11 Books Published by Smithsonian Books on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

The Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap is a first-of-it’s-kind multimedia collection chronicling the growth of the music and culture from the parks of the Bronx to solidifying a reach that spans the globe. The set includes 129 tracks on 9 CDs and a 300-page book with original design by Cey Adams, artist and founding creative director of Def Jam Recordings, as well as essays by some of hip-hop’s leading writers and critics and never-before-seen photographs. Through the music, writing, and extensive liner notes, the Anthology reveals the many trends within this multifaceted genre, it’s social and political implications, and it’s influence on popular culture.

The Anthology is the third major compendium produced by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings that tells the story of a defining era of music “of, by, and for the people,” following the Anthology of American Folk Music and Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology. It frequently highlights the objects and stories of hip-hop displayed in the National Museum of African American History and Culture galleries, offering perspective on the African American experience and it’s impact on American culture. Curation of the Anthology was headed by a committee including rappers Chuck D and MC Lyte; writers and scholars Jeff Chang and Mark Anthony Neal; early Def Jam senior executives-turned-cultural-advisors Bill Adler and Bill Stephney; and producers Questlove and 9th Wonder. This release is a collaboration between the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

All 129 songs, from the 9 CD collection, which are included with the book are in the YouTube Playlist Below:

1. Disc 1 – Fatback - King Tim III
2. Disc 1 – Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight
3. Disc 1 – The Sequence - Funk You Up
4. Disc 1 – Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
5. Disc 1 – Funky Four +1 - That’s the Joint
6. Disc 1 – Spoonie Gee feat. The Sequence - Monster Jam
7. Disc 1 – Treacherous Three - The Body Rock
8. Disc 1 – Blondie - Rapture
9. Disc 1 – Grandmaster Flash – The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
10. Disc 1 – Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
11. Disc 2 – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
12. Disc 2 – The Fearless Four - Rockin It
13. Disc 2 – Cold Crush Brothers - Punk Rock Rap
14. Disc 2 – Herbie Hancock - Rockit
15. Disc 2 – Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Looking for the Perfect Beat
16. Disc 2 – Run-DMC - It’s Like That
17. Disc 2 – Whodini - Friends
18. Disc 2 – Cold Crush Brothers - Fresh, Fly, Wild & Bold
19. Disc 2 – T. La Rock - It’s Yours
20. Disc 2 – The World’s Famous Supreme Team - Hey! DJ
21. Disc 2 – Newcleus - Jam On It
22. Disc 2 – UTFO - Roxanne, Roxanne
23. Disc 3 – Roxanne Shanté - Roxanne’s Revenge
24. Disc 3 – Fat Boys - Fat Boys
25. Disc 3 – Doug E. Fresh & MC Ricky D - La Di Da Di
26. Disc 3 – LL Cool J - I Can’t Live without my Radio
27. Disc 3 – Schoolly D - P.S.K. ‘What Does It Mean?’
28. Disc 3 – Run-DMC feat. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
29. Disc 3 – Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
30. Disc 3 – Ultramagnetic MC’s - Ego Tripping
31. Disc 3 – Ice-T - 6 ’N The Mornin’
32. Disc 3 – Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now
33. Disc 3 – LL Cool J - I Need Love
34. Disc 3 – Eric B feat. Rakim - Eric B is President
35. Disc 3 – Mantronix - King of The Beats
36. Disc 4 – Stetsasonic feat. the Rev. Jesse Jackson & Olatunji - A.F.R.I.C.A.
37. Disc 4 – Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Parents Just Don’t Understand
38. Disc 4 – Audio Two - Top Billin’
39. Disc 4 – MC Lyte - Lyte As A Rock
40. Disc 4 – Big Daddy Kane - Raw
41. Disc 4 – Marley Marl feat. Master Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, & Big Daddy Kane - The Symphony
42. Disc 4 – MC Lyte - I Cram to Understand U (Sam)
43. Disc 4 – Tone Lōc - Wild Thing
44. Disc 4 – Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
45. Disc 4 – Jungle Brothers – I’ll House You
46. Disc 4 – N.W.A. - Fuck Tha Police
47. Disc 4 – Public Enemy - Fight the Power
48. Disc 4 – The Stop the Violence Movement - Self Destruction
49. Disc 4 – Too Short - Life Is…Too Short
