Jam Master Jay: The Heart of Hip-Hop
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743476948 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Why Jam Master Jay Matters In the mid-eighties, before rap splintered into countless subfactions - gangsta, political, bohemian and so on - Run-DMC were hip-hop to the better part of mainstream America. Run, DMC and Jay's family didn't contribute interviews to this book, yet despite being consigned to the outside looking in, Thigpen pieces together a taut story, locating Jay at the center of all things. Jam Master Jay: The Heart Of Hip Hop When I first got this book it was for my English class. We had to read the book every other day and then do a project on it. At first, I just grabed the book because I like hip hop and I knew who Run DMC was. The first day I was thinking, "Man I have to read for 15 mins!" So, i started reading and I could'nt put this book down. This book talks about his childhood to his death. Great book. I bought this as a holiday book, for the plane, but i couldn't put it down the whole time i was there. Really good, detailed account of the best dj ever's life. However, it could do with the pictures being spread about and more common because it's quite hard going.
It is, however, a good-enough place to start rehashing the latest bit of hip-hop mayhem. Such details as "He died wearing a brown leather hat and his white Adidas," and Thigpen's comparison of the reaction to Jay's violent demise and reactions to JFK's and Princess Di's similar deaths, remind the reader in no uncertain terms that this is no deep meditation on life and death in the spotlight. Mike TribbyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved. From Booklist "Jam Master Jay was one-third of what is possibly the most important rap group of all time: Run-DMC," says Thigpen, and indeed, Run-DMC's exuberance brought hip-hop to the mainstream, especially in its collaboration with Aerosmith on the wildly popular remake of "Walk This Way." Thigpen also observes that "some of the other membe
This book examines the rise of JAM MASTER JAY, from high school to his ascent as a member of Run DMC. The story ends with the mystery of his murder - what happened, what the evidence shows, the theories from the police and from the street, and where he might have gone in his fast, fruitful life. It also tells the story of the rise of hip-hop, intertwined with Jay's career. Through interviews with the surviving members of Run DMC, executives at Def Jam Records, Jay's wife and mother, neighborhood figures, teachers and recording industry associates, it traces his remarkable path
From 1993 to 2000 he was a New York-based pop music writer for Time, covering hip-hop, rock, and jazz, contributing to Time's milestone "Hip-Hop Nation" cover story and regularly providing record reviews and artist profiles. . David E. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, People,