Hip Hop: Bring the Noise: The Stories Behind the Biggest Songs

by Neil Kulkarni

Rap is generally acknowledged as originating from New York, when the Jamaican-born DJ Cool Herc started spinning discs for parties in the late seventies. People would originally talk and then "rap" over the top of this. From there it spread all across the United States and then around the world. But the key songs are from the United States, and are all featured in this unique book. Hip Hop: Bring the Noise expands the best-selling Stories Behind the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560255862
• ISBN13: 9781560255864
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary