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For their history of rap music and hip hop culture, British journalists Ogg and Upshal have interviewed over 100 DJs, rappers, record label impresarios, critics, and insiders, whose recollections propel the account with minimal intrusion from the authors. The result reads like a disjointed series of depositions. At its best recounting rap's beginnings in the late 1970s at parties in the Bronx, NY, the book becomes increasingly uneven and superficial as the music spreads, focusin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More