{"id":122575,"date":"2017-10-22T15:14:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T13:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=122575"},"modified":"2017-10-20T22:18:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T20:18:19","slug":"new-children-book-what-is-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/new-children-book-what-is-hip-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"New Children Book &#8211; What Is Hip-Hop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"122576\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/new-children-book-what-is-hip-hop\/whatishiphop_active-800x800\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WhatIsHipHop_Active-800x800.jpg?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WhatIsHipHop_Active-800&amp;#215;800\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WhatIsHipHop_Active-800x800.jpg?fit=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WhatIsHipHop_Active-800x800.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WhatIsHipHop_Active-800x800.jpg?fit=640%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-122576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WhatIsHipHop_Active-800x800.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WhatIsHipHop_Active-800x800.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WhatIsHipHop_Active-800x800.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WhatIsHipHop_Active-800x800.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Author <strong>Eric Morse<\/strong> and artist <strong>Anny Yi<\/strong> reunite for the follow-up to their acclaimed children book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akashicbooks.com\/catalog\/what-is-punk\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What Is Punk?<\/em><\/a>. This time they dig into the most revolutionary pop culture movements of the twentieth century with their new book <em>What Is Hip-Hop?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the beginning, there was a beat . . .\u201d Starting with block parties in the Bronx, the children book brings the reader up to the present day, with rhyming verses narrative of Hip-Hop history and engaging 3-D clay illustrations, including an intricately produced remake of <strong>A Tribe Called Quest<\/strong>&#8216;s legendary <em>Midnight Marauders<\/em> cover. It\u2019s a fun, accessible, and informative read for B-boys and B-girls of all ages. A must-read reference for any Hip-Hop family.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to <strong>Eric Morse<\/strong>&#8216;s interview on the <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thisisboice\/talk-music-talk-with-boice-eric-morse-podcast-interview-152\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Talk Music Talk<\/em><\/a> podcast and cop the book via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Hip-Hop-Eric-Morse\/dp\/1617755842\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Eric Morse and artist Anny Yi reunite for the follow-up to their acclaimed children&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-vT1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}