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God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop (PB) (2020)
9780062878519$16.99An NPR Best Book of the YearWithout God Save the Queens, it is possible that the contributions of dozens of important female hip-hop artists who have sold tens of millions of albums, starred in monumental films, and influenced the direction of the... -
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane (PB) (2018)
9781501165344Essence Authors 2023$17.00The New York Times bestselling memoir from the legendary Gucci Mane spares no detail in this "cautionary tale that ends in triumph" (GQ). For the first time Gucci Mane tells his extraordinary story in his own words. It is "as wild, unpredictable, and... -
I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone (PB) (2003)
9780306813276$15.99James Baldwin used to tell Nina Simone, This is the world you have made for yourself, now you have to live in it. Simone has created for herself a world of magnificent peaks. Often compared to Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf, Simone is known as one of the... -
Hip-Hop (and Other Things) (HC) (2021)
9781538730225$27.00HIP-HOP (AND OTHER THINGS) is about, as it were, rap, but also some other things. It's a smart, fun, funny, insightful book that spends the entirety of its time celebrating what has become the most dominant form of music these past two and a half decades... -
Why Solange Matters (Music Matters)
9781477320082$18.95Growing up in the shadow of her superstar sister, Solange Knowles became a pivotal musician in her own right. Defying an industry that attempted to bend her to its rigid image of a Black woman, Solange continually experimented with her sound and embarked... -
Jazz Images by William Claxton
9788409038169$49.99This book presents a selection of more than 150 superb Color & B&W images. Where previous jazz photographers captured their subjects in the dark, smoky environs of nightclubs, Claxton capitalized on the sun and surf of southern California, posing artists... -
Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing
9781934429518$39.95An unprecedented insider's look at one of cinema's landmark works and the lasting effect it still has on our culture, this oral and visual history of "Do the Right Thing"--celebrating the movie's 20th anniversary--is told entirely by those who starred in... -
Bob Marley: A Life
9781566567336$17.00This biography on reggae legend Bob Marley reflects the growing popularity and legacy that continues to grow more than 27 years after the singer's death from cancer at age 36. Steckles has been writing about the reggae music scene for many years, and he... -
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song (HC) (2023)
9780393241051$40.00Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald's death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical... -
Ode to Hip-Hop: 50 Albums That Define 50 Years of Trailblazing Music (HC) (2023)
9780762482979$28.00Celebrate the music that has shaped the culture and given us some of the greatest hits of all time with this vibrantly illustrated anthology, featuring 50 of the most lauded, controversial, and iconic hip-hop albums! From underground roots to mainstream... -
Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography (HC) (2023)
9781524761042$35.00The 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, musings, and more Artist, poet, actor, revolutionary,... -
Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey (HC) (2023)
9781588347343$29.95The drama of In Cold Blood meets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this long-lost manuscript from musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick, whose research on blues icon Robert Johnson's mysterious life and death became as much of a myth as the musician... -
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (HC) (2022)
9781953387271$26.00* 2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" --TODAY (Elizabeth Acevedo)* A "Best Book of 2017" --Rolling Stone (2018), NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book... -
Ride or Die: A Feminist Manifesto for the Well-Being of Black Women (CD) (2022)
9781668627440$45.00Do you have a ride or die chick in your life? A ride or die chick is a Black woman who holds down her family and community. She's that friend or family member that you can call up in the middle of the night to bail you out of jail, if ever needed, and...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$45.00Subtotal: -
When Broadway Was Black: The Triumphant Story of the All-Black Musical That Changed the World (PB) (2023)
9781728259390$18.99The triumphant story of how an all-Black Broadway cast and crew changed musical theatre--and the world--forever.This musical introduced Black excellence to the Great White Way. Broadway was forever changed and we, who stand on the shoulders of our...