Hip hop
Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo NW 2023 category: Hip hop. All annotations from NoveList, Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal and publisher's copy.
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Rani Patel in Full Effect
Rani Patel, almost seventeen and living on remote Moloka'i island, is oppressed by the cultural norms of her Gujarati immigrant parents but when Mark, an older man, draws her into new experiences red flags abound. Fiction.
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Bedroom Rapper
Bedroom Rapper is a book for obsessive music fans who are looking for the definitive take on what’s happened in the last two decades of hip hop, from Cadence Weapon, aka Rollie Pemberton: Pitchfork critic, award-winning musician, producer, DJ, and poet laureate. Nonfiction.
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Hip Hop Family Tree
Originating as a webcomic serialized at Boing Boing, this oversize volume is an epic, exhaustive chronicle of the most culturally impactful popular music movement of the past four decades. Graphic nonfiction.
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Mo' Meta Blues
First-time author “Questlove” Thompson is cofounder and drummer of the Roots, the popular hip-hop/neo-soul group that also serves as the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In this enjoyable memoir, Thompson tells of his work as a DJ and producer with some of the biggest names in the music business, such as Jay-Z and Common, and Dave Chappelle (Thompson was the Chappelle’s Show’s music director). Nonfiction.
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Sweat the Technique
A memoir and writing handbook by the acclaimed hip-hop artist shares insights into his creative process, from his multisyllabic rhymes to the internal rhythms of his music, while sharing personal stories from his Long Island childhood. Nonfiction.
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Swan Songs
Part Alan Sillitoe and part William Burroughs, UK rapper Lee Scott's debut novel, partially based on his own experiences of becoming a rapper in Runcorn, is an experimental and humorous modern satire about the perils of being a hip-hop visionary far from the beaten track. Fiction.
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Hip-hop (and Other Things)
The pop-culture writer returns with “a celebration of rap, one of the three or four things I love the most in this world." This quirky, wide-ranging collection of essays, paired with gorgeous art, is a well-informed love letter to hip-hop. Nonfiction.
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On the Come up
Sixteen-year-old Bri hopes to become a great rapper, and after her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, must decide whether to sell out or face eviction with her widowed mother. Fiction.
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It Was All A Dream
Journalist Tinsley writes a meticulously researched study of the life of rapper Christopher Wallace (known as the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie) and his influence on the '90s music industry. Nonfiction.
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Fat Laces
Toledo's first-person writings of Seattle's hip hop history, iconic characters, and historic events take readers to a place of wonder and excitement as he jumps quickly from past to present and back again, from happening to happening, introducing multiple characters and conversations. Nonfiction.
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