The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast

For readers of Dilla Time and Music Is History; the definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting his life, career, and eventual immortality.On December 31st, 2020, the world was shocked to learn about th…

If you like book The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast here is the list of books you may also like

Buy this book on Amazon

The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast similar books

High and Rising: A Book About De la Soul

Buy this book on Amazon
Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival

Buy this book on Amazon
Madvillainy

This book celebrates Madvillainy as a representation of two genius musical minds melding to form one revered supervillain. A product of circumstance, the album came together soon after MF DOOM's resur…
Buy this book on Amazon
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

With unprecedented access and unsparing analysis, this is the definitive investigation into Spotify, weaving interviews with incisive cultural criticism, and illuminating how streaming has reshaped mu…
Buy this book on Amazon
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century.…
Buy this book on Amazon
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of three towering artists—Miles Davis,…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.

An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation-and reasserted the power of rock and roll - by the New York Times bestselling …
Buy this book on Amazon
Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

A definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America’s most beloved comedy show

Over the fifty years that Lorne Michaels has been at the helm of Saturday Night Live, he has become a revere…
Buy this book on Amazon
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces such as The Low End Theory and Midnight Maraude…
Buy this book on Amazon
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an Empire which doesn’t consider you fully human.

On Oct 25th, after just …
Buy this book on Amazon
Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything

A brilliantly provocative and entertaining essay collection about the Y2K era, the generation defining period that birthed everything from AOL Instant Messenger, the Hummer H2, bling era rap, and low-…
Buy this book on Amazon
Hip-Hop Is History

In Hip-Hop is History, Questlove, one of the major and most revolutionary figures of that genre, unpicks one hip-hop song from each of the years since the sound of breakbeat drums first burst out of a…
Buy this book on Amazon
Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography

The first and only estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful legacy, fully illustrated with photos, mementos, handwritten poetry,…
Buy this book on Amazon
Sonic Life: A Memoir

From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary roc…
Buy this book on Amazon
Health and Safety: A Breakdown

From the New Yorker staff writer and acclaimed author of Future Sex (“introspective and breathtakingly honest”—New York Times Book Review,), a memoir about sex, drugs, and techno in a time of madness

I…
Buy this book on Amazon
Notes to John

Buy this book on Amazon
It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him

Culture journalist Justin Tinsley’s It Was All a Dream is “a deeply reported saga of the ephemeral, yet colorful, life of The Notorious B.I.G.” ( USA Today ).

The Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most c…
Buy this book on Amazon
Rise of a Killah

Buy this book on Amazon
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, in the 1990s, Hanif Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball, one in which legends like LeBron James were forged, and countless others weren’t. His lifelong love o…
Buy this book on Amazon
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

A surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue—and its fascinating role in Black history and culture—from National Book Award winner Imani Perry

Throughout history, the concept of Blackness ha…
Buy this book on Amazon