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Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas

Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

Dan Charnas

480 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction biography music challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary by Sasha Geffen

Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary

Sasha Geffen

264 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ music challenging informative slow-paced
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

Dawnie Walton

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution by Lance Scott Walker

DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution

Lance Scott Walker

312 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0chichi27's review
nonfiction music emotional informative medium-paced
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

241 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Sounding Like a No-No: Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era by Francesca T. Royster

Sounding Like a No-No: Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era

Francesca T. Royster

266 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

Men Without Women

Haruki Murakami

240 pages • first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

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fiction literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith

Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop

Danyel Smith

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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nonfiction history music race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Renegade Rhymes: Rap Music, Narrative, and Knowledge in Taiwan by Meredith Schweig

Renegade Rhymes: Rap Music, Narrative, and Knowledge in Taiwan

Meredith Schweig

271 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Breaks in the Air: The Birth of Rap Radio in New York City by John Klaess
Breaks in the Air: The Birth of Rap Radio in New York City
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John Klaess

Breaks in the Air: The Birth of Rap Radio in New York City

John Klaess

232 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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