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How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as rap)
avg rating 3.99 — 786 ratings — published 2009
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as rap)
avg rating 4.26 — 100,715 ratings — published 2019
Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as rap)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,233 ratings — published 2019
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as rap)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,211 ratings — published 2010
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as rap)
avg rating 4.09 — 11,940 ratings — published 2017
The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as rap)
avg rating 4.38 — 4,722 ratings — published 2015
Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as rap)
avg rating 3.30 — 1,498 ratings — published 1990
Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as rap)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,981 ratings — published 2016
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as rap)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,635 ratings — published 2005
From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as rap)
avg rating 4.25 — 925 ratings — published 2021
La Época del Rap de Acá (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as rap)
avg rating 4.24 — 94 ratings — published 2019
The Rapper's Handbook: A Guide to Freestyling, Writing Rhymes, and Battling (by Flocabulary)
by (shelved 4 times as rap)
avg rating 4.12 — 106 ratings — published 2009
How to Rap 2: Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rap)
avg rating 4.19 — 135 ratings — published 2013
The Wu-Tang Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as rap)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,477 ratings — published 2004
Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.94 — 447 ratings — published
The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.22 — 719 ratings — published
Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.80 — 637 ratings — published 2008
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.46 — 6,622 ratings — published 2019
Hurricanes: A Memoir (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,116 ratings — published 2019
Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.41 — 789 ratings — published 1999
Beastie Boys Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.53 — 14,241 ratings — published 2018
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.26 — 734 ratings — published
Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.53 — 262 ratings — published
Raw: My Journey into the Wu-Tang (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,238 ratings — published
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.55 — 18,977 ratings — published 2017
Rani Patel in Full Effect (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.72 — 782 ratings — published 2016
My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,380 ratings — published 2011
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,135 ratings — published 2013
Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 4.27 — 655 ratings — published 2007
Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as rap)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,597 ratings — published 2011
King of the Neuro Verse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.00 — 229 ratings — published 2025
Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,903 ratings — published 2023
Bomb the Suburbs: Graffiti, Race, Freight-Hopping and the Search for Hip Hop's Moral Center (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,200 ratings — published 1995
J'étais là: 30 ans au coeur du rap (Pocket Book)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published
Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 3.84 — 295 ratings — published 2011
The Science of Rap (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.23 — 31 ratings — published 1995
Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.07 — 195 ratings — published
J’étais là | 30 ans au cœur du rap (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.11 — 28 ratings — published 2022
Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.31 — 196 ratings — published 1992
Ghost (Boston Underworld, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.15 — 18,272 ratings — published 2016
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,983 ratings — published 2019
The Rapping Princess (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 3.73 — 81 ratings — published
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,264 ratings — published 2013
Jay-Z: Made in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,925 ratings — published 2019
Let Me Hear a Rhyme (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,823 ratings — published 2019
Droppin' Science: Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as rap)
avg rating 3.52 — 58 ratings — published 1995
“The art of rap is deceptive. It seems so straightforward and personal and real that people read it completely literally, as raw testimony or autobiography. And sometimes the words we use, nigga, bitch, motherfucker, and the violence of the images overwhelms some listeners. It's all white noise to them till they hear a bitch or a nigga and then they run off yelling "See!" and feel vindicated in their narrow conception of what the music is about.”
― Decoded
― Decoded
“This is one of the songs we've put together for it," Wyman said. "It's called 'The Cheesemonger's Blues.' I wrote the lyrics myself. It's a rap." He closed his eyes, rocked his body to the beat, and then launched into a rhythm-adjacent recitation of several dozen varieties of cheese.”
― When the Moon Hits Your Eye
― When the Moon Hits Your Eye
