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Adler hip hop archive

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8092

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Adler Archive includes letters, documents, manuscripts, images, magazine and newspaper articles, books, sound and video recordings, and other ephemera documenting the history of hip hop. At the core of the Archive are files on more than 1400 hip hop artists and groups from the 1970s to the present. The files include press clippings, promotional head shots, record label press releases, promotional flyers and other ephemera.

The Adler Collection formed the basis for much of the illustrated content in the popular book Def Jam recordings: The first 25 years of the last great record label (2011).

Dates

  • circa 1970-2013.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Selected materials have been removed from boxes 21-28 and are unavailable until digitization project is complete. Materials remaining in the boxes are available for research.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Bill Adler is an American music journalist and critic who specializes in hip hop. He was director of publicity at Def Jam Recordings between 1984 and 1990. Since the early 1980s he has promoted hip hop in a variety of capacities, including as publicist, biographer, record label executive, museum consultant, curator, and documentary filmmaker.

Extent

36.5 cubic feet. (36.5 cubic feet.)

6 mapcase folders. (6 mapcase folders.)

46 items. (46 items.)

Additional Description

Abstract

The Adler Archive includes letters, documents, manuscripts, images, magazine and newspaper articles, books, sound and video recordings, and other ephemera documenting the history of hip hop.

SERIES LIST

Series I. News Files Boxes 1-28; Box 45

Box 45 is RESTRICTED until 2050

News Files 1980s   Performer Names A-H   Performer Names I-P   Performer Names Q-Z

News Files 1990s and 2000s   Performer Names A-H   Performer Names I-P   Performer Names Q-Z

Series II. Posters and Framed Items Box 29, Mapcases

Series III. Records and Other Media Boxes 30-44

Separated Material Includes books catalogued individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript collections.

