×

Resend Verification Link

Enter the email address you used during signup. We will send a fresh verification link to activate your account.

55 Books in the MUSIC / History & Criticism Category

View as Collage
How Black Music Took Over the World

How Black Music Took Over the World
Introduction to Afrofuturism: A Mixtape in Black Literature & Arts

Introduction to Afrofuturism: A Mixtape in Black Literature & Arts
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Expanded Edition)

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Expanded Edition)
Shine Bright: A Personal History of Black Women in Pop

Shine Bright: A Personal History of Black Women in Pop
Black Ephemera: The Crisis and Challenge of the Musical Archive

Black Ephemera: The Crisis and Challenge of the Musical Archive
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem

May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Black and Blur (consent not to be a single being)

Black and Blur (consent not to be a single being)
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul

Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul
Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul

Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul
Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader

Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues

Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues
Olio

Olio

I Am Charlie Wilson

I Am Charlie Wilson
Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation

Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation
Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove

Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon

I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon
by Touré
Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery To Hip-Hop

Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery To Hip-Hop
The Chitlin’ Circuit: And The Road To Rock &rsquoN&rsquo Roll

The Chitlin’ Circuit: And The Road To Rock &rsquoN&rsquo Roll
Feeding the Soul: Black Music, Black Thought

Feeding the Soul: Black Music, Black Thought
Caruso’s Mustache Off - And Other Writings about Music and Musicians

Caruso’s Mustache Off - And Other Writings about Music and Musicians
In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Rap (African American Cultural Theory and Heritage)

In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Rap (African American Cultural Theory and Heritage)
Dancing With the Devil: How Puff Burned the Bad Boys of Hip-Hop

Dancing With the Devil: How Puff Burned the Bad Boys of Hip-Hop
The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk about When We Talk about Hip Hop—And Why It Matters

The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk about When We Talk about Hip Hop—And Why It Matters
Don’t Deny My Name: Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition

Don’t Deny My Name: Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition
Somebody Scream!: Rap Music’s Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power

Somebody Scream!: Rap Music’s Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power
Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop

Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop
I Got Thunder: Black Women Songwriters on Their Craft

I Got Thunder: Black Women Songwriters on Their Craft
Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip-Hop

Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip-Hop
Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies

Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
Considering Genius: Writings On Jazz

Considering Genius: Writings On Jazz
Pimps Up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black Women

Pimps Up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black Women
To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip-Hop Aesthetic

To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip-Hop Aesthetic
Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay

Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay
Thru My Eyes: Thoughts on Tupac Amaru Shakur in Pictures and Words

Thru My Eyes: Thoughts on Tupac Amaru Shakur in Pictures and Words
by Gobi
I See the Rhythm

I See the Rhythm
Hip Hop America

Hip Hop America
With Billie

With Billie
Prophets of the Hood-PB

Prophets of the Hood-PB
And It Don’t Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years

And It Don’t Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years
One Nation Under A Groove: Motown and American Culture

One Nation Under A Groove: Motown and American Culture
In The Break: The Aesthetics Of The Black Radical Tradition

In The Break: The Aesthetics Of The Black Radical Tradition
The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac

The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac
Bad Boy: The Influence of Sean "Puffy" Combs on the Music Industry

Bad Boy: The Influence of Sean "Puffy" Combs on the Music Industry
Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac Shakur

Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac Shakur
Rock ’Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia

Rock ’Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia
Miles Davis and American Culture

Miles Davis and American Culture
Images: Iconography of Music in African-American Culture (1770s-1920s) (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)

Images: Iconography of Music in African-American Culture (1770s-1920s) (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Cafe Society, And An Early Cry For Civil Rights

Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Cafe Society, And An Early Cry For Civil Rights
Miles and Me

Miles and Me
John Coltrane: His Life And Music (The Michigan American Music Series)

John Coltrane: His Life And Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
Miles: The Autobiography

Miles: The Autobiography
Stomping The Blues (Da Capo Paperback)

Stomping The Blues (Da Capo Paperback)