New York: Rizzoli, 2007.
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Hardcover. First edition, trade issue. Photographs by Joe Conzo. Foreword by Afrika Bambaataa. Flyer art by Buddy Esquire. Timeline of Hip Hop by Jeff Chang. Quarto. Illustrated. Pictoral boards. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The inside of the jacket unfolds to reveal Tony Tone and Joe Conzo's Hip Hop Map of the Bronx. Created as a companion piece for the *Born in the Bronx* exhibition of old school hip hop artifacts curated by Johan Kugelberg. This is contributor Buddy Esquire's copy Inscribed to him by the other contributors and other old guard hip hop figures, including an amusing Inscription by Esquire to himself (along with a sketch of a stick figure with a halo, smoking, and a tag): "To Me,... Buddy Esquire. 2007even.. 11/11." Inscribed by Kugelberg: "Buddy, I am so proud to get to work with an artist as masterful as you. Kind regards from your friend Johan Kugelberg." Others: "Buddy thanks for all the love, Joe Conzo." "To King Buddy, The Lord of the Art. Afrika Bambaataa UZN." Also Inscribed by Native American hip hop photographer Ernie Paniccioli, as well as by the director of the pioneering hip hop movie *Wildstyle* Charlie Ahearn, Grandwizzard Theodore (the DJ who invented "scratching"), graffiti writer Carlos Mare 139 Rodriguez, break dancer Jorge "Popmaster Fabel" Pabon of the Rock Steady Crew, Li'l Rodney C. of The Funky 4 plus 1, fellow flyer artist and Esquire collaborator Martin Williams, Grandmaster Caz and Charlie Chase (and possibly Tony Tone) of the Cold Crush Brothers, and a couple we couldn't identify. The book is heavily illustrated with Esquire's flyers. A terrific association copy.
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