SEPARATED MATERIAL

Books - cataloged individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

  1. Legend 01 : Walt "Clyde" Frazier; [foreword by Clyde]. - [United States?] : Puma c2005. - Rare Books GV749.S64 L44 - Inscribed by Walt Frazier to Bill Adler.
  2. Beaty, rymy, z?ycie : leksykon muzyki hip-hop / Radek Miszczak ... [et al.]. - Poznan´ : Wydawn. Kurpisz S.A., c2005. - Rare Books ML102.R27 B43 2005 - Inscribed to Bill Adler by the editors.
  3. Droppin' science : straight-up talk from hip hop's greatest voices / selected and edited by Denise L. McIver. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c2002. - Rare Books PN6084.C556 D76 2002
  4. Free style : [interviews / Desse & SBG]. - Paris : F. Massot & F. Millet, c1993. - Rare Books ML3531 .F74 1993
  5. Sneaker freaker. - Melbourne : Sneaker Freaker. - Rare Books GV749.S64 S64 Volumes : issue 16-18
  6. Tupac Amaru Shakur, 1971-1996 / by the editors of Vibe ; editor Alan Light. - New York : Crown, c1997. - Rare Books ML420.S529 T87 1997+
  7. Wax poetics anthology. - Brooklyn, N.Y. : Wax Poetics Books, c2007- - Rare Books ML3470 .W39 2008+ Volumes : v.1 - Inscribed to Bill Adler from Andre´.
  8. VX : 10 years of VIBE photography / [collected] by Rob Kenner & George Pitts ; with a foreword by Quincy Jones. - [United States] : VIBE Books in association with Harry N. Abrams, 2003. - Rare Books ML3531 .V8 2003 ++
  9. Superstar 35 / [edited by Thomas Marecki; preface by Ulf Poschardt]. - [Europe] : Marok in association with Adidas, c2005. - Rare Books GV749.S64 S87+
  10. Move the crowd : voices and faces of the hip-hop nation / [compiled by] Gregor and Dimitri Ehrlich ; photographs by Jesse Frohman. - New York : MTV Books/Pocket Books, 1999. - Rare Books ML3531 .M68 1999+
  11. Def Jam Recordings : la saga du label rap mythique / [textes, Bill Adler, Dan Charnas ; prefaces, Rick Rubin, Russel Simmons, Lyor Cohen, Kevin liles, Olivier Cachin ; introduction, Kelefa Sanneh]. - [Paris] : Verlhac Editions, 2011. - Rare Books ML3792.D44 D44 2011b ++
  12. Run DMC : world tour. - [San Francisco : Rush Productions, c1986] - Rare Books ML421.R93 R93 1986+
  13. Whodini in concert. - [San Francisco : Rush Productions, 1987] - Rare Books ML421.W624 W56 1987+
  14. Frank 151. - Atlanta, GA : Stephen Malbon, 1999- - Rare Books TR659.8 .F73 tiny Volumes : book 18 book 24 chapter 43 chapter 49
  15. Beastie boys : Licensed to ill tour 1987 : picture book. - [San Francisco : Winterland Productions, 1987?] - Rare Books ML421.B365 B3656 1978 ++
  16. Run DMC : tougher than leather. - [San Francisco, 1987] - Rare Books ML421.R93 R93 1987 ++ - Inscribed to Bill Adler on the cover.
  17. Eric B. & Rakim : tour book 1988. - [United States, 1988?] - Rare Books ML421.E75 E75 1988 ++ - Inscribed to Bill Adler by Eric B. and Rakim.
  18. Hip-hop story : Sidney / [Sophie Bramly, Olivier Carrie, Laurence Touitou]. - Paris : Hachette Jeunesse, 1984. - Rare Books ML3531 .B736+ - Inscribed by Sophie Bramly to Bill Adler.
  19. Def Jam Recordings : the first 25 years of the last great record label / [essays by Bill Adler and Dan Charnas ; prefaces by Rick Rubin, Russel Simmons, Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles ; introduction by Kelefa Sanneh]. - New York : Rizzoli ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2011, c2010. - Rare Books ML3792.D44 D44 2011 ++
  20. Nation conscious rap / [edited by Joseph D. Eure & James G. Spady]. - New York : PC International Press, c1991. - Rare Books ML3531 .N27 - Softcover. Inscribed to Bill Adler by James G. Spady.
  21. Bronx biannual. - New York, N.Y. : Akashic Books, c2006- - Rare Books PS153.N5 B76 Volumes : no.1 (2006)
  22. Beats, rhymes & life : what we love and hate about hip-hop / edited by Kenji Jasper and Ytasha Womack ; photos by Robert Johnson III ; reporting-at-large by Mark Allwood. [Foreword by Michael Eric Dyson.] - New York : Harlem Moon/Broadway Books, c2007. Electronic Access: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006025892.html - Rare Books E185.86 .B3775 2007
  23. Hip-Hop divas. - New York: Three Rivers Press, c2001. - Rare Books ML3531 .H57 2001+
  24. Bum rush the page : a Def Poetry Jam / edited by Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c2001. - Rare Books PS615 .B86 2001
  25. Stop the violence : overcoming self destruction / edited by Nelson George for the National Urban League. - New York : Pantheon Books, c1990. - Rare Books ML3531 .S88+
  26. 50 Cent (Musician) - From pieces to weight : once upon a time in Southside Queens / 50 Cent. - New York : Pocket Books/MTV Books, 2006. - Rare Books ML420.F54 A3 2006
