose, Tricia. Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America. University Press of New England, 1994. Music Library, call number ML3531 .R79

Valdivia, Angharad N, ed. Feminism, multiculturalism, and the media : global diversities. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1995. Olin Library, call number P94.5.W65 F45x 1995

Journals & Databases: Listed here are select titles of periodicals available in print or electronic format that are only available to the Cornell University community

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African American Review. Terre Haute, Ind. : Dept. of English, Indiana State University, 1992. Networked Resource Available online: http://snipurl.com/8yin

Callaloo. Callaloo (Online : Project Muse) Networked Resource Available online: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/callaloo/

Ethnomusicology. Ethno-musicology (Online : ProQuest) Networked Resource Available online: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/pqst/4759458

Transition. Transition (Prague, Czech Republic : Online : GenderWatch). Networked Resource Available online: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=318&pmid=58910

Journal of Black Studies. Journal of black studies (Online : Ingenta Online Journals). Networked Resource Available online: http://www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/sage/j211

Ethnic Newswatch (Online : Stamford, CT : Softline Information, Inc.) Networked Resource available online: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/2086708

Web of Science Arts and Humanities Citation Index. (Online: Stamford, CT. : Thomson Corp.) Networked Resource available online: http://encompass.library.cornell.edu:20028/about/1503

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe. (Online: Dayton, Ohio : LEXIS-NEXIS, 1997.) Networked Resource available online: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe

JSTOR. The scholarly journal archive (Online: New York, N.Y. : JSTOR, 1996.) Networked Resource available online: http://www.jstor.org/

Subject Guides: Subject guides provide you with information and links to print and electronic databases, journals, and websites on a broad range of topics, including style guides.

Human Development A guide to information on resources related to the subject of Human Development. This Subject Guide will help you locate some of the most frequently used print and electronic resources. Last checked: September 9, 2004. Available online: [http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/reference/subjects/humdev.html]

MLA Citation Style Guide A guide to the rules and conventions established by the Modern Language Association for acknowledging sources used in a research paper. Last checked: September 9, 2004. Available online: [http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/t/help/res_strategy/citing/mla.html]

Most Requested Government Statistics by Agency A quick finding aid to the most requested statistics by government agency. By Stuart Basefsky. Last checked: September 9, 2004. Available online: [http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/mostRequestedStatistics.html]

The New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library Picture Collection Online is "an image resource site for those who seek knowledge and inspiration from visual materials. It is a collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923." Last checked: September 9, 2004. Available online: [http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/index.cfm]

Quick Information on Current Topics A guide to information on current topics and other quick information sources. Last updated: March 12, 2004 by Michael Engle. Last checked: September 9, 2004. Available online: [http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/currenttopics.html]

Selected Resources in Anthropology A website that contains links to literature guides, biographies, dictionaries, atlases, directories, and website links to selected resources in anthropology and culture studies. Last updated: July 1, 2004 by G. Castro Gessner. Developed by Nancy Skipper.Last checked: September 9, 2004. Available online: [http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/Anthro.html]

Web Sites : These links represent popular websites about Hip Hop and related research.

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Art Crimes: The Writing on the Wall A Graffiti website featuring copyrighted images from top graf artists around the globe. Available online: [http://www.graffiti.org/] Last checked: August 30, 2004.

Black Information Link "An independent community interactive site for black communities." Available online: [http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=449&mid=%20&grp=1&cat=203] Last checked: August 28, 2004.

Hip Hop Directory "A global hip hop website including links to fashion, music, movies, and news." Available online: [http://www.hiphopdirectory.com/html_data/newsrouter.html] Last checked: September 9, 2004.

EMP Live Features the "Hip Hop Timeline." Available online: [http://www.emplive.com/explore/hiphop/index.asp] Last checked: September 2, 2004.

Muelvo Hip Hop A webzine de hip hop Latino. Available online: [http://www.muevelohiphop.com/] Last checked: September 2, 2004.

Hip Hop Summit Action Network Provides links to upcoming news and events in Hip Hop. Available online: [http://www.hiphopsummitactionnetwork.org/Content/Main.aspx?pageId=1] Last checked: September 1, 2004.

Black Voices provides news about the Black community and a member portal. Available online: [http://new.blackvoices.com/] Last checked: September 1, 2004.

Rita Dove "Lady Freedom Among Us" audio and text. Available online: [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/etext/fourmill/DovLady.html] Last checked: August 29, 2004.

President Clinton's speech on race relations. Available online: [http://www-cgi.cnn.com/US/9510/megamarch/10-16/clinton/update/transcript.html] Last checked: August 30, 2004.

Media : Hip Hop and Slam Poetry media is DVD's, free mp3's*, music videos, documentaries, popular movies, and video games.

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Eleveld, Mark ed. The spoken word revolution : slam, hip-hop, & the poetry of a new generation. Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2003. Uris Library, call number PS615 .S65x 2003

Galan Incorporated Television and Film This website provides updates about current Latino productions, including the new PBS television series, "Visiones: Latino Art and Culture." Link [http://www.galaninc.com/index.phtml]

Hip Hop Directory "Your gateway to the global hip hop community" Link [http://www.hiphopdirectory.com/index-main3.html]

Hip Hopville "A website displayed in several languages showcasing hip hop fashion and movies" Link [http://www.hiphopville.com/catalog/default.php]

Devlin, Paul. Slamnation [videorecording] .New York, N.Y. : Cinema Guild [distributor], 1998. Olin Library Media Center, call number Video 3174

Waldenstrom, John, "On Beat." Click to launch mp3 audio file. [http://fileserv5.soundclick.com/fastgG/HiE/johanwaldenstrom+onbeat.mp3] Copyright License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/