{"product_id":"houston-rap-tapes-an-oral-history-of-bayou-city-hip-hop-paperback-softback-9781477317174","title":"Houston Rap Tapes; An Oral History of Bayou City Hip-Hop (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477317174","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHouston Rap Tapes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Oral History of Bayou City Hip-Hop\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLance Scott Walker (Author), Willie D (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477317174, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 20.3 x 2.8 cm, 0.966 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHouston Rap Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that any self-respecting hip-hop head should read. Through copious amounts of research, care, and empathy, Walker allows the city of Houston to tell its story the way it deems fit.\u003c\/div\u003e (Los Angeles Review of Books) \u003cdiv\u003eOne of the best specific explorations of hip-hop you'll ever find.\u003c\/div\u003e (San Antonio Current) \u003cdiv\u003eHouston...is changing. Books like \u003ci\u003eHouston Rap Tapes \u003c\/i\u003ehelp put on record the history and creativity that have long bubbled in the city's core neighborhoods.\u003c\/div\u003e (D Magazine) \u003cdiv\u003eLance Scott Walker…is a historian with a capital H. What I enjoyed most about this book is that great lengths were taken to include participants at all levels of exposure, from mainstream to underground.\u003c\/div\u003e (Day and a Dream) \u003cdiv\u003eThe oral histories, drawing on interviews conducted from 2005 to 2017, highlight the connections between the artists and the community they built.\u003c\/div\u003e (Publishers Weekly) \u003cdiv\u003eI want this Houston hip-hop oral history book…because it details an essential rap locale via interviews with H-Town titans including Scarface and Slim Thug.\u003c\/div\u003e (Pitchfork Holiday Wish List) \u003cdiv\u003e[Walker's] documentation may be more crucial now than ever.\u003c\/div\u003e (Houston Chronicle) \u003cdiv\u003eFor Houston, this book is iconic because local voices break down the models that they embedded in early 'Hustletown' culture that are still alive to this day as underground Texas rappers attempt to adapt to the streaming era.\u003c\/div\u003e (Passion of the Weiss) \u003cdiv\u003eAn authoritative history of one of America's most innovative and radical music scenes…[Lance Scott Walker] offers a dream realized for fans of Houston's explosive rap scene.\u003c\/div\u003e (Texas Books in Review) \u003cdiv\u003e[\u003ci\u003eHouston Rap Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e] is a guide on how to appropriately archive and document regional rap over a generational timeline. It's gold.\u003c\/div\u003e - Taylor Crumpton (Music Journalism Insider)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe neighborhoods of Fifth Ward, Fourth Ward, Third Ward, and the Southside of Houston, Texas, gave birth to Houston rap, a vibrant music scene that has produced globally recognized artists such as Geto Boys, DJ Screw, Pimp C and Bun B of UGK, Fat Pat, Big Moe, Z-Ro, Lil\u0026amp;#x2019; Troy, and Paul Wall. Lance Scott Walker and photographer Peter Beste spent a decade documenting Houston\u0026amp;#x2019;s scene, interviewing and photographing the people—rappers, DJs, producers, promoters, record label owners—and places that give rap music from the Bayou City its distinctive character. Their collaboration produced the books \u003ci\u003eHouston Rap\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHouston Rap Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis second edition of \u003ci\u003eHouston Rap Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e amplifies the city\u0026amp;#x2019;s hip-hop history through new interviews with Scarface, Slim Thug, Lez Mon\u0026amp;#xE9;, B L A C K I E, Lil\u0026amp;#x2019; Keke, and Sire Jukebox of the original Ghetto Boys. Walker groups the interviews into sections that track the different eras and movements in Houston rap, with new photographs and album art that reveal the evolution of the scene from the 1970s to today\u0026amp;#x2019;s hip-hop generation. The interviews range from the specifics of making music to the passions, regrets, memories, and hopes that give it life. While offering a view from some of Houston\u0026amp;#x2019;s most marginalized areas, these intimate conversations lay out universal struggles and feelings. As Willie D of Geto Boys writes in the foreword, \"\u003ci\u003eHouston Rap Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e flows more like a bunch of fellows who haven\u0026amp;#x2019;t seen each other for ages, hanging out on the block reminiscing, rather than a calculated literary guide to Houston\u0026amp;#x2019;s history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Willie D\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface by Lance Scott Walker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoundation \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMC Wickett Crickett (2010)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDJ Steve Fournier (2016)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDarryl Scott (2007)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain Jack (2011)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePam Collins (2012)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJazzie Redd (2016)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRhinestone \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDJ Ready Red (2008)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWillie D (2007)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRicky Royal (2012)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomeo Poet (2012)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElite Al-B (2012)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaheem (2008)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLil’\u003cbr\u003e Troy (2010)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScarface (2017)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDef Jam Blaster (2016)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSire Jukebox (2016)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouthside \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eK-Rino (2006)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDJ Domo (2007)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRob Quest (2017)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eN.O. 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