Original Gangstas
Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and the Birth of West Coast Rap
$51.63
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
13 June 2017
Summary
In the late 80s, a group of high school dropouts, drug dealers, and ex-cons spoke out against racial injustice and police brutality. They did it through hip-hop. Their explosive popularity put their Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton on the map. They gave a voice to disenfranchised African Americans across the country. And they quickly redefined pop culture across the world. Their names remain as popular as ever–Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316344852 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0316344850 |
| Author: | Ben Westhoff |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Hachette Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 13 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 229mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
Scrupulously researched with many incisive revelations, this may be the best book ever written about the hip hop world. - S. Leigh Savidge, Academy Award nominee and co-writer of Straight Outta Compton
[Adds] fresh detail to the oft-told stories …[A] history that won’t settle for easy heroes or villains. - Rolling Stone[A] captivating chronicle… Central to Westhoff’s research are original interviews with key figures balanced with the author’s efforts to frame the music as a piece with the surrounding social and political upheaval… He doesn’t flinch in providing a rounded picture of the history of the genre, in which the danger wasn’t confined to the music - Library JournalAbout The Author
Ben Westhoff
Ben Westhoff is a longtime music journalist whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Spin, Pitchfork, and the Village Voice. He spent three years as the Music Editor at L.A.Weekly, and is the author of Dirty South: Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop (Chicago Review Press), which Rolling Stone called “packed with lively reporting and colorful social history.”
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