Acknowledgments
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Afrika Bambaataa: Looking for the Perfect Beat 1980–1985
Page 28-29
Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill; Paul's Boutique; Check Your Head
Page 30-32
Beatnuts: S/T Diamond: Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop Main Source: Breaking Atoms Pete Rock & CL Smooth: Mecca and the Soul Brother
Page 33-36
Big Daddy Kane: Long Live the Kane; It's a Big Daddy Thing Biz Markie: Goin' Off
Page 37-39
Boogie Down Productions: Criminal Minded; By All Means Necessary
Page 40-42
Brand Nubian: One for All
Page 43-44
Common Sense: Resurrection
Page 45-46
Company Flow: Funcrusher Plus Cannibal Ox: The Cold Vein
Page 47-49
The Coup: Genocide and Juice
Page 50-51
Cypress Hill: S/T
Page 52-53
Del: I Wish My Brother George Was Here Souls of Mischief: '93 'til Infinity Casual: Fear Itself(Jive, 1994)
Page 54-57
Dr. Dre: The Chronic Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle
Page 58-60
Eminem: The Slim Shady LP
Page 61-63
V/A: Enjoy Records (The Best of)
Page 64-66
EPMD: Strictly Business; Unfinished Business
Page 67-69
Eric B & Rakim: Paid in Full
Page 70-72
Freestyle Fellowship: To Whom It May Concern ...
Page 73-74
Fugees: The Score Wyclef Jean: The Carnival Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Page 75-78
Gang Starr: Step in the Arena; Daily Operation
Page 79-81
Geto Boys: We Can't Be Stopped Scarface: Mr. Scarface Is Back
Page 82-84
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five: Adventures on the Wheels of Steel
Page 85-87
Ice Cube: Death Certificate
Page 88-90
Ice-T: Rhyme Pays; The Iceberg: Freedom of Speech ... Just Watch What You Say
Page 91-93
Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt, Vol. 3 ... Life and Times of S. Carter; The Blueprint
Page 94-97
Jungle Brothers: Straight Out the Jungle; Done by the Forces of Nature De La Soul: 3 Feet High and Rising; De La Soul Is Dead; Buhloone Mindstate A Tribe Called Quest: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm; The Low End Theory; Midnight Marauders
Page 98-105
Juvenile: 400 Degreez B.G.: Chopper City in the Ghetto
Page 106-108
LL Cool J: Radio; Mama Said Knock You Out
Page 109-111
MC Lyte: Lyte As a Rock Queen Latifah: All Hail the Queen
Page 112-114
Mobb Deep: The Infamous
Page 115-116
Mos Def & Talib Kweli: Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Page 117-119
Nas: Illmatic
Page 120-122
Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die; Life After Death
Page 123-125
N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton
Page 126-128
Organized Konfusion: S/T; Stress: The Extinction Agenda
Page 129-131
OutKast: Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik; ATLiens; Aquemini; Stankonia
Page 132-135
Pharcyde: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Page 136-137
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back; Fear of a Black Planet
Page 138-140
V/A: Return of the DJ
Page 141-142
The Roots: Things Fall Apart
Page 143-144
Run-D.M.C.: S/T; King of Rock; Raising Hell
Page 145-147
Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Page 148-149
V/A: Solesides' Greatest Bumps DJ Shadow: Endtroducing
Page 150-152
Too $hort: Born to Mack
Page 153-154
2 Live Crew: As Nasty As They Wanna Be
Page 155-156
2Pac: Me Against the World; All Eyez on Me Makaveli: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Page 157-160
Ultramagnetic MCs: Critical Beatdown
Page 161-162
V/A: Wildstyle Original Soundtrack
Page 163-164
Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... Ghostface Killah: Ironman
Page 165-168
Notes on Contributors
Page 169-177
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