50. Disc 4 – Slick Rick - Children’s Story
51. Disc 4 – 3rd Bass - The Gas Face
52. Disc 5 – Queen Latifah feat. Monie Love - Ladies First
53. Disc 5 – Public Enemy - Bring the Noise
54. Disc 5 – De La Soul - Me Myself and I
55. Disc 5 – Biz Markie - Just a Friend
56. Disc 5 – The D.O.C. - It’s Funky Enough
57. Disc 5 – 2 Live Crew - Me So Horny
58. Disc 5 – Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
59. Disc 5 – MC Hammer - U Can’t Touch This
60. Disc 5 – Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
61. Disc 5 – Brand Nubian - All for One
62. Disc 5 – Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks on Me
63. Disc 5 – A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario
64. Disc 5 – Black Sheep - The Choice is Yours
65. Disc 5 – Salt-N-Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex
66. Disc 5 – Yo-Yo feat. Ice-Cube - Can’t Play with My Yo-Yo
67. Disc 5 – Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
68. Disc 6 – Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang
69. Disc 6 – Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
70. Disc 6 – Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
71. Disc 6 – Arrested Development - Tennessee
72. Disc 6 – Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
73. Disc 6 – House of Pain - Jump Around
74. Disc 6 – Positive K - I Got a Man
75. Disc 6 – Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
76. Disc 6 – UGK - Pocket Full of Stones
77. Disc 6 – Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
78. Disc 6 – Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain
79. Disc 6 – The Pharcyde - Passin’ Me By
80. Disc 6 – Eightball & MJG - Comin Out Hard
81. Disc 6 – Common Sense - I Used to Love H.E.R.
82. Disc 6 – Da Brat - Funkdafied
83. Disc 6 – Nas – N.Y. State of Mind
84. Disc 6 – Craig Mack feat. The Notorious B.I.G., Rampage, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes - Flava In Your Ear
85. Disc 7 – Beastie Boys - Sabotage
86. Disc 7 – The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
87. Disc 7 – Gang Starr feat. Nice & Smooth - DWYCK
88. Disc 7 – Warren G feat. Nate Dogg - Regulate
89. Disc 7 – Snoop Doggy Dogg - Murder Was The Case
90. Disc 7 – E-40 feat. Suga T - Sprinkle Me
91. Disc 7 – Goodie Mob - Cell Therapy
92. Disc 7 – Coolio feat. L.V. - Gangsta’s Paradise
93. Disc 7 – 2Pac - Dear Mama
94. Disc 7 – Mobb Deep - Shook Ones, Part 2
95. Disc 7 – Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige - I’ll Be There For You / You’re All I Need To Get By
96. Disc 7 – Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z - I’ll Be
97. Disc 7 – Lil Kim feat. Puff Daddy - No Time
98. Disc 7 – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Tha Crossroads
99. Disc 7 – Wu-Tang Clan feat. Cappadonna - Triumph
100. Disc 7 – Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
101. Disc 7 – Master P feat. Silkk The Shocker, Mia X, Fiend - Make ‘Em Say Uhh!
102. Disc 8 – Missy Elliot - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
103. Disc 8 – Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
104. Disc 8 – DMX - Ruff Ryders’ Anthem
105. Disc 8 – The Roots - The Next Movement
106. Disc 8 – Mos Def - Mathematics
107. Disc 8 – BG - Bling Bling
108. Disc 8 – dead prez - Hip Hop
109. Disc 8 – Eminem feat. Dido - Stan
110. Disc 8 – OutKast - Ms. Jackson
111. Disc 8 – Nelly - Country Grammar (Hot Shit)
112. Disc 8 – Ludacris feat. Pharrell - Southern Hospitality
113. Disc 8 – Nas - One Mic
114. Disc 8 – 50 Cent - In Da Club
115. Disc 8 – Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz feat. Ying Yang Twins - Get Low
116. Disc 9 – Talib Kweli - Black Girl Pain
117. Disc 9 – Kanye West - Jesus Walks
118. Disc 9 – Three 6 Mafia feat. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG - Stay Fly
119. Disc 9 – Rick Ross – Hustlin’
120. Disc 9 – Lupe Fiasco feat. Nikki Jean – Hip-Hop Saved My Life
121. Disc 9 – Young Jezzy feat. Nas - My President
122. Disc 9 – David Banner feat. Chris Brown & Yung Joc - Get Like Me
123. Disc 9 – Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Tie My Hands
124. Disc 9 – Jay Electronica - Exhibit C
125. Disc 9 – Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
126. Disc 9 – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
127. Disc 9 – J Cole feat. TLC - Crooked Smile
128. Disc 9 – Kanye West - Blood On The Leaves
129. Disc 9 – Drake - Started From the Bottom