  27. Adams, Cey. - Definition : the art and design of hip-hop / Cey Adams with Bill Adler ; foreword by Russell Simmons. - New York : Collins Design, c2008. - Rare Books HN59.2 .A33 2008
  28. Adler, Bill, 1951- - Graffiti / compiled by Bill Adler. - New York : Pyramid Books, c1967. - Rare Books GT3913.A2 A35 1967
  29. Adler, Bill, 1951- - Tougher than leather : the authorized biography of Run-DMC / B. Adler. - New York : New American Library, c1987. - Rare Books ML421.R93 A66 1987
  30. Adler, Bill, 1951- - L.L. Cool J in concert. - [San Francisco : Rush Productions, 1987] - Rare Books ML420.L14 L14 1987+
  31. Adler, Bill, 1951- - Tougher than leather / Bill Adler. - Los Angeles, Calif. : Consafos Press, 2002. - Rare Books ML421.R93 A66 2002
  32. Alexander, Frank. - Got your back : the life of a bodyguard in the hardcore world of gangsta rap / Frank Alexander with Heidi Siegmund Cuda. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998. - Rare Books ML420.S529 A8 1998
  33. Batey, Angus. - Rhyming & stealing : a history of the Beastie Boys / by Angus Batey. - London : Independent Music Press, 1998. - Rare Books ML421.B365 B35 1998
  34. Baughan, Brian. - LL Cool J / Brian Baughan. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2008. - Rare Books ML420.L14 B38 2008
  35. Beckman, Janette. - The breaks : stylin' and profilin' 1982-1990 / Janette Beckman ; texts by Tom Terrell, Bill Adler. - Brooklyn, NY : PowerHouse Books, 2007. - Rare Books ML87 .B359 2007 - Inscribed by Janet Beckman to Bill Adler.
  36. Beckman, Janette. - Rap! : portraits and lyrics of a generation of Black rockers / photographs by Janette Beckman ; text by B. Adler ; foreword by Doctor Dre and Ed Lover. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991. - Rare Books ML3531 .B39+
  37. Benabib, Michael. - In ya grill : the faces of hip-hop / photography by Michael Benabib ; text by Bill Adler. - New York, NY : Billboard Books, c2007. - Rare Books ML3531 .B45 2007
  38. Berne, Emma Carlson. - Snoop Dogg / Emma Carlson-Berne. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007. - Rare Books ML420.S665 B47 2007
  39. Boyd, Todd. - The new H.N.I.C. (head niggas in charge) : the death of civil rights and the reign of hip hop / Todd Boyd. - New York : New York University Press, c2002. - Rare Books E185.86 .B649 2002
  40. Brackman, Harold David. - Jew on the brain : a public refutation of the Nation of Islam's The Secret relationship between Blacks and Jews / by Harold Brackman ; foreword by Bill Adler ; afterword by Cornel West. - [Los Angeles? CA] : H. Brackman, c1992. - Rare Books E184.36.A34 B73
  41. Brown, Ethan, 1972- - Queens reigns supreme : Fat Cat, 50 Cent and the rise of the hip-hop hustler / Ethan Brown. - New York : Anchor Books, 2005. - Rare Books HV6452.N7 B76 2005
  42. Brown, Terrell, 1957- - Reverend Run (Run-D.M.C.) / Terrell Brown. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007. - Rare Books BR1725.S4675 B76 2007
  43. Bua, Justin. - The beat of urban art : the art of Justin Bua. - New York : HC, c2007. - Rare Books N6537.B825 A4 2007 - Inscribed by Justin Bua to Bill Adler.
  44. Cable, Andrew. - A family affair : the unauthorized Sean "Puffy" Combs Story / Andrew Cable. - New York : Ballantine Books, c1998. - Rare Books ML420.D549 C33 1998
  45. Campbell, Luther, 1960- - As nasty as they wanna be : the uncensored story of Luther Campbell of the 2 Life Crew / Luther Campbell & John R. Miller. - Kingston, Jamaica : Kingston Publishers, c1992. - Rare Books ML420.C223 A3 1992
  46. Campbell, Shanetris, 1982- - I am not my father's daughter : a memoir of my life as Luther Campbell's daughter / Shanetris Campbell. - Miami, Fla. : Publicly Owned Publishing Co., c2011. - Rare Books E185.86 .C29
  47. Chang, Jeff. - Can't stop, won't stop : a history of the hip-hop generation / Jeff Chang ; introduction by DJ Kool Herc. - New York : Picador, 2006. - Rare Books ML3531 .C5 2006
  48. Chang, Jeff. - Can't stop, won't stop : a history of the hip-hop generation / Jeff Chang ; introduction by DJ Kool Herc. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2005. - Rare Books ML3531 .C5 2005 - With dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: "To Afrika Bambaataa, without you, this wouldn't be. For all your courage, vision, love and inspiration, thank you, with love and respect, Jeff Chang." Sent to Bam on Jan. 29, 2005 in a St. Martin's Press padded envelope with delivery confirmation requested. ____________ - Rare Books ML3531 .C5 2005 - With dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Bill Adler.
