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If there was one figure who had a similar impact for Hip-Hop, it is Tricia Rose, whose groundbreaking book Black Noise: Rap Music and Black ... every iteration of the History of Hip-Hop class ...

The Awesome Book of Rap, Rhyme and Putrid Poetry is a book about raps and rhymes. There is plenty to read about snot, pus and slime. My favourite part of this book is called 'And that's a rap.' Here ...