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The Way I Am

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Suge Knight: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Death Row Records

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Dark Story of Eminem

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That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader

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Young, Black, Rich and Famous: The Rise of the NBA, The Hip Hop Invasion and the Transformation of American Culture

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Feel Like Going Home

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Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies

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Kurt Cobain: The Nirvana Years, The Complete Chronicle

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Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop (Music Culture)

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Know What I Mean?

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Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality

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Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop

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Back in the Day: My Life and Times With Tupac Shakur

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A Time Before Crack

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Rebel for the Hell of It: The Life of Tupac Shakur

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Biggie: Voletta Wallace Remembers Her Son, Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G.

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Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G.

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Have Gun Will Travel: Spectacular Rise and Violent Fall of Death Row Records

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The Wu-Tang Manual: Enter the 36 Chambers, Volume One

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How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC

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The Gospel of Hip Hop: The First Instrument

KRS-One

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The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

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Poison Heart: Surviving the Ramones

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Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd

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Hip Hop America

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The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of Thenew Economy

Steve Stoute

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Tupac Shakur: The Life and Times of an American Icon

Tayannah Lee McQuillar

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Murder Rap

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It's No Secret: From Nas to Jay-Z, from Seduction to Scandal--a Hip-Hop Helen of Troy Tells All

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Generation Ecstasy : Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture

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How to Rap 2: Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques

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Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler

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The Vibe History of Hip Hop

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U2: Into the Heart: The Stories Behind Every Song

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Let's Talk About Pep

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The Killing of Tupac Shakur

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