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With over 40 unique reviews covering 80 landmark hip-hop albums, Classic Material proves that there is no lack of intelligent commentary and criticism on rap music. Written by an impressive team of North America's most talented journalists, the book tackles over 20 years of hip-hop recordings. "From Gang Starr to Juvenile to OutKast to Too $hort and beyond, Wang and his fearless companions break down only the most blood-boiling, soul-shaking albums hip-hop has ever created. A guide for the lost as well as for the learned, CLASSIC MATERIAL is more than a map: it's a mission, should you choose to accept it." -Danyel Smith (author of More Like Wrestling, former editor of Vibe) "From banging funky drummers to noisy black futurism, Afrika Bambaataa to the Wu-Tang Clan, the passionately constructed criticism in CLASSIC MATERIAL is as exciting as the music it documents" -Michael Gonzalez (co-editor of Bring the Noise) "Like a deep-space freighter stuttering across a black hole's gravitational warp, hip-hop swerved from its expected course with every relesae in this collection. Leave it to Oliver Wang then, and his company of able, passionate scribes to recall those startling moments of artistic dissent. As they do, keep in mind that the recordings here are more than milestones. They are sacred. They are profane. They are the dark, roiling mass of a restless universe. Alive. Unrelenting. Infinite in all directions." -Harry Allen (Hip-Hop Activist and Media Assassin)
Classic Material - The Hip Hop Album Guide
With over 40 unique reviews covering 80 landmark hip-hop albums, Classic Material proves that there is no lack of intelligent commentary and criticism on rap music. Written by an impressive team of North America's most talented journalists, the book tackles over 20 years of hip-hop recordings.

"From Gang Starr to Juvenile to OutKast to Too $hort and beyond, Wang and his fearless companions break down only the most blood-boiling, soul-shaking albums hip-hop has ever created. A guide for the lost as well as for the learned, CLASSIC MATERIAL is more than a map: it's a mission, should you choose to accept it." -Danyel Smith (author of More Like Wrestling, former editor of Vibe)

"From banging funky drummers to noisy black futurism, Afrika Bambaataa to the Wu-Tang Clan, the passionately constructed criticism in CLASSIC MATERIAL is as exciting as the music it documents" -Michael Gonzalez (co-editor of Bring the Noise)

"Like a deep-space freighter stuttering across a black hole's gravitational warp, hip-hop swerved from its expected course with every relesae in this collection. Leave it to Oliver Wang then, and his company of able, passionate scribes to recall those startling moments of artistic dissent. As they do, keep in mind that the recordings here are more than milestones. They are sacred. They are profane. They are the dark, roiling mass of a restless universe. Alive. Unrelenting. Infinite in all directions." -Harry Allen (Hip-Hop Activist and Media Assassin)

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Published by AKA Projects, and designed by the ALSO KNOWN AS Crew, comes this all out assault to the senses. 'Million Dollar Vandal' is the uncensored story about the life and times of Brooklyn's prodigal son, Desa MTA. For the first time, we get inside Desa's head and his story gets officially told from the beginning. Exceptionally well written, this book chronicles in detail how Desa became the symbol of New York's war on graffiti during the 1990's, and details the repurcussions that came with being the NYC Vandal Squads public enemy number one. It's also an intimate look into his personal life, and reflects back on the milestones that formed the person he is today, including the death of VE (RIP), his near-fatal accident, and his tumultuous graffiti career being pursued by the Vandal Squad, and state prosecuters. 'Million Dollar Vandal' is full of cinematic-type landscape photos, exclusive action shots, and personal portraits that range from trains to tunnels, platforms to rooftops, and from the streets of New York to the house he lives in. Beautifully photographed and also designed by ALSO KNOWN AS, this book has all the attention to detail and amazing printing techniques you've come to expect out of that crew including fluroescent and metallic inks, amazing packaging, and enough eye candy to keep this book on your coffe table permenantly. Hardcover, 8.25" x 10.25", 192 full-color pages, spot metallic and fluorescent inks, custom packaging.
Million Dollar Vandal
Published by AKA Projects, and designed by the ALSO KNOWN AS Crew, comes this all out assault to the senses. 'Million Dollar Vandal' is the uncensored story about the life and times of Brooklyn's prodigal son, Desa MTA. For the first time, we get inside Desa's head and his story gets officially told from the beginning. Exceptionally well written, this book chronicles in detail how Desa became the symbol of New York's war on graffiti during the 1990's, and details the repurcussions that came with being the NYC Vandal Squads public enemy number one. It's also an intimate look into his personal life, and reflects back on the milestones that formed the person he is today, including the death of VE (RIP), his near-fatal accident, and his tumultuous graffiti career being pursued by the Vandal Squad, and state prosecuters. 'Million Dollar Vandal' is full of cinematic-type landscape photos, exclusive action shots, and personal portraits that range from trains to tunnels, platforms to rooftops, and from the streets of New York to the house he lives in. Beautifully photographed and also designed by ALSO KNOWN AS, this book has all the attention to detail and amazing printing techniques you've come to expect out of that crew including fluroescent and metallic inks, amazing packaging, and enough eye candy to keep this book on your coffe table permenantly. Hardcover, 8.25" x 10.25", 192 full-color pages, spot metallic and fluorescent inks, custom packaging.
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