  49. Chuck D, 1960- - Fight the power : rap, race, and reality / Chuck D. with Yusuf Jah. [Foreword by Spike Lee] - New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, c1997. - Rare Books ML3531 .D2 1997
  50. Cohn, Nik. - Triksta : life and death and New Orleans rap / Nik Cohn. - New York : Vintage Books, 2007. - Rare Books ML3531 .C64 2007
  51. Coleman, Brian, 1970- - Check the technique : liner notes for hip-hop junkies / Brian Coleman. [Introduction by Ahrmir "?uestlove" Thompson.] - New York : Villard, 2007. - Rare Books ML3531 .C65 2007 - Inscribed by the author to Bill Adler.
  52. Coleman, Brian, 1970- - Rakim told me : hip-hop wax facts, straight from the original artists : the '80s / [Brian Coleman]. - Somerville, MA : Wax Facts, c2005. - Rare Books ML394 .C65 2005
  53. Cooper, Martha. - Subway art / Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant. - New York : Henry Holt and Co., [1996, c1984. - Rare Books GT3913.N72 C77 1996+
  54. Costello, Mark. - Signifying rappers : rap and race in the urban present / Mark Costello and David Foster Wallace. - New York : Ecco Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 1990. - Rare Books ML3531 .C84
  55. Cotts, Nat. - Young Jeezy / Nat Cotts. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2008. - Rare Books ML3930.Y68 C68 2008
  56. Cross, Brian. - It's not about a salary-- : rap, race, and resistance in Los Angeles / Brian Cross. - London ; New York : Verso, 1993 [i.e. 1994] - Rare Books ML3531 .C95 1993
  57. Cunningham, Doug. - The early bird : the art and design of Morning Breath / [by Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto]. - San Francisco, Calif. : Upper Playground : Fifty 24SF Gallery, 2006. - Rare Books NC999.4.M67 M67 2006
  58. DMC (Musician) - King of rock : respect, responsibility, and my life with Run-DMC / Darryl McDaniels with Bruce Haring ; foreword by Will Smith. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2001. - Rare Books ML420.D62 A3 2001 - Inscribed to Bill Adler by the author. With dust jacket.
  59. Dufresne, David. - Yo! re´volution rap : l'histoire, les groupes, le mouvement / David Dufresne. - [Paris] : Ramsay, c1991. - Rare Books ML3531 .D86 - Inscribed to Bill Adler by the author.
  60. Dyson, Michael Eric. - Between God and gangsta rap : bearing witness to black culture / Michael Eric Dyson. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. - Rare Books E185.86 .D94 1997
  61. Dyson, Michael Eric. - Holler if you hear me : searching for Tupac Shakur / Michael Eric Dyson. - New York : Basic Civitas Books, c2001. - Rare Books ML420.S517 D99 2001
  62. Eminem, 1972- - Angry blonde / Eminem. - New York : Regan Books, c2000. - Rare Books ML420.E53 A3 2000
  63. Fab 5 Freddy, 1959- - Fresh fly flavor : words & phrases of the hip-hop generation / Fab 5 Freddy. - Stamford, CT : Longmeadow Press, c1992. - Rare Books PE3727.N4 F12 1992
  64. Fedorchak, Vincent. - Fuzz one : a Bronx childhood / by Vincent Fedorchak. - New York, N. Y. : Testify Books : [distributed by] D.A.P., 2005. - Rare Books ND2639.F44 A2 2005
  65. Fernando, S. H. - The new beats : exploring the music, culture, and attitudes of hip-hop / S.H. Fernando. - New York : Anchor Books/Doubleday, c1994. - Rare Books ML3531 .F36 - Inscribed by the author to Bill Adler.
  66. Flavor Flav, 1959- - Flavor Flav : the icon, the memoir. - Las Vegas, NV : Farrah Gray Pub., c2011. - Rare Books ML420.F56 A3 2011
  67. Franti, Michael, 1968- - Food for the masses : lyrics & portraits / photography by Wonder Knack. - San Rafael, CA : Insight Editions, c2006. - Rare Books ML54.6.F73 S62 2006+ - With DVD of concert footage in pocket inside back cover.
  68. Fresh, Freddy, 1963- - Freddy Fresh presents the rap records. - Rare Books ML156.4.R27 F74 2008 - Author's signed presentation copy to Bill Adler.
  69. Fricke, Jim. - Yes yes y'all : the Experience Music Project oral history of hip-hop's first decade / Jim Fricke, Charlie Ahearn. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2002. - Rare Books ML3531 .F75 2002 - Softcover.
  70. Friedman, Glen E. - Fuck you too : extras + more scrapbook / Glen E. Friedman. - Los Angeles, CA : 2. 13. 61 Publications Inc. in association with Burning Flags Press, 1996. - Rare Books ML87 .F835
  71. Friedman, Glen E. - Fuck you too : extras + more scrapbook / Glen E. Friedman. - Los Angeles, CA : ConSafos ; [New York] : Burning Flags Press, 1996. - Rare Books ML87 .F835 1996 - 2nd printing. In black paper wrappers, with excerpt from Super-X, Tokyo, '96, on inside front flap.
