What books on hip hop have you read ? ?

[Razor Reader]

What books on hip hop have read??
What books on hip hop have you actually liked?

 

[Mr. Negative]

I got that book RZA wrote.

It was pretty good.

 

[Frida Giezman]

My infamous life

I think that’s the only one lol

 

[old boy]

tougher than leather: the rise of run-dmc
e.a.r.l.: the autobiography of dmx

havent gotten around to reading gucci's book yet

 

[Jasonmask]

I got that book RZA wrote.

It was pretty good.

The Tao of Wu? Read it for an English class earlier this year. It’s a fire book

 

[JMD]

Kool Moe Dee There’s a God on the Mic the 50 Greatest Mc’s...he needs an updated version though this came out in ‘03

 

[Bugsmoran]

kool Moe Dee
Rza's Wu manual
Pepa from Salt N Pepa's book
Ice T
Jay z - decoded
Ja rule
Scarface
Flavor Flav
Eminem
Ma$e
Dmx
LL Cool j
Queens reign supreme

There's a few I'm probably forgetting. I bought a lot of Hiphop books


My top 5 favorite is
Rza - Wu manual
LL Cool j - I make my own rules
Ice T - Ice a memoir
Jay z - decoded
Dmx - earl

Even if you're not a fan I recommend y'all read them books

 

[SnowflakesByTheOZ]

Currently reading.

 

[SnowflakesByTheOZ]

I've also read :

Gucci Mane _Autobiography
Charlemagne The God - Black Privilege
Steve Stoute's : The Tanning Of America
Jay-Z - Decoded
Prodigy - My Infamous Life (the best imo)

 

[Bugsmoran]

Currently reading.

I got this book

Great read

Lol @ That part with Rbx and Suge Knight about to fight over a bucket of chicken

 

[JMD]

I got this book

Great read

Lol @ That part with Rbx and Suge Knight about to fight over a bucket of chicken

Lol...RBX was like we aint all day and you bout to trip over some pieces of chicken?

 

[Yippee Ki Yay]

Books I've read....
From pieces to weight - 50 CENT
Def Ja, Inc - Stacy Gueraseva
The dirty version - Odb
E.A.R.L - Dmx
Original Gansta - Ben Westhoff
Dirty South - Ben Westhoff
Crack Rap & Murder - Seth Ferranti
Have Gun Will Travel - Ronin Ro
Empire State Of Mind - Zach O'Malley
Cant Stop Wont Stop - Jeff Chang
Labyrinth - Randall Sullivan
Attitude - Ice Cube
The Big Payback - Dan Charnas
Murder Rap - Greg Kading
The Hip Hop Years - Alex Ogg
The Way I Am - Eminem

Books i have. just not got round to reading yet....
Born to use Mics - Michael Eric Dyson
Welcome To Death Row - S.Leigh Savidge
Enter the Wu-Tang - Alan Page
Nuthin But a "G" Thang - Eithne Quinn

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

Born To Use Mics:naswon:

 

[Asicz]

I liked and read Born to Use Mics
Queens Reigns Supreme (insdie info on 50 cent's mother and Supreme drug organization and relation to Irv Gotti and Beef plus insight on Jamaster J death, and Jimmy Henchmen and Pac.)
Literraly should be thread and documentary on this book)

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

too many to name. My favorites are autobiographies or those written by people who were from the era or knew the subjects. I just hate reading a hip hop book about a legend written by a white man that doesn't have a clue as to what he's talking about and wasn't respected enough to get any real information on the person he's writing about. The absolute BEST books on hip hop are the 33 1/3 series. I have 3 of them on hip hop. Ones about Nation of Millions, Dilla's Donuts, and Illmatic. That was the best book written about Illmatic. Michael Eric Dyson's book about Illmatic was trash.

I have almost all of the hip hop autobiographies. The check the technique series of 3 books was great. Those were books in which artists break down their classic albums song by song talking abut the creation, recording process, etc. The most expensive hip hop book I've purchases was a coffee table version of Hip Hop a Cultural Odyssey. it cost me about $200.


I love books. It's sad to see that many of us in 2017 still don't love to read.