All in all, 325 hip-hop songs are discussed and dissected, by the artists who made them.Īs Coleman explains, "This third edition of my Check the Technique / Rakim Told Me series is the one that I am proudest of, by far. ![]() Weighing in at 544 pages, the 25-chapter book includes lively, in-depth, provocative interviews with more than 80 artists, DJs, producers and industry insiders. Octagonecologyst, the book's approach is one that Coleman calls Invisible Liner Notes - retracing the story of an album step by step, in collaboration with the artists themselves. Presenting never-before-told, behind-the-scenes histories ranging from influential '80s masterpieces like DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper and 3rd Bass' The Cactus Album to '90s classics like Ice Cube's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Mos Def's and Talib Kweli's Are Black Star and Dr. FINALLY someone has put in perspective the stuff I have been DYING to know about!!!! I can't get enough. "My circle of liner notes junkies runs deep, and we spend many hours dissecting the chapters in Brian Coleman's Check the Technique series. ![]() OCTAGON, DJ JAZZY JEFF, THE COUP, EDO G, LORD FINESSE, YASIIN BEY (MOS DEF) & TALIB KWELI, COMPANY FLOW AND DOZENS MOREįoreword by Adam Mansbach ( Go The F*ck To Sleep, Rage Is Back ). The long-awaited follow-up to 2007's acclaimed Check the Techniqueĥ44 PAGES, 25 CHAPTERS, 80+ INTERVIEWS, AND OVER 350 IMAGESįEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH: ICE CUBE, 3RD BASS, STETSASONIC, MANTRONIX, NAUGHTY BY NATURE, RAEKWON, MF DOOM, DR.
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