New Book about Global Hip Hop - France, Senegal, Algeria, Jamaica, and more

[ThaGlobalCipha]

Peace all,
I just wanted to bring your attention to a new book about Global Hip Hop -- "Tha Global Cipha: Hip Hop Culture and Consciousness" is the first book on Hip Hop to include in-depth conversations with artists from around the world, from New York to Miami and California, and from France to Senegal and Jamaica. Some of the artists included in the 704-page book are:
- Booba (France)
- Positive Black Soul (Senegal)
- Buju Banton (Jamaica)
- Intik (Algeria)
- Ivy Queen (Puerto Rico)
- Sean Paul (Jamaica)
- MBS (Algeria)
- Oxmo Puccino (France)
- Cheb Khaled (Algeria)
- Hakim (Egypt)
- AND MANY, MANY MORE!!!

Copies are available from Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Tha-Global-Cip.../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"