The music that would come to be known as hip-hop was born at a
party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. Now, fifty years later,
it's the most popular music genre in America. Just as jazz did in
the first half of the twentieth century, hip-hop and its
groundbreaking DJs and artists-nearly all of them people of colour
from some of America's most overlooked communities-pushed the
boundaries of music to new frontiers, while transfixing the
country's youth and reshaping fashion, art, and even language. And
yet, the stories of many hip-hop pioneers and their individual
contributions in the pre-Internet days of mixtapes and word of
mouth are rarely heard-and some are at risk of being lost forever.
Now, in The Come Up, the New York Times bestselling author Jonathan
Abrams offers the most comprehensive account so far of hip-hop's
rise, a multi-decade chronicle told in the voices of the people who
made it happen. In more than three hundred interviews conducted
over three years, Abrams has captured the stories of the DJs,
executives, producers, and artists who both witnessed and
themselves forged the history of hip-hop. Masterfully combining
these voices into a seamless symphonic narrative, Abrams traces how
the genre grew out of the resourcefulness of a neglected population
in the South Bronx, and from there how it flowed into New York
City's other boroughs, and beyond-from electrifying live
gatherings, then on to radio and vinyl, below to the Mason-Dixon
Line, west to Los Angeles through gangster rap and G-funk, and then
across generations. Abrams has on record Grandmaster Caz detailing
hip-hop's infancy, Edward "Duke Bootee" Fletcher describing the
origins of "The Message," DMC narrating his role in introducing
hip-hop to the mainstream, Ice Cube recounting N.W.A's breakthrough
and breakup, Kool Moe Dee recalling his Grammys boycott, and
countless more key players. Throughout, Abrams conveys with
singular vividness the drive, the stakes, and the relentless
creativity that ignited one of the greatest revolutions in modern
music. The Come Up is an exhilarating behind-the-scenes account of
how hip-hop came to rule the world-and an essential contribution to
music history.
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