Category: Literature

02 Sep

Stand and Deliver: Political Activisim, Leadership and Hip Hop Culture

Nonfiction
Author: Yvonne Bynoe
Published: 2004
Pages: 228
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
When the seminal hip-hop group Public Enemy released their ground-breaking recording It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back in June of 1988, it marked a critical moment when the political verve of the 1960s had finally been synthesized with the street rhythms of the [...]

31 Aug

Where You’re At: Notes from the Frontline of a Hip-Hop Planet

Nonfiction
Author: Patrick Neate
Published: August 2004
Pages: 274
Publisher: Riverhead
What does a 30-something, British white guy have to say about the current state of affairs in hip-hop? More than you might think. Patrick Neate has been a self-described hip-hop head since his fascination with the music began in the ’80s, and his curiosity and love for the [...]