本书精选了234张嘻哈音乐的专辑，逐一进行简短点评，并配有专辑封面，向乐迷推荐。本书作为国内第一本介绍Hip Hop音乐的书籍，着眼于对整体说唱乐的扫描。通过挑选出二百余张风格迥异的唱片“以点带面”地勾勒出Hip Hop音乐的大致轮廓，可以使广大乐迷在挑选唱片或者下载嘻哈音乐的时候有的放矢。

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

1998 film by Giuseppe Tornatore

2005 film directed by Craig Brewer

The Up in Smoke Tour is a West Coast hip hop tour in 2000 featuring artists Ice Cube, Eminem, Proof, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, D12, MC Ren, Westside Connection, Mel-Man, Tha Eastsidaz, Doggy's Angels, Devin The Dude, Warren G, TQ, Truth Hurts and Xzibit.

1998 film directed by Todd Haynes

"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."

2009 film by Michael Jackson, Kenny Ortega

When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.

你是否也曾質疑當今的嘻哈音樂，不論是歌詞或是影像的呈現，都若有似無地充斥著暴力及情色的語言。本片藉由訪問”肥仔喬“及”人民公敵主唱查古皮爾斯“等美國著名嘻哈天團及饒舌歌手， 一步步解構當代嘻哈文化，還原它的真實面目。 This documentary examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the lens of filmmaker Byron Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a “loving critique” from a self-proclaimed “hip-hop head,” Hurt examines issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today’s hip-hop culture.

A rock and roll story that portrays the decay of political and cultural lacunae that have separated China and Hong Kong for so long.

这是一部难得一见的珍贵纪录片。1985年，第一个西方现代摇滚乐队到中国是个什么场景？中国人第一次到听摇滚演唱会是个什么状态？那时的中国市井人相是什么样子？23年过去了，重新看到一定会让你吃惊不小。 打开国门没有多久的中国人开始用惊讶的目光窥探外面的天地。1985年，英国威猛乐队（Wham! ）1985年在北京工体和广州越秀山举行了两场演唱会，此片全程记录了威猛乐队抵华后的官方和民间的交流过程。中外双方似乎都对对方都一无所知，但求知、好奇和热情驱动着他们共同演绎这场奇异的旅程。除却现场演出部分，此片为难得一见的对20世纪80年代初中国影像文献，值得一看。 这被认为改变了大陆流行音乐史；并被认为是西方流行音乐首次获许在1949年后的中国大陆举行演出，虽然在1981年, 法国电子音乐家雅尔（Jean Michel Jarre）亦曾来华演出。 对于身处21世纪的观者，此片更重要的是展现了20世纪80年代中国北京广州两地的市井图像，人们从对政治和国家大生产建设的亢奋转为对物质和文化新潮的追求。 相关资料： 是八十年代英国有名的流行音乐组合, 乐队成立于1981年, 队员有乔治．米高 和 Andrew Ridgely。他们因与美国的一队乐队同名而在美国被称作英国威猛乐队!。

Director’s Statement In this film I have attempted to portrait modern Chinese urban youth and their endeavours to create an identity for themselves and how the developments of the “market” economy are playing a huge role in this.

From neighborhood ciphers to the most notorious MC battles, "Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme" captures the electrifying energy of improvisational hip-hop--the rarely recorded art form of rhyming spontaneously. Like preachers and jazz solos, freestyles exist only in the moment, a modern-day incarnation of the African-American storytelling tradition. Shot over a period of more than seven years, it is already an underground cult film in the hip-hop world. The film systematically debunks the false image put out by record companies that hip-hop culture is violent or money-obsessed. Instead, it lets real hip-hop artists, known and unknown, weave their story out of a passionate mix of language, politics, and spirituality.

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary film about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Ice-T takes us on a deeply personal journey to uncover how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets some of the remarkable superstars of Rap, from Eminem to Dr Dre, to Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting most of it's most famous protagonists studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal The Art Of Rap. This film features unique performances from it's entire cast and does not use any archive material.

In the 1970s, America was one nation under a groove as an irresistible new style of music took hold of the country - funk. The music burst out of the black community at a time of self-discovery, struggle and social change. Funk reflected all of that. It has produced some of the most famous, eccentric and best-loved acts in the world - James Brown, Sly & the Family Stone, George Clinton's Funkadelic and Parliament, Kool & the Gang and Earth, Wind & Fire. During the 1970s this fun, futuristic and freaky music changed the streets of America with its outrageous fashion, space-age vision and streetwise slang. But more than that, funk was a celebration of being black, providing a platform for a new philosophy, belief system and lifestyle that was able to unite young black Americans into taking pride in who they were. Today, like blues and jazz, it is looked on as one of the great American musical cultures, its rhythms and hooks reverberating throughout popular music. Without it hip-hop wouldn't have happened. Dance music would have no groove. This documentary tells that story, exploring the music and artists who created a positive soundtrack at a negative time for African-Americans. Includes new interviews with George Clinton, Sly & the Family Stone, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang, War, Cameo, Ray Parker Jnr and trombonist Fred Wesley.

内容包括32条摇滚关键词，全球500乐人、乐队，5000余幅专辑封套图片，专家级CD专辑评级。

摇滚乐从诞生之初就带着叛逆的胎记，是青年亚文化的主要武器，从未放弃对保守的社会体制提出尖锐的质问。 60年代的民歌运动是摇滚乐与政治关系的原型；70年代的华丽摇滚、朋克摇滚将音乐、青年亚文化和社会颠覆性紧密联系在一起；80年代的“红楔”、“四海一家”等运动为音乐与政治的结合提供了各种可能的样板，90年代至今，面对全球化、环境污染、种族主义、霸权主义等更加复杂的社会议题，摇滚乐在丰富自身形态的同时，也呈现出越来越多样的反抗姿态。 约翰·列侬、鲍毂·迪伦、琼·贝兹、冲撞乐园、U2电台司令……当我们被这些伟大的摇滚乐手感染时，可曾留意到他们面对社会总总不公时的呐喊？ 《声音与愤怒：摇滚乐可能改变世界吗？》回顾了历史上摇滚乐与种种社会运动的关联，并在回顾中去提问、反省音乐介入政治的各类实践途径的可能性与局限。声音与愤怒，将唤起你青春的热血，并且让你重新认识摇滚乐。相信当你合上本书时，对于“摇滚乐可能改变世界吗？”这个提问，心中已有了自己的答案。