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Hip Hop Immortals: The Remix | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bonz Malone, Nichole Beattie, Dj Lindy
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1469516
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9.1 x 0.9
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.4216490922
ASIN: B000KHXBIG
Publication Date: September 2003
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Product Description
From street shots of Kool Herc and Kurtis Blow to elaborate stage shoots of Lil' Kim and Eminem, hip-hop photography has been the foundation for some of the most stylish photographs of the past two decades. Iconic images like Ice T's menacing affront to the camera while donning a full LAPD uniform, Flava Flav of Public Enemy sporting his trademark alarm clock around his neck and flashing his personalized gold teeth, and Notorious B.I.G. counting his loot, are placed side-by-side with lesser-known and previously unpublished photographs of hip-hop's biggest figures. Text by hip-hop historian Bonz Malone is laid out between full-bleed photographs from forty celebrated photographers, including David LaChapelle, Mark Seliger, Nitin Vadukul, Jesse Frohman, Christian Witkin, and Michel Comte. Nearly 200 color and black-and-white photographs are featured throughout.
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 Hip Hop head ache.... June 11, 2007
V. Wise
As an avid reader, fan of hip hop music, and frequent purchaser of photography books. I found Hip Hop Immortals the remix, to be both amazing and frustrating. Amazing in the fact that it was able to compile such a wide spectrum of Hip Hop's biggest legends. Frustrating, because the writing, and font's in this book make many of the passages unreadable. There are whole pages dedicated to what seems like just two paragraphs of writing, written in huge blocky fonts, that literally run into and all over each other. Who ever the graphic designer was on this book, should take a long vacation on the next one. The artist' bio's are lackluster at best, with no new insight, or creative spin placed on the writings. I found myself wanting to get in a time machine, track down the publisher, and force them to let me edit the book myself. While Hip Hop Immortals managed to achieve its goal in capturing the diverse essence of the culture from a musical stand point. The writings, graphic design lay out, and execution of the book as a whole. Would force me to suggest its purchase, if only you were getting it for a bargain.
 Same Ol November 30, 2003
British Commentator (London, United Kingdom)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you have the original version of this book do not buy the remix as it's hardly any different!
But...having said that...it's a great book great photos and if you don't own either then get this one as it's a must for any Hip Hop fan.
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