oral histories on the making of 36 classic rap albums.
some very fascinating stories in there. the 'bizarre ride' chapter might be my favorite one. made me love that LP even more.
actually that's a lie lol, the BR chapter's my second favorite behind 'criminal minded' which is the only one in the book that breaks form, in the others the artists all do a song by song breakdown of the album in question whereas the author basically just lets kris tell his entire fucking life story up until the release of that album, which yes, is just as amazing a read as it sounds.
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