The Notorious Phd's Guide to the Super Fly '70s A Connoisseur's Journey Through the Fabulous Flix, Hip Sounds, and Cool Vibes That Defined a Decade

Fast Times and Excellent Adventures

James King

Original Gangstas

Ben Westhoff

Inside Studio 54

Diary of a Madman

Brad "Scarface" Jordan

The Comedians

Kliph Nesteroff

Rap Year Book, The

Shea Serrano

Thug Life - Race, Gender and The Meaning of Hip Hop

Michael Alpert

Dirty South : OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop

Ben Westhoff

Celebrity Vinyl

Tom Hamling

The Vulture

Gil Scott-Heron

Mammoth book of sex, drugs & rock'n roll

Giraffes in My Hair A Rock 'N' Roll Life

Bruce Paley

Blaxploitation Cinema

Josiah Howard

It's Bigger Than Hip Hop The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation

Molefi K. Asante

Gang Leader for a Day A Rogue Sociologist Crosses the Line

Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

Hip Hop Revolution - The Culture and Politics of Rap

Jeffrey Armstrong

When Rap Music Had a Conscience: The Artists, Organizations and Historic Events that Inspired and Influenced the Golden Age of Hip-Hop

Tayannah Lee McQuillar

Net, Blogs and Rock'n'Roll

David Jennings

Know what I mean?

Michael Eric Dyson

Total Chaos The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop

Jeff Chang

American Popular Music: The Rock years

Larry Starr

White bicycles

Joe Boyd

Raising Hell The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay

Ronin Ro

Hip

John Leland

Nuthin' but a "G" Thang The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap

Eithne Quinn

Why White Kids Love Hip-hop Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America

Bakari Kitwana

Dream Boogie The Triumph of Sam Cooke

Peter Guralnick

Queens Reigns Supreme Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler

Ethan Brown

Escaping the Delta

Elijah Wald

Straight Whisky A Living History of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll on the Sunset Strip

Erik Quisling

Back in the Days

Jamel Shabbaz

Buppies, B-boys, Baps, And Bohos

Nelson George

The Da Capo Book of Rock & Roll

Clinton Heylin

Flowers in the Dustbin

James Miller

The Heart of Rock & Soul

Dave Marsh

Rat Pack Confidential Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Showbiz Party

Shawn Levy

Between God and Gangsta Rap

Michael Eric Dyson

Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America

Tricia Rose

The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music

Jim Miller

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls