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A New York Times—bestselling, in-depth exploration of the most pivotal moments in rap music from 1979 to 2014. Here's what The Rap Year Book does: It takes readers from 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical landscape, and comes right up to the present, with Shea Serrano hilariously discussing, debating, and deconstructing the most important rap song year by year. Serrano also examines the...

Attempts to explore, in-depth, the state of Hip-Hop music post 9/11. From the streets and clubs of London to the boroughs of New York, and over to the neighborhoods of Los Angeles, gain exclusive access to some of the industry's hottest artists, producers and executives that have shaped and formed the current world of Hip-Hop.