good books about early hip hop?

hammertime

like mid 70s NYC stuff? Any recommendations?

LordNO

Yes Yes Y'all by Jim Fricke, Charile Ahearn

It's good cause it's all the originators telling it in their own words, a composite of many different interviews, everybody from Kool Herc, to DJ Baron to Sha Rock on and on..peep.

http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/features/yesyesyall/

Unherd

i though Jeff Chang's Cant Stop Wont Stop was decent, and that starts pretty early if I remember correctly...

youngEINSTEIN

the RAP ATTACK(african jive to new yor hip-hop)
by david toop. p&c 1984.
peace, stein. . .