Finding Hiphop, Looking for Jazz

Finding Hiphop, Looking for Jazz
Author: Kristopher Darnell
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2013-03-18
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1479766305

Kristophers inspirational story is filled with every life experience imaginable. Kristopher paired honesty and revealing personal stories with reflective questions that are asked by most men. He was able to walk thru SHAME and Pain with Grace. Putting his children first as he resolved Inter-Child issues. Providing building blocks of wisdom, Kristopher guides you toward re-building a life and achieving The Goal of Trust and Happiness again. Kristopher takes you on his journey showing how he got out of his own way while encouraging you to do the same. Insightful, funny, inspiring, and full of positive energy; This is not just a book for men but a must read for women. Women will have an opportunity to see divorce from the eyes of a very loving father. Finding HIP-HOP, Looking for Jazz. This book will help you re-program your thinking. You will never look at a Single Father the Same.

Dust & Grooves

Dust & Grooves
Author: Eilon Paz
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1607748703

A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.

The Search for Kum Ba YA

The Search for Kum Ba YA
Author: Patricia A. Knott
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1604773936

Knott's work is a guide through the tough times of African-American history to show how to cross over into the land of promise--a place where the captive roams free, spirits soar, and the lion lies down with the lamb. (Social Issues)

Finding the Game

Finding the Game
Author: Gwendolyn Oxenham
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2012-06-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1250002044

Oxenham and her friends scour the globe in search of pickup soccer: in a Bolivian prison, against women in hijab in Tehran, and with moonshine brewers in Kenya. This is an entertaining, heartfelt look at the soul of a sport proves that some things need no translation.

The Hip Hop Wars

The Hip Hop Wars
Author: Tricia Rose
Publisher: Civitas Books
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2008-12-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0465008976

A pioneering expert in the study of hip-hop explains why the music matters--and why the battles surrounding it are so very fierce.

Black Notes

Black Notes
Author: William C. Banfield
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780810852877

Following in the footsteps of renowned authors like Alain Locke, Harold Cruse, and Amiri Baraka, Black Notes: Essays of A Musician Writing in A Post-Album Age, takes as its mission an important aesthetic inquiry, asking the compelling questions: How did we get where we are? What's next among this generation's artistic voices, concerns, and practices? What is the future of Black Popular Music? In this fascinating collection of essays, interviews, and notes, Author William C. Banfield celebrates and critiques the values of contemporary Black popular music through the exploration of both present and past voices and movements. From his unique vantage point as musician, artist, and writer, Banfield examines a variety of influences in the music world, from 17th-century composer/violinist Chevalier de St. Georges to jazz giant Duke Ellington; from producer Quincy Jones to pop legend Prince. Using a wide-angle lens, Banfield effectively draws from the academic world of cultural studies as well as a plethora of popular culture examples, including contemporary Black American composers, films, and television shows.

Hiding in Hip Hop

Hiding in Hip Hop
Author: Terrance Dean
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2008-05-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1416553398

In the tradition of "New York Times" bestsellers "Confessions of a Video Vixen" and "It's No Secret," an entertainment industry insider presents an expos into the down low culture of Hollywood and hip hop, where straight male celebrities find themselves intimate with other men.

SPIN

SPIN
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1992-05
Genre:
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From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.

Can't Stop Won't Stop

Can't Stop Won't Stop
Author: Jeff Chang
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1429902698

Can't Stop Won't Stop is a powerful cultural and social history of the end of the American century, and a provocative look into the new world that the hip-hop generation created. Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop became the Esperanto of youth rebellion and a generation-defining movement. In a post-civil rights era defined by deindustrialization and globalization, hip-hop crystallized a multiracial, polycultural generation's worldview, and transformed American politics and culture. But that epic story has never been told with this kind of breadth, insight, and style. Based on original interviews with DJs, b-boys, rappers, graffiti writers, activists, and gang members, with unforgettable portraits of many of hip-hop's forebears, founders, and mavericks, including DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Chuck D, and Ice Cube, Can't Stop Won't Stop chronicles the events, the ideas, the music, and the art that marked the hip-hop generation's rise from the ashes of the 60's into the new millennium.

Race Music

Race Music
Author: Guthrie P. Ramsey
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2004-11-22
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0520243331

Covering the vast and various terrain of African American music, this text begins with an account of the author's own musical experiences with family and friends on the South Side of Chicago. It goes on to explore the global influence and social relevance of African American music.