Emerald City Hip Hop Seattle

<p>Emerald City Hip Hop is a photographic documentation of the Seattle hip hop scene from 2001-2008. It is a celebration of becoming an artist. Words stories lyrics memorabilia and photographs from the years 2001-2008 in Seattle hip hop fill the pages. Artists producers promoters and managers represented in the book include: 2 Fly Eli 8Ball and MJG 151 Ayinde Bean One Big Cec Blackalicious (Gift of Gab) Blue Scholars (Sabzi and Geo) Boom Bap Project Beyond Reality (Erika and Upendo) Bushwick Bill Cannibal Choklate Circle of Fire Cool Nuts Coty DeShay Devin the Dude DJ D'Doxx DJ Krush DJ NuStylez DJ Roc Fella DJ Scene Dirty D Donté Draze DV One E40 E-Dawg Eddie Sumlin Eric Middleman Flavor Flav Gary Kono Gator Ghetto Prez Grandmaster Flash Grandmaster Caz Grayskul (JFK Onry Osborn Rob Castro) Grynch Humpty Hump Ishmael Butler (Shabazz Palaces Digable Planets) Jake One Jayihl JD Joe Budden Jonathan Moore (Wordsayer) J Pinder J Woods Kuba Havana Lateef Lala (Funk e Soul) Lil Jah Jigga Livio Lupe Fiasco Macklemore Massive Monkeys Masta Ace Meli Metaphysical Money B Neema Nissim Black (D. Black) Nocturnal Rage One Be Lo Orbit Outtasite Parker Brothaz Rebel Ricardo Frazer Ryan Dwyer Sarkastik Savvy Skuntdunanna Shock G Sir Mix A Lot Snook Sonny Bonoho Southern Komfort Spade Strange Street Kings Super Dave Supreme La Rock Tech N9ne True ID Twixx Unika Vitamin D Versatile Wordsworth.</p><p>Hip Hop has connected many people from different backgrounds it has given voice to those who did not have it it has aided in cultural understanding and can be a tool for social change. Hip hop can take the blinders off to the truths in society and enable artists to express their realities. This book book is filled with photographs of Seattle artists in their realities - at work at home at play and on stage.</p>