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A PERFECT COMPANION READ TO THE SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY, WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MENSelected as a Best Book of the Year by Esquire"Couldn't put it down." - Charlamagne Tha God"Mesmerizing." - Raekwon da Chef"Insightful, moving, necessary." - Shea...

T. Eric Monroe is opening his historic vault of 90's photography to preserve and promote the legacies of iconic personas who shaped Hiphop culture. Volume Two continues the visual story with more intimate moments of legendary artists from the 90's Hiphop...

T. Eric Monroe is opening his historic vault of 90's photography to preserve and promote the legacies of iconic personas who shaped Hiphop culture. Volume Three presents more intimate portraits of the 90's Hiphop Community. Hidden from the public eye for...

T. Eric Monroe is opening his historic vault of 90's photography to preserve and promote the legacies of iconic personas who shaped Hiphop culture.Featuring thousands of intimate moments in music history, Monroe's body of work represents a fresh and...

Hampton Hawes [1928-1977] was one of jazz's greatest pianists. Among his peers from California the self-taught Hawes was second only to Oscar Peterson. At the time of his celebration as New Star of the Year by downbeat magazine (1956), Hawes was already...

Reclaiming the artist Ana Mendieta as a formally innovative maker of performative art who forged connections to the marginalized around the world.The artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) is remembered as the creator of powerful works expressing a vibrant and...

Anyone who knows R. Crumb's work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the trading card sets he created in the early-to-mid 1980s. Now they are packaged together for the first time in book form, along...

(Bass Method). The Hal Leonard R&B Bass Method is your complete guide to learning the styles and techniques of rhythm and blues bass. This book and Online Audio pack uses actual classic R&B, Motown, soul, and funk songs to teach you how to groove in the...

A stunning, in-depth look at the power and poetry of one of the most consequential rappers of our time. Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential rappers, songwriters and record producers of his generation. Widely known for his incredible lyrics and...

Expert producer/engineer Dan Moretti leads you step by step through the producing and mixing processes. Learn how different techniques - from mic placement to EQ - help you create authentic-sounding and inspiring jazz mixes. The accompanying DVD-ROM...

With a brand-new introduction and chapter that cover the last five years of Prince's life and work and his untimely death in April 2016.In his three decades of recording, Prince had nearly thirty albums hit the Billboard Top 100. He is the only artist...

Preservation Hall, located in the French Quarter just three blocks from the Mississippi River, remains an icon of New Orleans and an essential stop for all fans of traditional jazz. Since the early 1960s The Hall has served as a sanctuary for the...

(Keyboard Instruction). This comprehensive book and audio package will teach you the basic skills you need to play post bop jazz piano. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and the tricks used by the pros. The accompanying audio...

While searching for vintage guitars on the internet, Zeke Schein came across what he believed was a photograph of one of the most influential blues musicians of all time. Schein, both a fan and historian of the Delta Blues, suspected that the image...

Louis Armstrong is widely known as the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century. He was a phenomenally gifted and imaginative artist, and an entertainer so irresistibly magnetic that he knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts four decades...

Includes a foreword by Spike Lee, the screenplay for the film Poetic Justice (starring Janet Jackson), poetry by Maya Angelou, and sixteen pages of photographs from the set At twenty-four, John Singleton became the youngest filmmaker and only African...