Hip Hop in 2011

Beastie Boys: A Musical Biography by Zwickel, Jonathan

Bmf: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family by Shalhoup, Mara

Thug Life: Race, Gender, and the Meaning of Hip-Hop by Jeffries, Michael P.

God Made Dirt: The Life & Times of Ol' Dirty Bastard by Sadler, Spencer

Hip Hop's Inheritance: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Hip Hop Feminist Movement by Rabaka, Reiland

Hypnotic Music Secrets: How The Stars Make Music IRRESISTIBLE! by Glover, Khaliq

Jay-Z: Essays on Hip Hop's Philosopher King by

I Am Hip-Hop: Conversations on the Music and Culture by Rausch, Andrew J.

Dark Story of Eminem (Updated Edition) by Hasted, Nick

Buena Vista in the Club: Rap, Reggaetón, and Revolution in Havana by Baker, Geoffrey

They're in Awe: I suck on my spoon and scoop with my straw by Danthaniel, Jones

Dirty South: Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop by Westhoff, Ben

The Man Behind the Man: Looking from the Inside Out by Smith, Demetrius, Sr.

Lil Wayne (an Unauthorized Biography) by Brown, Jake

Music Video and the Politics of Representation by Railton, Diane, Watson, Paul

That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader by

Early Havoc by Havoc, June

Sonic Bodies: Reggae Sound Systems, Performance Techniques, and Ways of Knowing by Henriques, Julian

Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation by Fernandes, Sujatha

The Anthology of Rap by

Hip Hop Hooray: Celebrating 30 Years of Rap Music by Mitchell, Sean Xlg

Hip-Hop Redemption: Finding God in the Rhythm and the Rhyme by Watkins, Ralph Basui

Murda', Misogyny, and Mayhem: Hip-Hop and the Culture of Abnormality in the Urban Community by Spencer, Zoe

Murder Rap by Kading, Greg

Decoded by Jay-Z

The Big Payback: The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop by Charnas, Dan

The Black Church and Hip Hop Culture: Toward Bridging the Generational Divide by

Brazilian Hip Hoppers Speak from the Margins: We's on Tape by Pardue, D.

5 Grams: Crack Cocaine, Rap Music, and the War on Drugs by Bogazianos, Dimitri A.

The Man Who Walked the Dog: The D.J. Superior/DMX-Story by Enders, Jerome