A richly illustrated commemoration of African Americans’ roles in World War I highlighting how the wartime experience reshaped their lives and their communities after they returned home.

This stunning book presents artifacts, medals, and photographs alongside powerful essays that together highlight the efforts of African Americans during World War I. As in many previous wars, black soldiers served the United States during the war, but they were assigned to segregated units and often relegated to labor and support duties rather than direct combat. Indeed this was the central paradox of the war: these men and women fought abroad to secure rights they did not yet have at home in the States. Black veterans’ work during the conflict—and the respect they received from French allies but not their own US military—empowered them to return home and continue the fight for those rights. The book also presents the work of black citizens on the home front. Together their efforts laid the groundwork for later advances in the civil rights movement.

We Return Fighting reminds readers not only of the central role of African American soldiers in the war that first made their country a world power. It also reveals the way the conflict shaped African American identity and lent fuel to their longstanding efforts to demand full civil rights and to stake their place in the country’s cultural and political landscape.

This fully illustrated guide to the Smithsonian’s newest museum takes visitors on a journey through the richness and diversity of African American culture and the history of a people whose struggles, aspirations, and achievements have shaped the nation. Opened in September 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture welcomes all visitors who seek to understand, remember, and celebrate this history. The guidebook provides a comprehensive tour of the museum, including its magnificent building and grounds and eleven permanent exhibition galleries dedicated to themes of history, community, and culture. Highlights from the museum’s collection of artifacts and works of art are presented in full-color photographs, accompanied by evocative stories and voices that illuminate the American experience through the African American lens.

Dream A World Anew is the stunning gift book accompanying the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. It combines informative narratives from leading scholars, curators, and authors with objects from the museum’s collection to present a thorough exploration of African American history and culture. The first half of the book bridges a major gap in our national memory by examining a wide arc of African American history, from Slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Great Migrations through Segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and beyond. The second half of the book celebrates African American creativity and cultural expressions through art, dance, theater, and literature. Sidebars and profiles of influential figures—including Harriet Tubman, Robert Smalls, Ida B. Wells, Mordecai Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, and many others—provide additional context and interest throughout the book. Dream a World Anew is a powerful book that provides an opportunity to explore and revel in African American history and culture, as well as the chance to see how central African American history is for all Americans.

Rising on the National Mall next to the Washington Monument, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is a tiered bronze beacon inviting everyone to learn about the richness and diversity of the African American experience and how it helped shape this nation. Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture is the story of how this unparalleled museum found its place in the nation’s collective memory and on its public commons.
 
