The Art Behind the Tape is the first coffee table book dedicated to the history of mixtape cover art. … More
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Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop
Hip hop first became a part of the mainstream music industry in the early 1980s, when major record labels released … More
Digital Griots
“a little love for the DJ as griot and master rhetor…and the inspiration for Digital Griots.” Scholar Adam J. Banks … More
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
The Big Payback takes readers from the first $15 made by a “rapping DJ” in 1970s New York to the multi-million-dollar … More
DJ Culture in the Mix: Power, Technology, and Social Change in Electronic Dance Music Paperback
by Bernardo Attias, Anna Gavanas, and Hillegonda Rietveld The DJ stands at a juncture of technology, performance and culture in the … More
Bun B’s Rap Coloring and Activity Book is Now Available for Pre-Order!
Congratulations to Bun B and Shea Serrano. Their blog turned book is set to release on September 17, 2013, but you can reserve your … More
The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness
Taking its title from Danger Mouse’s pioneering mashup of Jay-Z’s The Black Album and the Beatles’ The White Album, this … More
Cassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North India
Cassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North India by: Peter Manuel Format: Paperback – 302 pages ISBN: 0226504018 Publisher: … More
The Mixtape as Emancipatory Journalism
I Mix What I Like!: A Mixtape Manifesto by Jared A. Ball Format: Paperback ISBN: 1849350574 Publisher: AK Press “This … More
Mix tape: The Art of Cassette Culture edited by Thurston Moore
Mix tape: The Art of Cassette Culture edited by Thurston Moore Format: Hardcover (96 pages) ISBN: 10:0789311992 Publisher: Universe (May … More