Hip Hop: A Cultural Odyssey
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Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey is a coffee-table book published by Aria Multimedia Entertainment. It contains 420-pages about hip-hop written about the origins, evolution, and global impact of hip-hop culture over the past four decades.
Content[edit]
The book contains 30 essays on the evolution of hip-hop culture and 40 individual profiles of artists like Kurtis Blow and will.i.am. It also contains playlists of famous singles and albums many consider essential to hip-hop's past four decades, and 154 interviews with DJs, MCs, producers, graffiti writers, and male and female breakdancers. The photography in the book includes 20x24 Polaroid portraits captured by photographerJonathan Mannion, as well as images contributed by others.
Notable artists featured within the book include Jay-Z, Kanye West, Eminem, Run-DMC, Outkast, Queen Latifah, will.i.am, Sean Combs, 50 Cent, Will Smith, Missy Elliott, Native Tongues, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. The book also includes a quote from rapper-producer Cee-Lo Green: "It’s our take on our own history and what our contribution to the culture has been."
Critical reception[edit]
The Source magazine referred to it as an essential literary and photographic collective of Hip-Hop's essence.[1]
The book is held in the Grammy Museum's hip-hop exhibit.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey". The Source. 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
- ^ "'Hip Hop: A Cultural Odyssey' book, Grammy Museum exhibit celebrate the musical movement". Los Angeles Times. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ "HIP-HOP AMERICA: THE MIXTAPE EXHIBIT – GRAMMY Museum". Retrieved 2023-10-24.