{"id":548,"date":"2010-08-12T19:55:32","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T00:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/.htm"},"modified":"2013-11-30T20:42:43","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T02:42:43","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/books.htm","title":{"rendered":"Old School Hip Hop Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3791\" alt=\"Old School Hip Hop Books\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/oshh_books.png\" width=\"317\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/oshh_books.png 317w, http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/oshh_books-300x108.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Looking to dig deeper into the History of Hip Hop? Many of this books provide you an excellent opportunity to learn more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Books are listed alphabetically by Title, includes author(s) and published year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Click below to read more on each title.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/anditdontstop.htm\">And It Don&#8217;t Stop : The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years<\/a><\/strong> by Nelson George (Foreword), Raquel Cepeda (Editor) &#8211; 2004<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/backinthedays.htm\">Back in the Days<\/a><\/strong> by Jamel Shabazz (Photographer), Fab 5 Freddy (Introduction), Ernie Paniccioli (Contributor) &#8211; 2001<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/bringthenoise.htm\">Bring the Noise<\/a><\/strong> by Havelock Nelson &amp; Michael Gonzales &#8211; 1991<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/cantstopwontstop.htm\">Can&#8217;t Stop Won&#8217;t Stop<\/a><\/strong> by Jeff Chang &#8211; 2005<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/egotripbook.htm\">Ego Trip&#8217;s Book of Rap Lists<\/a><\/strong> by Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Chairman Mao, Gabriel Alverez &amp; Brent Rollins &#8211; 1999<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/hiphopamerica.htm\">Hip Hop America<\/a><\/strong> by Nelson George &#8211; 1998<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/itslikethat.htm\">It&#8217;s Like That : A Spiritual Memoir<\/a><\/strong> by Joseph Simmons (aka DJ Run) &#8211; 2000<\/li>\n<li>Jam Master Jay: The Heart of Hip-Hop\u00a0 David E. Thigpen &#8211; 2003<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/books\/kingofrockbook.htm\">King of Rock : Respect, Responsibility, and My Life With Run-DMC<\/a><\/strong> by Darryl McDaniels (aka DMC) &#8211; 2001<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/lastnight.htm\">Last Night a DJ Saved My Life : The History of the Disc Jockey<\/a><\/strong> by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton &#8211; 2000<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/lifeanddef.htm\">Life and Def : Sex, Drugs, Money, and God<\/a><\/strong> by Russell Simmons &#8211; 2001<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/books\/lookingfortheperfectbook.htm\">Looking for the Perfect Beat : The Art and Culture of the DJ<\/a><\/strong> by Kurt Reighley &#8211; 2000<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/rap.htm\">Rap<\/a><\/strong> by B. Adler &#8211; 1991<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/rapattack.htm\">Rap Attack 3<\/a><\/strong> by David Toop &#8211; 1999<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/wordwisdom.htm\">Rev. Run&#8217;s Words of Wisdom<\/a><\/strong> by Rev Run &#8211; 2006<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/books\/raisinghellbook.htm\">Raising Hell : The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay<\/a><\/strong> by Ronin Ro &#8211; 2005<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/streetconsciousrap.htm\">Street Conscious Rap<\/a><\/strong> by James G. Spady &#8211; 1999<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/thehiphopyears.htm\">The Hip Hop Years: A History of Rap<\/a><\/strong> by Alex Ogg with David Upshal &#8211; 1999<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/thenewbeats.htm\">The New Beats<\/a><\/strong> by S.H. Fernando Jr &#8211; 1994<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/rundmcbio.htm\">Tougher Than Leather: The Authorized Biography of Run DMC<\/a><\/strong> by B. Adler &#8211; 1987 (updated in 2002)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/vibehistory.htm\">Vibe History of Hip Hop<\/a><\/strong> by Alan Light &#8211; 1999<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/whoshotya.htm\">Who Shot Ya? Three Decades of Hiphop Photography<\/a><\/strong> by Ernie Paniccioli (Photographer), Kevin Powell &#8211; 2002<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"books\/yesyesyall.htm\">Yes Yes Y&#8217;All: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop&#8217;s First Decade<\/a><\/strong> by Jim Fricke (Editor), Charlie Ahearn (Editor), Nelson George (Introduction) &#8211; 2002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to dig deeper into the History of Hip Hop? Many of this books provide you an excellent opportunity to learn more. Books are listed alphabetically by Title, includes author(s) and published year. Click below to read more on each title. And It Don&#8217;t Stop : The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}