Masta Ace on the Most Overlooked MCs in Hip Hop (excerpt from Icons of Hip Hop)

Rap Videos and Commentary for AMS 309: Hip Hop and American Culture

Audio Interview with Count Bass D

Brooklyn Keeps on Takin’ It! Mickey Hess talks to Da Beatminerz about hip hop back in the day in Bushwick, BK

Testimonials for Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide "Challenging the orthodoxy of the 'single origin' narrative, Mickey Hess and the authors assembled here throw new light on the nation's myriad back streets and byways, where hip hop has evolved with fierce vitality. This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the ways that local cultures inflect hip hop creativity, and vice versa." -Murray Forman Northeastern University Author of The 'Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop "This book will be invaluable to studies of place in hip-hop music. For all that that topic has been discussed, nobody before has assembled detailed histories of the scenes in the major American localities where the art forms have developed. That is what Mickey Hess and his contributors have done here, and, together with Hess's deft and admirably clear introduction, Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide constitutes a major contribution to the academic literature on American hip-hop and place." -Adam Krims University of Nottingham Author of Music and Urban Geography and Rap Music and the Poetics of Identity "This fascinating volume brings to life the vibrant diversity of hip-hop scenes throughout the US, sensitively portraying the charismatic characters and, at times, unlikely locales that push the music in ever-changing directions. The essays collected here enlighten the  mind, feed the spirit, and remind us that hip-hop's capacity to transform the meaning of politics remains vital for a new generation hungry for change." -Ian Condry Massachusetts Institute of Technology Author of Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization