Hip Hop World

I really enjoyed this book. In a relatively short space,the writer provides a broad overview of hip-hop, getting beyond the usual suspects and showing what hip-hop means outside of the United States. To a certain extent, readers probably need to have some background in recent writing about hip-hop to get the full picture o hip-hop's history and its effects. This book probably best serves as a coda to Jeff Chang's "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" or Tricia Rose's "Black Noise" or anything by Nelson George. I guess I would ultimately say this is book is perfect for someone who already has some knowledge of hip-hop and is looking to go a bit deeper.