That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader
Mark Anth Neal

Routledge, 2004

That's the Joint brings together the best-known and most influential writings on rap and hip-hop from its beginnings to today. Spanning nearly 25 years of scholarship, criticism, and journalism, this unprecedented anthology showcases the evolution and continuing influence of one of the most creative and contested elements of global popular culture since its advent in the late 1970s. Think of it ...
  
  











  



  
When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down20 reviews
Joan Morgan

Simon & Schuster, 2000

Understanding Chickenhead Speak

+ GREAT
+ THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ALL BLACK WOMEN
+ Leslie's "Chickenhead" Review
  
  











  



  
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation26 reviews
Jeff Chang, D.J. Kool Herc

Picador, 2005

Quilting threads of Hip Hop

+ EXCELLENT NARRATIVE
+ Killer, meng
+ a complete history
  
  











  



  
The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture10 reviews
Kitwana, Bakari Kitwana

Basic Civitas Books, 2003

I highly recommend this book

+ Well written, worth the price
+ The existing one that implements his opinion
+ Add to "What You Should Read" List
+ Everything you need to know about US
  
  











  



  
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation5 reviews
M.K. Asante Jr.

St. Martin's Press, 2008

I Used To Love H.E.R.

+ WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!
+ A must read!!
+ BRILLIANT
+ Profound, Creative and Inspiring
  
  











  



  
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation26 reviews
Jeff Chang, D.J. Kool Herc

Picador, 2005

Quilting threads of Hip Hop

+ EXCELLENT NARRATIVE
+ Killer, meng
+ a complete history
  
  











  



  
When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down20 reviews
Joan Morgan

Simon & Schuster, 2000

Understanding Chickenhead Speak

+ GREAT
+ THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ALL BLACK WOMEN
+ Leslie's "Chickenhead" Review
  
  











  



  
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation5 reviews
M.K. Asante Jr.

St. Martin's Press, 2008

I Used To Love H.E.R.

+ WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!
+ A must read!!
+ BRILLIANT
+ Profound, Creative and Inspiring
  
  











  



  
The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture10 reviews
Kitwana, Bakari Kitwana

Basic Civitas Books, 2003

I highly recommend this book

+ Well written, worth the price
+ The existing one that implements his opinion
+ Add to "What You Should Read" List
+ Everything you need to know about US
  
  











  



  
That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader
Mark Anth Neal

Routledge, 2004

That's the Joint brings together the best-known and most influential writings on rap and hip-hop from its beginnings to today. Spanning nearly 25 years of scholarship, criticism, and journalism, this unprecedented anthology showcases the evolution and continuing influence of one of the most creative and contested elements of global popular culture since its advent in the late 1970s. Think of it ...