ThaGlobalCipha
11-20-06, 11:34 PM
Peace all,
I just wanted to bring your attention to a new book about Hip Hop -- "Tha Global Cipha: Hip Hop Culture and Consciousness" is the first book on Hip Hop to include in-depth conversations with artists (Old School/True School and New School) from around the world, from New York to Miami and California, and from France to Senegal and Jamaica. Some of the Old School/True School artists discussing the details of Hip Hop history included in the 704-page book are:
- Afrika Bambaataa
- Kool Herc
- Henry Chalfant
- CORNBREAD (the first Hip Hop graffiti writer -- long before the whole New York scene)
- Skeeter Rabbit (R.I.P.), Crazy Legs, Mr. Wiggles, Sugar Pops, and others
- George Clinton
- Rick James (one of his last interviews!) (R.I.P.)
- Zulu Queen Afrika Loukoum (Sophie Bramly): the creator and host of the show Yo! MTV Raps (before Fab 5 Freddy)
- Sidney Duteil: the creator and host of the world's first nationally broadcast Hip Hop television show (1984 in France)
- AND MANY, MANY MORE!!!
Copies are available from Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Tha-Global-Cipha-Culture-Consciousness/dp/0967174112
$24.95
704 pages
Black History Musem Press
www.ThaGlobalCipha.com
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Here are some reviews of the book:
“Tha Global Cipha: Hip Hop Culture and Consciousness isn't just a
matter of words – multigenerational totems from Blowfly to Mos Def
– raining down like fists upon hip-hop's history. There's also a
mountain of pictures to be found in this documentary-style page
turner, trimmed to a scant 704 pages from its original 1,500… You
can call it the new movement's Bible – an Encyclopedia Britannica
even…” – Philadelphia City Paper
"...an amazing work and a wonderful source of information. It's a
real privilege for me to be in such company." – Henry Chalfant, co-producer of Style Wars, on his inclusion in Tha Global Cipha
“Y’all documenting this culture, our stories, our thoughts, and it’s
so important ‘cause nobody else is doing that. You’re puttin’ in
every word we say. That’s what’s up.” – Xzibit, Hip Hop Artist and Actor
"A groundbreaking project... that traverses and unites various geophysical and metaphysical spaces – the text is indeed Global."
– George Yancy, editor of "The Cornel West Reader" and "The Philosophical i"
I just wanted to bring your attention to a new book about Hip Hop -- "Tha Global Cipha: Hip Hop Culture and Consciousness" is the first book on Hip Hop to include in-depth conversations with artists (Old School/True School and New School) from around the world, from New York to Miami and California, and from France to Senegal and Jamaica. Some of the Old School/True School artists discussing the details of Hip Hop history included in the 704-page book are:
- Afrika Bambaataa
- Kool Herc
- Henry Chalfant
- CORNBREAD (the first Hip Hop graffiti writer -- long before the whole New York scene)
- Skeeter Rabbit (R.I.P.), Crazy Legs, Mr. Wiggles, Sugar Pops, and others
- George Clinton
- Rick James (one of his last interviews!) (R.I.P.)
- Zulu Queen Afrika Loukoum (Sophie Bramly): the creator and host of the show Yo! MTV Raps (before Fab 5 Freddy)
- Sidney Duteil: the creator and host of the world's first nationally broadcast Hip Hop television show (1984 in France)
- AND MANY, MANY MORE!!!
Copies are available from Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Tha-Global-Cipha-Culture-Consciousness/dp/0967174112
$24.95
704 pages
Black History Musem Press
www.ThaGlobalCipha.com
---------------------------------------
Here are some reviews of the book:
“Tha Global Cipha: Hip Hop Culture and Consciousness isn't just a
matter of words – multigenerational totems from Blowfly to Mos Def
– raining down like fists upon hip-hop's history. There's also a
mountain of pictures to be found in this documentary-style page
turner, trimmed to a scant 704 pages from its original 1,500… You
can call it the new movement's Bible – an Encyclopedia Britannica
even…” – Philadelphia City Paper
"...an amazing work and a wonderful source of information. It's a
real privilege for me to be in such company." – Henry Chalfant, co-producer of Style Wars, on his inclusion in Tha Global Cipha
“Y’all documenting this culture, our stories, our thoughts, and it’s
so important ‘cause nobody else is doing that. You’re puttin’ in
every word we say. That’s what’s up.” – Xzibit, Hip Hop Artist and Actor
"A groundbreaking project... that traverses and unites various geophysical and metaphysical spaces – the text is indeed Global."
– George Yancy, editor of "The Cornel West Reader" and "The Philosophical i"