Hip Hop: The Complete Archives

"Extremely well-written" --Dave Marsh...."The best and most reliable history" --Robert Palmer...."Thrilling, intricate story" --Greil Marcus...."Hager is an ace reporter" --Robert Chrisgau...."Formidable job of reporting" --Ken Tucker...."It's impressive" --David Hinckley..."Hits home with little known facts" --Nelson George...."Best read on the subject" -- James Marshall....just a sample of reviews on Hip Hop by Steven Hager when it first came out in 1984, which disappeared quickly and sold for $500 and got bootlegged all over the place. But now you can get that original story, updated, annotated, filled with new details and new never-seen photographs, and it includes most everything Hager ever wrote on the subject.Steven Hager was the first professional journalist to travel to the South Bronx in order to document the origins of hip hop. For the first time, all his groundbreaking journalism and book, as well as his original film script have been collected into one edition.

Author: Steven Hager
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 11/19/2014
Pages: 326
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.68d
ISBN13: 9781503281585
ISBN10: 1503281582
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Music | Genres & Styles | Rap & Hip Hop

About the Author
Steven Hager graduated from the University of Illinois with a Masters in Science in Journalism and was off-and-on editor-in-chief of High Times for over 20 years. He has published 11 books.

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