All music guide to hip-hop : the definitive guide to rap & hip-hop / edited by Vladimir Bogdanov ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bogdanov, Vladimir, 1965-

Series:

AMG all media guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rap (Music)--Discography.

Rap (Music).

Hip-hop--Encyclopedias.

Hip-hop.

Sound recordings--Reviews.

Sound recordings.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Discographies.

Reviews.

Physical Description:

x, 646 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Backbeat Books ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed to the book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Publishers Group West ; Milwaukee, WI : Distributed to the music trade in the U.S. and Canada by Hal Leonard Pub., [2003]

Summary:

This comprehensive guides is a must-have for fans of today's best-selling popular music. The latest in the definitive All Music Guide series, the "All Music Guide to Hip-Hop offers entertaining and informative reviews that lead readers to the best recordings by their favorite artists and help them find new music to explore. Informative biographies, essays, and "music maps" trace hip-hop's growth from its roots in urban soul and "old school?" MCs and DJs, to its mainstream breakout during the '90s and the myriad branches and thrive today.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0879307595

OCLC:

52980831