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Title: Yes Yes Y'All: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade by Jim Fricke, Charlie Ahearn, Experience Music Project, Nelson George ISBN: 0-306-81224-X Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: the coolest book
Comment: I got the coolest book this passed Christmas, entitled 'Yes! Yes! Yall! The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade ' by Jim Fricke. This book focuses on Hip-Hop, and Black culture in America through oral history. Black urban culture gave birth to hip-hop and is the source of influence for today's American culture. 'Yes! Yes! Yall!' is a true period piece focusing on the growth of a new artistic movement. The book is very clear and is written as if you're really listening to someone talk about Hip-Hop's old school beginnings. This was a relaxing book to read, and very simplistic in form. As I was reading I felt as if I was sitting in a recreation center or classroom listening to the forefathers, and mothers of this great Black music culture.
The book starts by panting a picture of New York's inner city in the early 1970's to the mid 80's. Each chapter focuses on all four elements of Hip-Hop, such as: d.j-ing, brake dancing, emceeing/rhyming or raping, and graffiti art. Looking at some of the old photos of B-boys and girls break dancing, the airbrushed clothing, party flyers, and old record jackets was very nostalgic.
The book highlights the fact that the whole subculture came out of unequal systematic conditions in the late 1970's into the 80's. This is a real honest approach to the history of the newest, and highly co-modified cultures. It's filled with first hand accounts, stories of back stage antics, tours, emcee battles, dance battles, club fights, and groupies.
In chapter two titled, 'The Forefathers', many people interviewed gave his or her respects to the godfather of Hip-Hop (d.j Kool Herc). They would talk about how d.j Kool Herc would play all the best brake beats at that time. D.j Kool Herc was Jamaica borne and his homeland would be the source that inspired his d.jing style.
Kool Herc was the one who coined the term B-boy/B-girl, because boys and girls that would dance to brakes of different songs. The brake was the favorite part of the song, it was known as the get down part of the record. The other reason for calling the party people B-boys and girls was because they were all from Brooklyn also known as the 'Boogie Down Bronx'.
Kool Hrec changed and revolutionized the whole music form, once he started toasting, what we call rapping or rhyming today. Toasting started in the Jamaican dance halls, or yard parties. The Selecta or D.j would chant out two or three bare rhymes to get the crowd hyped. Herc added the style toasting from his homeland, and the New York street style of d.jing, to cerate his own style. Thus giving birth to a new sound and genre of music.
'Yes! Yes! Yall!' lastly focuses on the gangs, graffiti, emceeing, and brake dancing and how they intertwine within hip-hop and black culture. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in finding more information on the history of Hip-Hop and how it stems from Black culture.
Rating: 5
Summary: Straight from the source's mouth !!
Comment: Yes Yes Y'all is the [the best] -- a must read for everyone living through the hip-hop cultural revolution. That means you, hoss. Stemming from the ground-breaking hip-hop exhibit at Experience Music Project, Yes Yes Y'all embodies countless oral histories, photographs and artifacts that bring to life the rich history of MCs, DJs, B-Boys & Girls, and Graffiti artists. This publication is lavishly illustrated and lovingly crafted. It's a classic right outta the gate!
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential
Comment: Anyone into Hip Hop must own this book. It's a seminal work. Like Toop's The Rap Attack or Nelson George's Hip Hop America...it must be owned. The most detailed Old School study ever and great visuals.
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Title: Hip Hop America by Nelson George ISBN: 0140280227 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Back In The Days by Jamel Shabazz, Fab 5 Freddy, Ernie Paniccioli ISBN: 1576871061 Publisher: powerHouse Books Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Vibe History of Hip Hop by Vibe Magazine ISBN: 0609805037 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 26 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Who Shot Ya? Three Decades of Hiphop Photography by Ernie Paniccioli, Kevin Powell ISBN: 0066211689 Publisher: Amistad Press Pub. Date: 22 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists by Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Jeff Mao, Gabe Alvarez, Chairman Mao, Brent Rollins, Gabriel Alvarez ISBN: 0312242980 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 03 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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