Hip Hop World

By Dalton Higgins

Book Overview

A fascinating look at hip hop, the world's most popular music, and what it means to young people all over the globe, written by an acclaimed pop-culture critic. An excellent introduction to hip hop... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888999100
• ISBN13: 9780888999108
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Overview of hip-hop! Very current!

I really enjoyed this book. In a relatively short space,the writer provides a broad overview of hip-hop, getting beyond the usual suspects and showing what hip-hop means outside of the United States. To a certain extent, readers probably need to have some background in recent writing about hip-hop to get the full picture o hip-hop's history and its effects. This book probably best serves as a coda to Jeff Chang's "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" or Tricia Rose's "Black Noise" or anything by Nelson George. I guess I would ultimately say this is book is perfect for someone who already has some knowledge of hip-hop and is looking to go a bit deeper.