Books
SOMEBODY SCREAM!: RAP MUSIC'S RISE TO PROMINENCE IN THE AFTERSHOCK OF BLACK POWER
"A strong and timely book for the new day in hip-hop. Don't miss it!"―Cornel West For many African Americans of a certain demographic the sixties and seventies were the golden age of political movements. The Civil Rights movement segued into...
$23.00
SHORT STORIES: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF COLUMBUS SHORT
The life of actor/choreographer/musician Columbus Short has been punctuated with trauma that extends well beyond the plot lines of his previous role on the hit series Scandal. Short has lived many lives packed into one-from a family filled with turmoil to tumultuous love affairs and enough...
$14.95
PRINCE: INSIDE THE MUSIC AND THE MASKS
In his three decades-long of recording, Prince has had nearly thirty albums hit the Billboard Top 100. He is the only artist since the Beatles to have a number one song, movie, and single at the same time. Prince's trajectory―from...
$39.99
DIARY OF A MADMAN: THE GETO BOYS, LIFE, DEATH, AND THE ROOTS OF SOUTHERN RAP
From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top-and ushered in a new generation of...
$25.99
SPIKE LEE: DO THE RIGHT THING (COMING SOON)
Celebrating just more than 20 years since its seminal debut, Do The Right Thing remains one of the most important and controversial films of its era. Employing director Spike Lee's hometown of Brooklyn as the essential setting, this explosive film masterfully explores...
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LOVE BROUGHT ME BACK
In 2009 Natalie Cole was on dialysis, her kidneys failing. Without a kidney transplant, her future was uncertain. Throughout Natalie’s illness one of her biggest supporters was her beloved sister Cooke. But then Cooke herself became ill, with cancer. Astonishingly,...
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TO THE BREAK OF DAWN: A FREESTYLE ON THE HIP HOP AESTHETIC
With roots that stretch from West Africa through the black pulpit, hip-hop emerged in the streets of the South Bronx in the 1970s and has spread to the farthest corners of the earth. To the Break of Dawn uniquely examines...
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KANYE WEST: A BIOGRAPHY
A revealing biography of Kanye West explores the artist-and the man. Product details Publisher : Greenwood; Illustrated edition (July 23, 2009) Language : English Hardcover : 123 pages ISBN-10 : 0313374600 ISBN-13 : 978-0313374609 Item Weight : 12.6 ounces Dimensions : 6.14 x 0.38 x 9.21 inches...
$39.00
MICHAEL JACKSON: THE ONE AND ONLY: A TRIBUTE TO AN AMERICAN ICON
Celebrates the life and career of Michael Jackson, from his early years with the Jackson Five to his worldwide success as a musician, and includes quotes from family and friends on his death. Product details Publisher : Triumph Books (July 1,...
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IN THE STUDIO WITH MICHAEL JACKSON (COMING SOON)
The inside secrets of Michael Jackson's greatest records by the Grammy-winning engineer who captured and enhanced their sound. Multiple color photos of Jackson, producer Quincy Jones, and all the talents who collaborated to make pop history with Jackson's albums. Plucked...
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BLUES PEOPLE
"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music—through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel development,...
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THE MEANING OF MARIAH CAREY
It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams, that...
$29.99
RAP ON TRIAL: RACE, LYRICS, AND GUILT IN AMERICA
Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of justice. Yet in 2001, a rapper named Mac whose music...
$24.99
INSIDE A THUG'S HEART
Rikers Island is the centerpiece of the New York City Department of Corrections, a sprawling prison city of concrete and steel with housing for more than 16,000 inmates. Early in 1995, it was also the temporary home of legendary rapper...
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THELONIOUS MONK: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL
Thelonious Monk is the critically acclaimed, gripping saga of an artist’s struggle to “make it” without compromising his musical vision. It is a story that, like its subject, reflects the tidal ebbs and flows of American history in the twentieth century....
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MILES
In discussing his legendary forty-year career, Davis discusses music's "cool" era and fusion movement and offers candid views on fellow musicians, promoters, producers, critics, and his personal life. Product details Publisher : Simon & Schuster (September 1, 1989) Language : English Hardcover...
$35.00
MAMA PHIFE REPRESENTS: A MEMOIR (BREAKBEAT POETS)
Mama Phife Represents is a hybrid-story that follows the journey of a mother’s grieving heart through her first two years of public and private mourning. Told through a tapestry of narrative poems, dreams, anecdotes, journal entries, and letters, these treasured fragments...
$15.99
LET LOVE RULE
Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny Kravitz looks back at his life with candor, self-scrutiny, and humor.“My life is all about opposites,” he writes. “Black and white. Jewish and Christian. The Jackson 5 and Led Zeppelin. I...
$29.99
DC JAZZ: STORIES OF JAZZ MUSIC IN WASHINGTON, DC
Publisher : Georgetown University Press; Illustrated edition (April 19, 2018)
Hardcover : 208 pages
ISBN-13 : 9781626165892
$26.95
BRUCE W. TALAMON. SOUL. R&B. FUNK. PHOTOGRAPHS 1972-1982
Talamon saw it all during the golden age of soul, R&B, and funk. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, this young African American photographer from Los Angeles found himself backstage with an all-access pass to the heart of the music...
$70.00