  72. Friedman, Glen E. - Fuck you heroes : Glen E. Friedman photographs, 1976-1991, with annotated index / introduction by C.R. Stecyk, III. - New York : Burning Flags Press, 1994. - Rare Books ML87 .F85 1994+
  73. Garcia, Bobbito. - Where'd you get those? : New York City's sneaker culture, 1960-1987 / Bobbito Garcia. - New York, N.Y. : Testify Books, c2003. - Rare Books GV749.S64 G37 2003
  74. Golus, Carrie, 1969- - Russell Simmons / Carrie Golus. - Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, c2008. - Rare Books ML429.S56 G65 2008
  75. Greenberg, Keith Elliot, 1959- - Rap / Keith Elliot Greenberg. - Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1988. - Rare Books ML3477 .G74 1988
  76. Gueraseva, Stacy. - Def Jam, Inc. : Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the extraordinary story of the world's most influential hip hop label / Stacy Gueraseva. - New York : One World Ballantine, c2005. - Rare Books ML427.D44 G84 2005 - Inscribed by the author to Bill Adler.
  77. Hamilton, Toby G. - DMX / Toby G. Hamilton. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2008. - Rare Books ML420.D105 H36 2008
  78. Hamilton, Toby G. - Busta Rhymes / Toby G. Hamilton. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest, c2008. - Rare Books ML420.B93 H36 2008
  79. Haring, Keith. - Art in transit : subway drawings / by Keith Haring ; photos by Tseng Kwong Chi ; introduction by Henry Geldzahler ; design by Dan Friedman. - New York : Harmony Books, c1984. - Rare Books NC139.H3 A4 1984+
  80. Heller, Jerry, 1940- - Gangsta rap attitude : les impitoyables memoires d'un juif blanc devenu le plus grand manager du rap noir en Californie / Jerry Heller [with] Gil Reavill ; traduction et preface Olivier Cachin ; illustrations de Gabriel Gay. - Paris : Scali, c2007. - Rare Books ML429.H383 A3 2007 - Translation of: Ruthless: a memoir. Provenance: translator's signed presentation copy to Bill Adler.
  81. Hewitt, Paolo, 1958- - "Rap beats to the rhyme" / compiled by Paolo Hewitt & Tim Westwood. - London ; New York : Omnibus, 1989. - Rare Books ML3531 .R216 1989 ++
  82. Huxley, Martin. - Eminem : crossing the line / Martin Huxley. - New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. - Rare Books ML420.E53 H98 2000
  83. Ice-T (Musician) - Ice : a memoir of gangster life and redemption-- from South Central to Hollywood / Ice-T and Douglas Century. - New York : One World/Ballantine Books, c2011. - Rare Books ML420.I3 A3
  84. Ice-T (Musician) - The Ice opinion : who gives a fuck? / Ice-T as told to Heidi Siegmund. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994. - Rare Books ML420.I3 A5
  85. Ito¯, Yasuko, author. - NY hippu hoppu dori¯mu / Ito¯ Yasuko = Urban chronicle by Yasuko Ito. - To¯kyo¯ : Shinko¯ Myu¯jikku, 2004. - Rare Books ML3531 .I76 2004 - Author's signed presentation copy to Bill Adler. With dust jacket and publisher's wrapper.
  86. J-Zone, 1977- - Root for the villain : rap, bullshit, and a celebration of failure / J-Zone. - Cambria Heights, NY : Old Maid Entertainment, 2011. - Rare Books ML420.J115 A3 2011
  87. James, Todd. - Todd James. - [New York, NY] : Testify Books; Distributed by PowerHouse Books, c2002, 2003 - Rare Books N7433.4 .J35 T6 2003
  88. Jenkins, Sacha. - Piecebook : the secret drawings of graffiti writers / Sacha Jenkins, David Villorente. - Munich ; New York, N.Y. : Prestel, c2008. - Rare Books ND2590 .J46 2008+
  89. Kitwana, Bakari. - The hip hop generation : young Blacks and the crisis in African American culture / Bakari Kitwana. - New York : Basic Civitas, c2002. - Rare Books E185.86 .K58 2002
  90. Knuckles, Jeffrey D. - The rap! book : a book / by Jeffrey D. Knuckles. - Los Angeles, CA : Holloway House Pub. Co., c1988. - Rare Books PS3561.N725 R37 1988
  91. KRS-One (Musician), author. - The science of rap / by KRS-One. - [Englewood, N. J., c1996] - Rare Books ML3531 .K78 1996
  92. Krulik, Nancy E. - M.C. Hammer & Vanilla Ice : the hip-hop never stops! / by Nancy E. Krulik. - New York, N.Y. : Scholastic, c1991. - Rare Books ML400 .K78
  93. Kwon, Sue. - Street level : New York photographs, 1987-2007 / Sue Kwon. [Introduction by Hilton Als]. - New York : Testify Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, c2009. - Rare Books TR659.8 .K86 2009+ - Inscribed by the author to Bill Adler.
  94. Lapassade, Georges. - Le rap, ou, la fureur de dire : essai / George Lapassade, Philippe Rousselot. - Paris : L. Talmart, c1990. - Rare Books ML3531 .L29
