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****New York Times Best Seller****?

****Picked by Billboard as One of the 100 Greatest Music Books of All-Time****

****Pitchfork Book Club's first selection****

Here's what The Rap Year Book?does: It takes readers from 1979?? widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical landscape?? and comes right up to the present?? with"a Serrano hilariously discussing?? debating?? and deconstructing the most important rap song year by year. Serrano also examines the most important moments that surround the history and culture of rap music--from artists' backgrounds to issues of race?? the rise of hi