{"product_id":"hip-hop-is-history-paperback","title":"Hip-Hop Is History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQuestlove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBen Greenman\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen hip-hop first emerged in the 1970s, it wasn't expected to become the cultural force it is today. But for a young Black kid growing up in a musical family in Philadelphia, it was everything. He stayed up late to hear the newest songs on the radio. He saved his money to buy vinyl as soon as it landed. He even started to try to make his own songs. That kid was Questlove, and decades later, he is a six-time Grammy Award-winning musician, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, a producer, an entrepreneur, a cofounder of one of hip-hop's defining acts (the Roots), and the genre's unofficial in-house historian. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this landmark book, \u003ci\u003eHip-Hop Is History\u003c\/i\u003e, Questlove skillfully traces the creative and cultural forces that made and shaped hip-hop, highlighting both the forgotten but influential gems and the undeniable chart-topping hits--and weaves it all together with the stories no one else knows. It is at once an intimate, sharply observed story of a cultural revolution and a sweeping, grand theory of the evolution of the great artistic movement of our time. And Questlove, of course, approaches it with not only the encyclopedic fluency and passion of an obsessive fan but also the expertise and originality of an innovative participant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHip-hop is history, and also \u003ci\u003ehis \u003c\/i\u003ehistory.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuestlove \u003c\/b\u003eis a six-time Grammy Award-winning musician, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, drummer, DJ, producer, director, culinary entrepreneur, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, cofounder of the Roots, and the musical director for \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u003c\/i\u003e, where the Roots serves as the house band. He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eMo' Meta Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreative Quest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMusic Is History\u003c\/i\u003e, and his first children's book series, \u003ci\u003eThe Rhythm of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the James Beard Award-nominated \u003ci\u003esomethingtofoodabout\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMixtape Potluck\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Grammy-nominated audiobooks \u003ci\u003eCreative Quest \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMusic Is History\u003c\/i\u003e. Questlove made his directorial debut with the Academy Award-, Grammy Award-, and BAFTA Award-winning documentary film \u003ci\u003eSummer of Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, which broke the record for the highest-selling documentary to come out of the Sundance Film Festival. Questlove is a cofounder of Two One Five Entertainment. He is the publisher of AUWA Books, an imprint of MCD \/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Greenman\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e contributor who has written both fiction and nonfiction. His novels and short-story collections include \u003ci\u003eThe Slippage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuperbad\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been Questlove's collaborator on a series of books, including \u003ci\u003eMo' Meta Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreative Quest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMusic Is History\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has written memoirs with Sly Stone, George Clinton, and Brian Wilson. His writing has appeared in numerous publications.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.2 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978277781805,"sku":"9781250390547","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/DTZNPWZYII9781250390547.webp?v=1775801412","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/hip-hop-is-history-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}