Begin with the Past presents the long history of efforts to build a permanent place to collect, study, and present African American history and culture. In 2003 the museum was officially established at long last, yet the work of the museum was only just beginning. The book traces the appointment of the director, the selection of the site, and the process of conceiving, designing, and constructing a public monument to the achievements and contributions of African Americans. The careful selection of architects, designers, and engineers culminated in a museum that embodies African American sensibilities about space, form, and material and incorporates rich cultural symbols into the design of the building and its surrounding landscape. The National Museum of African American History and Culture is a place for all Americans to understand our past and embrace our future, and this book is a testament to the inspiration and determination that went into creating this unique place.

This souvenir book showcases some of the most influential and important treasures of the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s collections. These include a hymn book owned by Harriet Tubman; ankle shackles used to restrain enslaved people on ships during the Middle Passage; a dress that Rosa Parks was making shortly before she was arrested; a vintage, open-cockpit Tuskegee Airmen trainer plane; Muhammad Ali’s headgear; an 1835 Bill of Sale enslaving a young girl named Polly; and Chuck Berry’s Cadillac. These objects tell us the full story of African American history, of triumphs and tragedies and highs and lows. This book, like the museum it represents, uses artifacts of African American history and culture as a lens into what it means to be an American.

Volume four in the Double Exposure series features a diverse selection of photographs of children: spontaneous records of intimate family moments, playtime, and communal activities, as well as posed portraits. Photographers include Henry Clay Anderson, Wayne F. Miller, Joe Schwartz, Jamel Shabazz, Milton Williams, and Ernest C. Withers.

Volume 2 of Double Exposure commemorates the ongoing fight to fulfil the promise of freedom and equality for all American citizens, from the Civil War and Reconstruction to the present. It features powerful images from, for example, Leonard Freed’s series, Black in White America, Ernest C. Withers’s photographs of the Sanitation Workers’ Solidarity March in Nashville, and Charles Moore’s documentation of police brutality during the 1963 Birmingham Childrens’ Crusade.

Bryan Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and a professor at NYU School of Law.

Volume 3 of Double Exposure highlights NMAAHC’s rich collection of photographs of African American women, some of whom are cultural icons. This volume demonstrates the dignity, joy, heartbreak, commitment, and sacrifice of women of all ages and backgrounds, with photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Beverly Conley, Robert Galbraith, Ernest C. Withers, Wayne F. Miller, P.H. Polk, Joe Schwartz, and Milton Williams.Aligned to Common Core StandardsNatasha Trethewey was the United States Poet Laureate 2012–2013. She has written an original essay and reprinted two poems for this title.Kinshasha Holman Conwill is the deputy director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Double Exposure is a major new series based on the remarkable photography collection supporting the Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). From daguerreotype portraits taken before the Civil War to twenty-first century digital prints, this series is a striking visual record of key historical events, cultural touchstones, and private and communal moments that helps to illuminate African American life.In addition to featuring fifty photographs from a broad range of African American experiences, each thematic volume includes introductions by some of the leading historians, activists, photographers, and writers of our times. Many of the images in the series are by famous photographers such as Spider Martin, Gordon Parks, Ernest C. Withers, Wayne F. Miller, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. There are also iconic images, such as McPherson & Oliver’s Gordon under Medical Inspection (circa 1867), and Charles Moore’s photographs of the 1963 Birmingham Children’s Crusade. These take their place next to unfamiliar or recently discovered images, including work by Henry Clay Anderson of everyday life in the black community in Greenville (MS), during the height of the Jim Crow segregation laws.Volume 1: Through the African American Lens is an introduction to the photography collection, revealing the ways in which African Americans have used activism, community, and culture to fight for social justice and create a better life.Aligned to Common Core StandardsDeborah Willis is an art photographer and university professor and chair at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

This stunning collection of photographic portraits traces US history through the lives of well-known abolitionists, artists, scientists, writers, statesman, entertainers, and sports figures. Drawing on the photographic collections of the National Portrait Gallery, author Deborah Willis explores how these images—many by famous photographers—reveal the nation’s history through an African American lens and challenge us all to uphold America’s highest ideals and promises. Let Your Motto Be Resistance is the inaugural publication of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture.