Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-207) and index.
Contents:
The 1970s -- The 1980s -- Kurtis Blow: Kurtis Blow (1980) -- The Message: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1982) -- Run-D.M.C.: Run-D.M.C. (1984) -- Hot, Cool & Vicious: Salt-N-Pepa (1986) -- Interlude: Hip-Hop Soul -- Paid in Full: Eric B. & Rakim (1987) -- Straight Outta Compton: N.W.A. (1988) -- Lyte as a Rock: MC Lyte (1988) -- As Nasty as They Wanna Be: 2 Live Crew (1989) -- The 1990s -- Mama Said Knock You Out: LL Cool J (1990) -- People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm: A Tribe Called Quest (1990) -- The Chronic: Dr. Dre (1992) -- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers): Wu-Tang Clan (1993) -- Black Reign: Queen Latifah (1993) -- Doggystyle: Snoop Dogg (1993) -- Illmatic: Nas (1994) -- Ready to Die: The Notorious B.I.G. (1994) -- The Diary: Scarface (1994) -- Funkdafied: Da Brat (1994) -- Mystic Stylez: Three 6 Mafia (1995) -- Hard Core: Lil' Kim (1996) -- Ridin' Dirty: UGK (1996) -- All Eyez on Me: 2PAC (1996) -- Supa Dupa Fly: Missy Elliott (1997) -- Aquemini: Outkast (1998) -- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill: Ms. Lauryn Hill (1998) -- It's Dark and Hell is Hot: DMX (1998) -- Things Gall Apart: The Roots (1999) -- The 2000s -- Da Baddest B***h: Trina (2000) -- The Marshall Mathers LP: Eminem (2000) -- The Blueprint: Jay-Z (2001) -- Lord Willin': Clipse (2002) -- Interlude: The Art of the Mixtape -- Get Rich or Die Tryin': 50 Cent (2003) -- The College Dropout: Kanye West (2004) -- Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101: Jeezy (2005) -- King: T.I. (2006) -- Lupe Fiasco's the Cool: Lupe Fiasco (2007) -- Tha Carter III: Lil Wayne (2008) -- The State vs. Radric Davis: Gucci Mane (2009) -- The 2010s -- Pink Friday: Nicki Minaj (2010) -- Watch the Throne: Jay-Z & Kanye West (2011) -- Nothing was the Same: Drake (2013) -- To Pimp a Butterfly: Kendrick Lamar (2015) -- DS2: Future (2015) -- Interlude: Political and Conscious Hip-Hop -- Culture: Migos (2017) -- Invasion of Privacy: Cardi B (2018) -- Whack World: Tierra Whack (2018) -- Eve: Rapsody (2019) -- The 2020s -- City on Lock: City Girls (2020) -- Montero: Lil Nas X (2021) -- Traumazine: Megan Thee Stallion (2022).
Summary:
"From underground roots to mainstream popularity, hip-hop's influence on music and entertainment around the world has been nothing short of extraordinary. Ode to Hip-Hop chronicles the journey with profiles of fifty albums that have defined, expanded, and ultimately transformed the genre into what it is today. From 2 Live Crew's groundbreaking As Nasty As They Wanna Be in 1989 to Cardi B's similarly provocative Invasion of Privacy almost thirty years later, and more, Ode to Hip-Hop covers hip-hop from coast to coast. Organized by decade and with sidebars on fashion, mixtapes, and key players throughout, the result is a comprehensive homage to hip-hop, published just in time for the fiftieth anniversary"-- Provided by publisher.
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