ヒップホップ家系図 [Hip Hop Family Tree] #2

This 2015 Presspop Popular Edition collects Ed Piskor's celebrated chronicle of hip-hop history spanning 1981–1983, presented here in a striking Japanese-language edition. The cover commands attention with a towering, elaborately armored cosmic warrior looming over Earth amid a starfield, a musical note drifting from the planet as if the whole universe is tuned in. It's a vivid and fitting image for a book that traces the roots and spread of a culture that genuinely did reshape the world.