Hip Hop Immortals: The Remix [Paperback]

Bonz Malone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 8, 2003

From street shots of Kool Herc and Kurtis Blow to elaborate stage shoots of Lil' Kim and Eminem, hip-hop photography has been the foundation for some of the most stylish photographs of the past two decades. Iconic images like Ice T’s menacing affront to the camera while donning a full LAPD uniform, Flava Flav of Public Enemy sporting his trademark alarm clock around his neck and flashing his personalized gold teeth, and Notorious B.I.G. counting his loot, are placed side-by-side with lesser-known and previously unpublished photographs of hip-hop’s biggest figures. Text by hip-hop historian Bonz Malone is laid out between full-bleed photographs from forty celebrated photographers, including David LaChapelle, Mark Seliger, Nitin Vadukul, Jesse Frohman, Christian Witkin, and Michel Comte. Nearly 200 color and black-and-white photographs are featured throughout.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Malone's hip-hop book is about pretty pictures of, as it says, hip-hop immortals striking menacing poses. From the first picture of Dr. Dre, seemingly running through a world of fire, to the stunning two-pager of Run-DMC and the closing images of Lil' Kim (one a cleverly nonrevealing nude, another of her sporting blonde pigtails), the visual excitement of the hip-hop scene predominates. There is some text, but most of it runs, often lyrically, to the promotional and mainly supports the pictures, which are astounding and striking portrayals of some of pop music's hottest personalities. Mike Tribby
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Review

"Not so much a book as a work of pop art . . . Highly recommended for all popular music collections." -- Bill Piekarski, Library Journal, January 2004

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press; 1 edition (September 8, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560255188
• ISBN-13: 978-1560255185
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 8.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,370,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Same Ol, November 29, 2003

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This review is from: Hip Hop Immortals: The Remix (Paperback)

If you have the original version of this book do not buy the remix as it's hardly any different!
But...having said that...it's a great book great photos and if you don't own either then get this one as it's a must for any Hip Hop fan.

4.0 out of 5 stars Coffee Table Book: Cool Pictures, Ode to the 90s Hip-Hop, August 2, 2009

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This review is from: Hip Hop Immortals: The Remix (Paperback)

There's not much to say.... basically it's a huge picture book with little quotes and blurbs about each artist. It's fun to look at an just to have as a random hip-hop 90s source of inspiration if you want that. I sorta wish it had more pictures, but overall cool coffee table book.

Like another reviewer stated- the bios for the artist were sub par. And the quotes and text entries for certain pages seem to be for looks only, not for actually reading. Which is cool and not cool at the same time... because since its a book I want to be able to read any relevant content.. now if it was a cd cover or something then I'd understand.

I gave it four stars because it does serve its overall purpose as a photobook, but I wish there was more quality content to read about each person.

3.0 out of 5 stars Hip Hop head ache...., June 10, 2007

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This review is from: Hip Hop Immortals: The Remix (Paperback)

As an avid reader, fan of hip hop music, and frequent purchaser of photography books. I found Hip Hop Immortals the remix, to be both amazing and frustrating. Amazing in the fact that it was able to compile such a wide spectrum of Hip Hop's biggest legends. Frustrating, because the writing, and font's in this book make many of the passages unreadable. There are whole pages dedicated to what seems like just two paragraphs of writing, written in huge blocky fonts, that literally run into and all over each other. Who ever the graphic designer was on this book, should take a long vacation on the next one. The artist' bio's are lackluster at best, with no new insight, or creative spin placed on the writings. I found myself wanting to get in a time machine, track down the publisher, and force them to let me edit the book myself. While Hip Hop Immortals managed to achieve its goal in capturing the diverse essence of the culture from a musical stand point. The writings, graphic design lay out, and execution of the book as a whole. Would force me to suggest its purchase, if only you were getting it for a bargain.