What Hip Hop books have you read & how did you like them?

[Calii Comfort]

i read lil b's how to park your car and fuck bitches

i give it 11/10 put me on some real game

 

[Hatter]

I read DMX's autobiography EARL....thats about it hiphop books really dont interst me that much, whatever you need to know is in the music.

 

[TRILLip Brooks]

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[KTULU IS BACK]

i imagine flav's book is just pictures

 

[TRILLip Brooks]

i imagine flav's book is just pictures

nah.....coloring book

 

[MR.CJ]

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[KTULU IS BACK]

post hip hop

can you tell me a little about this?

what does "post hip hop" mean?

 

[MR.CJ]

can you tell me a little about this?

what does "post hip hop" mean?

lol i don't know

 

[KTULU IS BACK]

lol i don't know

outstanding

anyway, the amazon description says its just a guy complaining that "corporations took over and made us write gansta rap lyrics, waaaaah"

typical

 

[MR.CJ]

outstanding

anyway, the amazon description says its just a guy complaining that "corporations took over and made us write gansta rap lyrics, waaaaah"

typical

lol yep.......

 

[KTULU IS BACK]

wow, a thread about books not doing well in the reason

who would have thunk it

 

[Mvpbrodie93]

Born to use mics was excellent

 

[Meet The Sniper]

One day when I learn to read....

 

[Calii Comfort]

One day when I learn to read....

rofl wtf is that real

 

[soul rattler]

I have no interest in reading about Wu-Tang, and I can barely make it through their albums. The KRS book however seems like genuine literature from a Hip Hop enthusiast.

 

[Meet The Sniper]

rofl wtf is that real

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Got damn Based God. You a literary genius Based God. Fuck my librarian plz.

 

[I.B. Blackman]

Got this as a gift some years ago... Wasn't to shabby. I'ma check out a couple of these books posted tho.

 

[its....JOHN B]

Born to use mics was excellent

i read most of that its alright

 

[mkb2948]

Def Jam Inc., it tells the Def Jams history from the begining to Lyor's departure. It has alot of interesting stories about how Russell wanted to make the label more mainstream with signing people like Oran "Juice" Jones while Rick Rubin wanted to keep it hardcore and agressive. Also there's a story in there about how Jam Master Jay almost got into it with Slick on a flight after Rick was popping shit about Run DMC in a Right On magazine interview. How Lyor told MC Serch that Nas sound like a fake ass Rakim.

Russell Simmons autobiography, he tells the origins of Kurtis Blow's name. It was a play off of a rapper named Eddie Cheeba, and it had to do with Kurtis hustling Coca flavored powder.

Nelson George's Hip Hop In America

 

[Jonas.dini]

Notorious COP -- book by Derrick Parker, the hip hop cop who set up a hip hop investigating unit in the NYPD. Great read about about the relationship between hip hop and the police, and also just insider shit about crimes that took place in New York. Best part is the section on the tupac shooting at quad studios. 4/5

Jayz's Decoded -- got this for christmas this year. Read the first 100 pages or so, was pretty interesting, a combination of autobiography and jigga 'decoding' his lyrics. The autobiographical side is better imo, but neither section is bad. All and all this reminded me that part of being a hip hop artist is playing a character. 4/5

Egotrip book of rap lists -- this is more like a coffeetable book, very entertaining. 5/5

The hip hop generation, by Bikari Kiwana -- not really about hip hop, more about socioeconomics and the black community. Good read, a little dry. 4/5