Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.55 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01A5VQU16 |
| Format Type | : | |
| Number of Pages | : | 334 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The book goes into depth about many stories I'd only previously heard via the streets. A seriously compelling page-turner." - Chris Faraone, DigBoston"Original Gangstas goes beneath the surface of West Coast rap's origin story." - Noisey, Vice"Westhoff could have even trimmed his prose down to bullet points and the story still would have leapt off the page. A social and cultural study to read along with a head nodding-soundtrack 'fo sho.'" - Chuck D, Public Enemy"Insightful Westhoff's history is especially relevant amid the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement." - Booklist"A captivating chroni
He spent three years as the Music Editor at L.A. Ben Westhoff is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Vice, Pitchfork,and The Wall Street Journal. Weekly, and is the author of Dirty South: Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, an
Dre, and Ice Cube. And they quickly redefined pop culture across the world. Dre soon joined forces with Suge Knight to create the combustible Death Row Records, which in turn transformed Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur into superstars.Ben Westhoff explores how this group of artists shifted the balance of hip-hop from New York to Los Angeles. Their names remain as popular as ever--Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur.Amid rising gang violence, the crack epidemic, and police brutality, a group of unlikely voices cut through the chaos of late 1980s Los Angeles: N.W.A. Featurin
Absolutely Great Read N.W.A. blew up on hip-hop, entertainment industry and the political realm like a mushroom cloud leaving debris on middle America, law enforcement and the Constitution. Their international influence is still felt today. On the heels of the hit movie Straight Outta Compton comes this awesome new book, filled with new details, such as Easy-E's hustling days, and Ice Cube's relationship with the Nation of Islam and Jewish Defense League. It's great learning how some of these important relationships were made, succeeded and disintegrated into a financial battle royal. It's impossible in an. Get this book! Original Gangstas is a fun and entertaining read. Westhoff packs a lot of detail into an easy-to-read book that puts you in the center of the action. At the same time, Westhoff is a dispassionate observer who reports without injecting any obvious bias into the longstanding debates, disagreements, and mythology surrounding the events that led to this category of music. His years of interviews and thorough investigation paid off with never before heard details that give context to the foundation and growth of a new music genre and the struggles of the artists (and businesspeople) who ma. Brayden Hoffman said Greatest Hip-Hop Book of All Time. Mr. Westhoff's latest installment of hip-hop lore, Ben tackles the behemotic tangled mess that is the origins of rap culture in the West. While the recent film Straight Out of Compton revived intrigue in the mysterious story of NWA and West Coast rap, it did not do complete justice to the truth nor had a concrete foundation of detail. There was much left to be desired. Much of what is known of West Coast hip-hop is left to anecdotal accounts or interviews by those who were in the circle of NWA, Tupac, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, etc. Many of those who pioneered rap culture in the West are not a