The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop by Jonathan Abrams

The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop

Jonathan Abrams

576 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history music informative medium-paced
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The music that we would later know as hip-hop was born at a party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. Now, fifty years later, it's the most popular genre in America and its electric impact on contemporary music is likened to that of jazz on the fi...

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informative 95%
reflective 61%
inspiring 57%
challenging 14%
emotional 9%
funny 9%
hopeful 9%
adventurous 4%
lighthearted 4%
relaxing 4%

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slow 27%
fast 5%

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