Hip Hop, Rap, and R&B Resource Guide
Using the VCU Libraries Catalog, you may search by any of the following subjects by selecting Words in Subject from the drop-down menu:
- African American Youth -- Songs and Music
- African Americans -- Music
- Hip-hop
- Music and Race
- Rap (Music)
- Rap Musicians
- Rhythm and Blues Music
- Turntablism
A sampling of books includes:
- Afeni Shakur : Evolution of a Revolutionary - Jasmine Guy
Cabell Stacks E185.97 .S528 G89 2004
- And It Don't Stop? : The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of
the Last 25 Years - Raquel Cepeda (Editor)
Cabell Stacks ML3531 .A53 2004
- Black in School : Afrocentric Reform, Urban Youth & the Promise of Hip-Hop Culture - Shawn A. Ginwright
Cabell Stacks LC2717 .G56 2004
- The Book of Hip Hop Cover Art - Andrew Emery
Cabell Stacks NC1882.7 .H57 E64 2004
- From Totems to Hip-Hop - Ishmael Reed
Cabell Stacks PS613 .F76 2003
- Gettin Our Groove On : Rhetoric, Language, and Literacy for the Hip Hop Generation - Kermit Ernest Campbell
Cabell Stacks PE3102 .N42 C36 2005
- Hip Hop Matters : Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement - S. Craig Watkins
Cabell Stacks ML3531 .W38 2005
- Hip-Hop Poetry and the Classics for the Classroom : Connecting our Classic Curriculum to Hip-Hop Poetry Through Standards-Based Language Arts Instruction - Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Cabell Stacks PN1101 .S58 2004
- Making Beats : The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop - Joseph Glenn Schloss
Cabell Stacks ML3531 .S35 2004
- Shamanism, Racism, and Hip-Hop Culture : Essays on White Supremacy and Black Subversion - James W. Perkinson
Cabell Stacks BF1621 .P43 2005
- Stand and Deliver : Political Activism, Leadership, and Hip Hop Culture - Yvonne Bynoe
Cabell Stacks E185.86 .B94 2004
- That's the Joint! : The Hip-Hop Studies Reader - Murray Forman and Mark Anthony Neal
Cabell Stacks ML3531 .T43 2004
- Why White Kids Love Hip Hop : Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America - Bakari Kitwana
Cabell Stacks ML3531 .K58 2005
- Young, Black, Rich, and Famous : The Rise of the NBA, the Hip Hop Invasion, and the Transformation of American Culture - Todd Boyd
Cabell Stacks GV889.26 B69 2003
Searching in Online Databases
Browsing
Although less precise and potentially more time-consuming than searching in online databases, browsing can be an effective way of locating articles about this broad topic.
Magazines and Journals in print are available in Current Periodicals on the first floor of Cabell Library. Older issues are available bound or on microfilm. Check the publication's title in the VCU Libraries Catalog for availability. A Sampling of Print Journals to browse include:
- Billboard
- Black Enterprise
- Down Beat
- Ebony
- Rolling Stone
- Time
Find EJournals (Periodicals in electronic format) using the EJournals search. EJournals to search include:
- African American Review
- American Music
- Jet
- Music & Media
- Music Business International
- Music Week
- Popular Music
- Popular Music & Society
Hip Hop Timeline
Hip Hop interactive timeline from Experience Music Project.
Hip Hop Bibliography
Vanderbilt University's list of books and articles about Hip Hop.
Hip Hop and Education
Guide from Ithaca College with links to internet sites about the history of hip hop and different ways it is being studied and taught at various educational levels.
Hip Hop and Rap Websites
Vanderbilt University's list of internet resources about international, underground, and mainstream hip hop and rap.
Hip Hop Culture and Identity
Bibliography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
What the World Needs Now...An Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Culture
Reviews various reference books that contain entries related to hip hop culture.