  95. Lawlor, Michelle. - Missy Elliott / Michelle Lawlor. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007. - Rare Books ML420.E45 L39 2007
  96. Lemmens, MaryJo. - Xzibit / MaryJo Lemmens. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest, c2008. - Rare Books ML3930.X95 L46 2008
  97. Lemmens, MaryJo. - Cypress Hill / Mary Jo Lemmens. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest, c2008. Electronic Access: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0724/2007031167.html - Rare Books ML421.C975 L46 2008
  98. Lewis, Miles Marshall, 1970- - Scars of the soul are why kids wear bandages when they don't have bruises / Miles Marshall Lewis. - New York : Akashic Books, c2004. - Rare Books F128.68.B8 L49 2004
  99. Light, Alan. - The skills to pay the bills : the story of the Beastie Boys / Alan Light. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c2005. - Rare Books ML421.B365 L54 2005
  100. Liles, Kevin. - Make it happen : the hip hop generation guide to success / Kevin Liles ; with Samantha Marshall. - New York : Atria Books, 2006, c2005. - Rare Books HF5386 .L595 2006
  101. LL Cool J, 1968- - I make my own rules / LL Cool J with Karen Hunter. - New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 1997. - Rare Books ML420.L14 A3 1997b
  102. LL Cool J, 1968- - I make my own rules / LL Cool J with Karen Hunter. - New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1998, c1997. - Rare Books ML420.L14 A3 1998
  103. Mansfield, Joe, compiler, author. - Beat box : a drum machine obsession / compiled and written by Joe Mansfield. - Malden, MA : Get On Down, 2013. - Rare Books MT724.5 .M36 2013 ++ - Accompanied by press release and card with code for downloading tracks.
  104. Marcovitz, Hal. - Notorious B.I.G. / Hal Marcovitz. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007. - Rare Books ML420.N76 M37 2007
  105. Marcovitz, Hal. - Dr. Dre / Hal Marcovitz. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007. - Rare Books ML420.D78 M37 2007
  106. Marcovitz, Hal. - 50 Cent / Hal Marcovitz. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest, c2008. - Rare Books ML420.F54 M37 2007
  107. Marsh, Dave. - Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid, the struggle for freedom in South Africa : the making of the record / by Dave Marsh. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1985. - Rare Books ML421.A78 M36+
  108. Mase (Vocalist) - Revelations : there's a light after the lime / Pastor Mason Betha with Karen Hunter. - New York : Pocket Books, c2001. - Rare Books BR1725.M27 A3 2001
  109. Mattern, Joanne, 1963- - Eminem / Joanne Mattern. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007. - Rare Books ML420.E53 M38 2007
  110. Morano, Aye Jay. - Gangsta rap coloring book / [Aye Jay ; foreword by J-Zone ; afterword by Sacha Jenkins]. - San Francisco, Calif. : Last Gasp, c2004. - Rare Books ML394 .J39 2004+
  111. Morgan, Joan. - When chickenheads come home to roost : my life as a hip-hop feminist / Joan Morgan. - New York : Simon & Schuster, c1999. - Rare Books E185.86 .M63 1999
  112. Myrie, Russell. - Don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin' : the authorised story of Public Enemy / Russell Myrie. - Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate, 2009. - Rare Books ML421.P82 M97 2009
  113. Ogg, Alex. - The men behind Def Jam : the radical rise of Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin / Alex Ogg. - London : Omnibus, 2002. - Rare Books ML429.S56 O5 2002
  114. Oliver, Richard W., 1946- - Hip-hop, inc. : success strategies of the rap moguls / Richard Oliver, Tim Leffel. - New York, NY : Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006. - Rare Books ML3790 .O48 2006
  115. Osse´, Reggie. - Bling : the hip-hop jewelry book / Reggie Osse´ & Gabriel A. Tolliver. - New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, c2006. Electronic Access: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/2006043051 -b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/2006043051 -d.html - Rare Books NK7310.3.H57 O88 2006 - With dust jacket. Authors' signed presentation copy to Bill Adler.
  116. Palmer, Tamara. - Country fried soul : adventures in Dirty South hip-hop / Tamara Palmer. - San Francisco, CA : Backbeat, 2005. - Rare Books ML3531 .P35 2005
  117. Percelay, James. - Double snaps / James L. Percelay, Stephan Dweck, Monteria Ivey. - New York : Quill, c1995. - Rare Books PN6231.N5 P46 1995
  118. Pereira, Al. - Rappers' delights : African-American cookin' with soul / by Al Pereira. - New York, N.Y. : Universe, 1998. - Rare Books TX715 .P466 1998 - Inscribed to Bill Adler by the author.
