Can't Stop Won't Stop
A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
$56.33
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2007
Summary
From the streets of the Bronx to the hills of Ghana, this is the definitive history of hip-hop - now in mass market paperback
Hip-hop is now a global multi-billion pound industry. It has spawned superstars all across the world. There have been tie-in clothing lines, TV stations, film companies, cosmetics lines. It even has its own sports, its own art style, its own dialect. It is an all-encompassing lifestyle.
But where did hip-hop culture begin? Who created it? How did hip-ho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091912215 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091912210 |
| Author: | Jeff Chang |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 129mm x 199mm |
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Critics Review
“Jeff Chang has spent the last decade researching a vivid and fascinating book which should remain the definitive history for at least as long … Finally, rap gets the definitive history it deserves” Q “Energetic and exhilarating … There is a fearless sweep to this book. A distinct achievement” Daily Telegraph “Inflammatory, illuminating, and anything but myopic, the scope of Chang’s work is awe-inspiring” – DJ Shadow “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop knows hip hop to be the most significant musical-cultural revolution since rock and roll and tells its story from the bottom up” Word “Has to rate as one of the most comprehensive studies of hip-hop history yet published” Rock Sound
Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang has been a hip-hop journalist for over a decade. He has written cover stories on Hip-Hop for The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Los Angeles Weekly, Spin and Vibe.
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