Zack Bastian (Suburban Decay - December 9, 2013) 'Houston Rap' Author And Photographer Discuss New Book Shea Seranno (Rolling Stone - December 12, 2013)Ī Portrait of Drugs, Death and DIY hiphop Nathan Smith (Houston Press - December 17, 2013)ġ2 Rare Photos of Houston's Vital Rap Scene It’s like Church’s Chicken… YOU GOTTA LOVE IT!!!” – Dope E.ĪRTICLES ON HOUSTON RAP BOOK (LINKS COMING SOON) “As far as ‘Books’ is concerned you have put Houston on tha map! It is an honest look at the faces and places of true Houston hustle – not the showboating façade – where rappers are businessmen first and foremost. “An assemblage of images and yarns that offer surprising insight through their raw candor and compassion. “An astonishing and important insight into a great American cultural narrative” “These photos of the lives of Houston rappers are amazing.” “An antidote to coffee-table dilettantism.” Sinecure Books has just put out a great one.” “If this weather’s got you interested in curling up on the couch with a warm blanket and a good book, you’re in luck. “Sinecure Books’ Houston Rap is a photographic dive into the city’s close-knit, multitude-filled hip-hop scene…provides the incredibly influential but still somehow slept-on region the widescreen attention it deserves.” “A handsome collection of photos by Peter Beste and interviews by Lance Scott Walker that capture the city’s hip-hop history in full.” Beste and Walker’s subjects and photos speak for themselves, and leafing through Houston Rap is like breaking into a neighborhood and eavesdropping into its conversation…It’s almost like Studs Terkel’s ‘Working,’ but about people in Houston who may or may not have been rappers and musicians: Their lives are in this book.”

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