  119. Perry, Imani, 1972- - Prophets of the hood : politics and poetics in hip hop / Imani Perry. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2004. - Rare Books ML3531 .P47 2004
  120. Powell, Ricky. - The Rickford files : classic New York photographs / by Ricky Powell ; foreword by Sacha Jenkins. - New York : St Martin's Griffin, c2000. - Rare Books TR681.F3 P69 2000+
  121. Powell, Ricky. - Oh snap! : the rap photography of Ricky Powell. - New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 1998. - Rare Books ML87 .P82 1998+
  122. Powell, Ricky. - Public access : Ricky Powell photographs, 1985-2005 / texts by Ricky Powell ... [et al.]. - New York, NY : PowerHouse Books, 2005. - Rare Books TR681.F3 P695 2005+ - Author's signed presentation copy to Bill Adler.
  123. Price, Emmett George. - Hip hop culture / Emmett G. Price III. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2006. - Rare Books ML3531 .P75 2006
  124. Professor Griff (Musician) - Analytixz : 20 years of conversations and enter-views with Public Enemy's Minista of Information / Professor Griff. - [Atlanta, GA] : Heirz to the Shah Publishing : RATHSI, c2009. - Rare Books ML421.P82 P76 2009
  125. Queen Latifah, 1970- - Queen of the scene / by Queen Latifah ; illustrated by Frank Morrison. - New York : Laura Geringer Books, c2006. - Rare Books PZ8.3.L34444 Q44 2006+ - Disk lacking.
  126. Queen Pen. - Situations : a book of short stories / Lynise "QueenPen" Walters. - [S.l.] : QP Publications, 2002, c2001. - Rare Books PS3617.U444 S58 - Signed by the author.
  127. Reeves, Marcus, 1969- - Somebody scream! : rap music's rise to prominence in the aftershock of Black power / Marcus Reeves. - New York : Faber and Faber, 2008. Electronic Access: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007036129-b. html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007036129-d. html - Rare Books ML3531 .R44 2008
  128. Ro, Ronin. - Have gun will travel : the spectacular rise and violent fall of Death Row Records / Ronin Ro. - New York : Broadway Books, 2000, c1998. - Rare Books ML3790 .R6 2000
  129. Ro, Ronin. - Street sweeper / Ronin Ro. - Los Angeles, CA : [S] Affilliated, 2000. - Rare Books PS3568.O14 S77 2000
  130. Ro, Ronin. - Gangsta : merchandizing the rhymes of violence / Ronin Ro. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996. - Rare Books ML3531 .R78
  131. Ro, Ronin. - Raising hell : the reign, ruin, and redemption of Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay / Ronin Ro. - New York : Amistad, c2005. - Rare Books ML400 .R65
  132. Rockworth, Janice. - Wu-Tang Clan / Janice Rockworth. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest, c2008. Electronic Access: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0724/2007032968.html - Rare Books ML421.W98 R63 2008
  133. Rodriguez, K. S. - Will Smith : from Fresh prince to king of cool / K. S. Rodriguez. - New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1998. - Rare Books PN2287.S612 R64 1998
  134. Sanna, E. J. - Lloyd Banks / E.J. Sanna. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2008. - Rare Books ML420.B23 S36 2008
  135. Sarig, Roni. - Third coast : OutKast, Timbaland, and how hip-hop became a southern thing / Roni Sarig ; photographs by Julia Beverly. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2007. - Rare Books ML3531 .S27 2007
  136. Schmelling, Michael, 1973- - Atlanta : hip hop and the South / photographs by Michael Schmelling ; text by Kelefa Sanneh ; interviews by Will Welch. - San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, c2010. - Rare Books ML3531 .S37 2010 - Signed by the authors and photgrapher. With dust jacket.
  137. Scott, Celicia, 1957- - Ludacris / Celicia Scott. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007. - Rare Books ML420.L85 S36 2007
  138. Scott, Damion. - How to draw hip-hop / Damion Scott and Kris Ex. - New York : Watson-Guptill, 2006. - Rare Books NC825.H57 S36 2006+
  139. Shabazz, David L. - Dolemite : the story of Rudy Ray Moore / David L. Shabazz & Julian L.D. Shabazz ; with the cooperation and assistance of Rudy Ray Moore. - Clinton, SC : Awesome Records, c1996. - Rare Books PN2287.M6973 S52 1996
  140. Shabazz, Jamel, 1960- - A time before crack / Jamel Shabazz ; essays by Charlie Ahearn and Terrence Jennings ; introduction by Claude Grunitzky ; afterword by James "Koe" Rodriguez. - New York : powerHouse Books, 2005. - Rare Books TR659.8 .S53 2005+
