Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists

A comprehensive and irreverent guide to twentieth-century hip-hop history—“A must-have for any rap aficionado” (Russell Simmons).

Hip hop is huge, and it's time someone wrote it all down. And got it all right. With over twenty-five aggregate years of interviews, and virtually every hip hop single, remix and album ever recorded at their disposal, the highly respected Ego Trip staff are the ones to do it. The Book of Rap Lists runs the gamut of hip hop information. This is an exhaustive, indispensable and completely irreverent bible of true hip hop knowledge.

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“A powerful tool, a document rich in humor and obsessive devotion. Packed with history and compulsively readable, Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists is bound to spark as many arguments as it settles. Buy the damn thing.” -Joe Levy, Music Editor, Rolling Stone

“Fearlessly funny, encyclopedic in scope, and sure to start more beef than Oscar Mayer, this book-like everything Ego Trip touches-is pure hip hop.” -Alan Light, Editor-in-Chief, Spin

“Essential brain-food for hungry hip hoppers.” -Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, Editor-in-Chief, The Source

“A wealth of useful information on one of the four elements of hip hop. Wow! Who had time for this?” -Danny Hoch