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And It Don't Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years

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A definitive and ardent collection documenting hip-hop from its inception as an art form partially birthed and nurtured by Latinos in the Bronx to its domination of world culture.

And it Don't Stop gave beautiful insight into the hip hop culture in this country through the articles written by multiple journalists.
And it Don't Stop by Raquel Capeda is a compilation of the best hip hop journalism of the last twenty five years. This compilation brought together many different articles in such a way that it outlined the major events of hip hops rise to power as a super power of music in this country. The articles were great; they caught the spirit and personality of the hip hop culture very well. The major theme of the book was to educate people on the culture of hip hop. The book accomplished this by creating a timeline of events that led to the rise hip hop as the leading music force in our country today. One thing I liked about this book was the different opinions and writing styles that were showcased thanks to the assemblage of news clippings and magazine articles. The thing I didn't like about the book was the lack of connection between the chapters. This made the book hard to follow because the chapters were not all interconnected and there were many characters mentioned only once and others were randomly placed throughout the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who is intrigued by the hip hop and nation and where it came from. I wondered for a long time how this genre came to pass, who the entrepreneurs were, and where they came from. This book gave a great insight into this culture and greatly showed the importance that hip hop has had on America. The crux of the book is hard to pinpoint because the articles all had there on own points and there were many portions of the book that perfectly give insight into the culture.