{"id":137539,"date":"2019-05-20T10:14:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T08:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=137539"},"modified":"2019-05-22T08:22:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T06:22:32","slug":"new-book-contact-high-a-visual-history-of-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/new-book-contact-high-a-visual-history-of-hip-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book: CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"137540\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/new-book-contact-high-a-visual-history-of-hip-hop\/contact-high-cover-hi-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Contact-High-cover-hi-res.jpg?fit=4000%2C4872&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4000,4872\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Contact High cover hi res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Contact-High-cover-hi-res.jpg?fit=640%2C779&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Contact-High-cover-hi-res.jpg?resize=443%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-137540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Contact-High-cover-hi-res.jpg?resize=443%2C540&amp;ssl=1 443w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Contact-High-cover-hi-res.jpg?resize=768%2C935&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Contact-High-cover-hi-res.jpg?resize=841%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 841w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Contact-High-cover-hi-res.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Contact-High-cover-hi-res.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop<\/strong> by <strong>Vikki Tobak<\/strong> and with a foreword by <strong>Questlove<\/strong> is an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers told through their most intimate diaries: their contact sheets. Featuring rare outtakes from over 100 photo shoots alongside interviews and essays from industry legends, this book takes us on a chronological journey from old-school to alternative hip-hop, and from analog to digital photography.<\/p>\n<p>From the last shoots of <strong>Tupac &#038; Biggie<\/strong> just weeks before their deaths, to <strong>Jerome Albertini<\/strong>\u2019s shoot of all the members of <strong>Wu-Tang Clan<\/strong>, <strong>CONTACT HIGH<\/strong> features rare photos of iconic artists, some of which have never been shared by the photographers before.<\/p>\n<p>Get your copy of <strong>CONTACT HIGH<\/strong> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Contact-High-Visual-History-Hip-Hop\/dp\/0525573887\/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&#038;keywords=contact%20high&#038;pi=CB192198896_AA75_QL70&#038;qid=1516545092&#038;ref_=mp_s_a_1_7&#038;sr=8-7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop by Vikki Tobak and with a foreword by&#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":"","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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop by Vikki Tobak and with a foreword by Questlove is an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers told through their most intimate diaries: their contact sheets. 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