May 3, 2018 Looking for any and all recommendations, whether they be (auto)biographies, books of essays, histories, etc. My friend recently got me this book and it's shaping up to be one of my favorite books I've ever read. They're extremely thoughtful essays about music that end up somewhat telling a memoir of the author's life of sorts. http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0722/2871/products/They-Can_t-k----Us-Until-They-k----Us_grande.jpg?v=1515075999 Shea Serrano's The Rap Yearbook is also phenomenal. While it takes the form of a list of the most important rap song each year, it's really a hilarious, informative, and easily digestible overall history of hip-hop. I'm also looking into reading this soon:
May 3, 2018 Thanks for posting this before joeyp had the chance to. I actually read it one day at work when you posted the PDF on twitter. Good s--- as always, looking forward to your next.
May 3, 2018 Spoiler Sorry for the size (on mobile), but it's part thesis & part autobiography coming from someone that practically touched d--- near every genre during his career, it's filled with insightful viewpoints on multiple forms of music (or as Byrne says uniformed sounds) and interesting quirks.
May 3, 2018 HAHAHA no way I legit just came into this thread to post this. Great book though. Also can we talk about how no one on this site has the balls to actually mention me? Y'all are scared. I have to actually read through everything to see if I'm mentioned.
May 4, 2018 My friend has that rap year book he was showing it to me the other day. The only books I've ever really read about music are Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis and some book my uncle wrote about The Beatles
May 4, 2018 Decoded is one of the only hiphop related books I got and I thought it was really interesting
May 5, 2018 I read how to rap. Well most of it i think its what the movie was based off just heaps of emcees breaking down the art
May 5, 2018 d--- there are at least 10 people who have read a book on sxn80 which is a lot more than i expected
