Williams, Jarrett

Summary: "How did a bunch of young people from the inner city create a genre of music that became a global phenomenon? From its humble origins at house parties in the Bronx, where DJs mixed old records to create new sounds, charismatic MCs let their clever lyrics flow, and B-boys and B-girls pioneered inventive dance moves, hip-hop quickly became a musical and cultural revolution." --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2024

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Harris, Duchess

Summary: "The hip-hop movement began in the 1970s. It included music and other forms of self-expression. Hip-hop music has evolved since then. [...] But it has similar themes and messages. It is still a way for Black people and minorities to express themselves. It continues to bring attention to social issues, such as discrimination and poverty. It has the power to inspire change. Please join me in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2020

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Game

Contents: Intro -- On me (featuring Kendrick Lamar) -- Step up (featuring Def Loaf & Sha Sha) -- Don't trip (featuring Ice Cube, Dr. Dre & will.i.am) -- Standing on Ferraris (featuring Diddy) -- Dollar and a dream (featuring AB Soul) -- Made in America (featuring Mvrcus Blvck) -- Hashtag (featuring Jelly Roll) -- Circles (featuring Q-Tip, Eric Bellinger & Sha Sha) -- Uncle skit -- Dedicated (featuring...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Entertainment One U.S. 2015

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Dr. Dre

Contents: The chronic (intro) -- Fuck wit dre da (and everybody's celebratin') -- Let me ride -- The day the niggaz took over -- Nuthin' but a "G" thang -- Deeez nuuuts -- Lil' ghetto boy -- A nigga witta gun -- Rat-tat-tat-tat -- The $20 sack pyramid -- Lyrical gangbang -- High powered -- The doctor's office -- Stranded on death row / (with Bushwick Bill) -- The roach (The chronic outro) -- Bitches...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Interscope 2023

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DR

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP DSM

Lecrae

Summary: One of the biggest names in religious hip-hop returns with his fourth album.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Reach Records 2010

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Trip Lee

Contents: Let go -- Right out the gate -- You got it -- Homecoming -- Witness (feat. Whatuprg and Wande) -- Put your weapon down -- All mine (feat. Taylor-Hill) -- Supernatural -- End of me (interlude) -- Dreamin -- Call it life -- Wake up (feat. KB) -- Stone -- Know it -- Give it up (feat. Desi).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Gibbs, Freddie

Contents: Weight -- Automatic -- Death row / feat. 03 Greedo -- Triple threat -- 2 legit -- Flfm (interlude) -- Set set -- Toe tag -- FBC -- Diamonds 2 / feat. Cassie Jo Craig & Irie Jane Gibbs.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Onyx (Musical group)

Contents: Bacdafucup -- Bichasniguz -- Throw ya gunz -- Here 'n' now -- Bust dat ass -- Atak of da bal-hedz -- Da mad face invasion -- Blac vagina finda -- Da bounca nigga -- Nigga bridges -- Onyx is here -- Slam -- Stik 'n' muve -- Bichasbootleguz -- Shifftee -- Phat ('n' all dat) -- Da nex niguz -- Getdafucout.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rush Associated Labels 1993

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Jay-Z

Summary: "A collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time"--Front cover flap.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 JAY

Notorious B.I.G.

Summary: Released three years after his death, this album includes previously unheard material with some of rap's finest artists making guest appearances. Born Again is a perfect illustration of Biggie's patented lumbering and relaxed baritone flow.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Bad Boy Records 1999

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DC Talk (Musical group)

Contents: Luv is a verb -- That kinda girl -- Greer -- Jesus is just alright -- Say the words -- WDCT -- Socially acceptable -- Free at last -- Time is -- The hardway -- 2 honks & a negro -- Lean on me -- Testimony -- I don't want it -- Will power -- Word 2 the Father -- Jesus is just alright (reprise).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: ForeFront 1992

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS DC

Summary: DJay, a very smalltime streetwise Memphis hustler and pimp, lives a dead-end life at the fringes of society. Though DJay has always had a way with words, that gift has long been misused--employed to keep his 'girls' producing. A chance encounter with Key, a sound engineer, spurs DJay to find a voice and realize his long-buried dreams. Chasing his musical dream transforms DJay, but opening the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Classics 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HUS

James, Boldy.

Contents: Real bad Boldy -- Light bill -- Thousand pills -- Failed attempt -- Little vicious -- On ten -- Held me down -- Street shit -- Good foot -- Champion.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Real Bad Man Records 2021

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Macklemore

Contents: Ten thousand hours -- Can't hold us (feat. Ray Dalton) -- Thrift shop (feat. Wanz) -- Thin line (feat. Buffalo Madonna) -- Same love (feat. Mary Lambert) -- Make the money -- Neon cathedral (feat. Allen Stone) -- Bombom (feat. the Teaching) -- White walls (feat. ScHoolboy Q, Hollis) -- Jimmy Iovine (feat. Ab-Soul) -- Wings -- A wake (feat. Evan Roman) -- Gold (feat. Eighty4 Fly) -- Starting...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis LLC 2012

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Fitzgerald, Kiana

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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2023

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Lamar, Kendrick

Summary: Just one year after releasing Untitled Unmastered, Grammy Award winner Kendrick Lamar returns with one of the most buzzed about albums of 2017. It includes the single HUMBLE.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Westhoff, Ben

Summary: "A monumental, revealing narrative history about the legendary group of artists at the forefront of West Coast hip-hop: Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur,"--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 WES

Weatherford, Carole Boston

Summary: Presents the history of hip-hop including, how it evolved from folktales, spirituals, and poetry, to the showmanship of James Brown, to the culture of graffiti art and breakdancing that formed around the art form.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2019

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Ghetts

Contents: Fine Wine (4:56) -- Mozambique (4:50) / feat. Jaykae & Moonchild Sanelly -- Fire and Brimstone (3:10) -- Hop Out (2:58) -- IC3 (3:48) / feat. Skepta -- Autobiography (6:50) -- Good Hearts (3:09) / feat. Aida Lae -- Dead To Me (3:48) -- 10,000 Tears (4:34) / feat. Ed Sheeran -- Sonya (4:38) / feat. Emeli Sande -- Proud Family (5:26) -- Skengman (4:32) / feat. Stormzy -- No Mercy (3:25) / feat....

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Main Source (Musical group)

Contents: Snake eyes (3:30) -- Just hangin' out (4:10) -- Looking at the front door (4:10) -- Large Professor (3:08) -- Just a friendly game of baseball (3:22) -- Scratch & kut (2:57) -- Peace is not the word to play (3:07) -- Vamos a rapiar (3:59) -- He got so much soul (he don't need no music) (3:34) -- Live at the barbeque (4:35) -- Watch Roger do his thing (4:22).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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