The Breaks. Stylin’ and Profilin’ (1982-1990)

By Janette Beckman, Power House Books, Brooklyn, New-York, 2007, first edition. Non-paginated (145 pages). 24.8 x 23.6 cm. Condition: Excellent.

250€

A great witness to the first hours of the hip-hop wave of the 80s, Janette Beckman publishes here numerous photographic archives in color and black and white: LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Kid’n Play, Salt’n Pepa, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash, NWA, Gangstarr, Rick Rubin, Big Daddy Kane, Run DMC, Roxanne Shanté, Slick Rick, Schooly-D, Boo-Yaa TRIBE, Monnie Love, Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes… a magnificent panorama of the hip scene -American shop for a little-known book that really deserves to be included in a collection around hip-hop. All the spirit of the movement (slightly carefree and still in a phase of “growth”) is there.