Research Guides
Seattle Hip Hop Archive: Research
The Rocket, September 1990. Can be viewed in Special Collections (ML3534 .R67)
Books
- Hip Hop in America byCall Number: ML3531 .H573 2010ISBN: 9780313343216Chapter 13 of volume 1: "From the SEA to the PDX: northwest hip hop in the 1-5 corridor"
- We some killaz : affect, representation and the performance of black masculinity in hip-hop music byCall Number: Thesis 55356Publication Date: 2005UW student's graduate thesis, which includes an accompanying DVD containing live video of 12 rap performances and interviews of rappers in the Seattle area.
Newspapers
- The FlavorCall Number: ML3469 .F53 (Special Collections)Publication Date: 1992-1996Seattle hip-hop magazine published bimonthly, local writers and artists writing reviews, profiles, and editorials on Seattle and national hip hop with some syndicated national columns and articles.
- The RocketCall Number: ML3534 .R67 (Special Collections) / A9506 (Microfilm)Publication Date: 1979-2000Biweekly Seattle music newspaper that covered hip-hop as well as rock and punk music.
- The StrangerCall Number: Microfilm A8474Publication Date: 1991-Seattle alternative weekly newspaper, search the library catalog for ("my philosophy" AND "mizell") to specifically find Larry Mizell Jr.'s weekly hip hop column "My Philosophy".
UW Course: CHID 250 “Hip Hop in the 206” SHORT
Crocodile Cafe Collection - Hip Hop, Rap, and Electronica
The Crocodile Café Collection contains 118 days of unique live music recordings, including several recordings by NW Hip Hop, Rap, and Electronica artists: (e.g., Source of Labor, The Saturday Knights, and Pleasurecraft). Learn more here.
DVDs and Films
- Blackalicious, 4/20 live in SeattleCall Number: DVD MVD 018 (Ask at circ desk)Blackalicious (Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel) concert DVD from show on 4/20/06, featuring Lateef, Pigeon John, LifeSavas and Fat Lip of the Pharcyde.
- Small city big hip hopCall Number: request through SummitDocumentary following the hip-hop community and scene in Portland, lead by radio talk show host Opio Sokoni.
Street Sounds
Hip Hop radio show (local and national), broadcasts Sundays, 6-9pm on KEXP 90.3