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    Old School Rap and Hip-Hop Chris Woodstra, John Bush, Stephen Thomas Erlewine

    Backbeat Books

    Only £8 IMPORT USA PAPERBACK BOOK The real old school! More than 500 reviews plus artist bios and the true tales of the birth of the art form

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