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ONE OF AMAZON’S BEST ART & PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS 0F 2018
AN NPR AND PITCHFORK BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2018 PICK
ONE OF TIME‘S 25 BEST PHOTOBOOKS OF 2018
NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WALLSTREET JOURNAL, ROLLING STONE, AND CHICAGO SUN HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE PICK

The best reward for track and pictures lovers, an inside of have a look at the paintings of hip-hop photographers informed via their such a lot intimate diaries—their touch sheets.

That includes uncommon outtakes from over 100 photoshoots along interviews and essays from trade legends, Contact Top: A Visible Historical past of Hip-Hop takes readers on a chronological adventure from vintage-faculty to selection hip-hop and from analog to virtual pictures. Without equal spouse for track and pictures lovers, Contact Top is the definitive Historical past of hip-hop’s early days, celebrating the artists that formed the enduring album covers, t-shirts and posters loved by means of hip-hop lovers lately.

With essays from BILL ADLER, RHEA L. COMBS, FAB 5 FREDDY, MICHAEL GONZALES, YOUNG GURU, DJ PREMIER, and RZA