  141. Simmons, Danny. - '85 : a novel / Danny Simmons, Floyd Hughes. - New York : Atria Books, 2008. Electronic Access: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007016672-d. html - Rare Books PN6727.S51575 A15 2008
  142. Simmons, Joseph. - It's like that : a spiritual memoir / Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons with Curtis L. Taylor. - New York : St. Martin's Press, c2000. - Rare Books BR1725.S4675 A3 2000
  143. Simmons, Kimora Lee. - Fabulosity : what it is & how to get it / Kimora Lee Simmons. - New York : ReganBooks, c2006. - Rare Books HQ1206 .S543 2006
  144. Simmons, Russell. - Do you! : 12 laws to access the power in you to achieve happiness and success / Russell Simmons ; with Chris Morrow ; [foreword by Donald Trump]. - New York : Gotham Books, c2007. - Rare Books BF637.S4 S5485 2007
  145. Simmons, Russell. - Life and Def : sex, drugs, money, and God / Russell Simmons with Nelson George. - New York, N.Y. : Crown Publishers, c2001. - Rare Books ML429.S56 A3 2001
  146. Simone, Jacquelyn. - OutKast / Jacquelyn Simone. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest, c2008. - Rare Books ML3930.O9 S56 2008
  147. Smallman, Jake. - Stencil graffiti capital : Melbourne / Jake Smallman & Carl Nyman. - West New York, NJ : Mark Batty, c2005. - Rare Books NK8654 .S62 2005
  148. Smash, Nick. - Hip hop 86-89 / by Nick Smash. - Woodford Green, Essex, England : International Music Publications, c1990. - Rare Books ML3531 .S63 1990 ++
  149. Snoop Dogg, 1972- - Tha Doggfather : the times, trials, and hardcore truths of Snoop Dogg / Snoop Dogg, with Davin Seay. - New York : William Morrow, c1999. - Rare Books ML420.S665 A3 1999b
  150. Souljah, Sister. - The coldest winter ever / Sister Souljah. - New York : Washington Square Press : Published by Pocket Books, 2001, c1999. - Rare Books PS3569.O7374 C6 2001
  151. Souljah, Sister. - No disrespect / Sister Souljah. - New York : Vintage Books, 1996. - Rare Books E185.86 .S67 1996
  152. Stancell, Steven. - Rap whoz who : the world of rap music / Steven Stancell. - New York : Schirmer Books, c1996. - Rare Books ML400 .S77 1996+
  153. Stauffer, Stacey, 1973- - Will Smith / Stacey Stauffer. - Philadelphia, Pa. : Chelsea House Publishers, c1999. - Rare Books PN2287.S612 S72 1998
  154. Tate, Greg. - Flyboy in the buttermilk : essays on contemporary America / Greg Tate. [Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.] - New York : Simon & Schuster, c1992. - Rare Books E185.615 .T22
  155. Thigpen, David E. - Jam Master Jay : the heart of hip hop / David E. Thigpen. - New York : Pocket Star Books, c2003. - Rare Books ML420.J228 T47 2003
  156. Toop, David. - Rap attack 3 : African rap to global hip hop / David Toop. - London : Serpent's Tail, 2000. - Rare Books ML3531 .T66 2000
  157. Toure´, 1971- - Never drank the kool-aid : essays / Toure´. - New York : Picador, 2006. - Rare Books E169.12 .T665 2006
  158. Va¨isa¨nen, Mika. - And it don't stop : Hip Hop photography by Mika. - Berlin : Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, c2004. - Rare Books ML87 .V32 2004 ++ - Author's signed presentation copy to Bill Adler. With dust jacket.
  159. Vanilla Ice. - Ice by Ice / Vanilla Ice. - New York : Avon Books, c1991. - Rare Books ML420.V274 A3 1991
  160. Walker, Steven Akili, author. - Turn the horns on / by Steven Akili Walker with ElizaBeth Felton... - New York, N.Y. : Wynter-Lynn Publishing, 2011. - Rare Books ML420.W18 A3 - Inscribed by Akili Walker to Bill Adler.
  161. Wallace, Voletta. - Biggie : Voletta Wallace remembers her son / with Tremell McKenzie ; poetry by Voletta Wallace. - New York : Atria Books, 2005. - Rare Books ML420.N76 W35 2005
  162. Waters, Rosa, 1957- - Yung Joc / Rosa Waters. - Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest Publishers, c2008. - Rare Books ML420.Y86 W38 2008
  163. Weiner, Chuck. - Eminem : in his own words / Chuck Weiner. - London : Omnibus Press, c2001. - Rare Books ML420.E53 E65 2001
  164. Weingarten, Christopher R. - It takes a nation of millions to hold us back / Christopher R. Weingarten. - New York : Continuum, c2010. - Rare Books ML421.P82 W45 2010
  165. Woldu, Gail Hilson. - The words and music of Ice Cube / Gail Hilson Woldu. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008. - Rare Books ML420.I29 W66 2008
  166. Young, Kevin. - The grey album ; on the blackness of blackness / Kevin Young. - Minneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, c2012. - Rare Books NX512.3.A35 Y68 2012 - Inscribed by the author to Bill Adler.

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