A Time Before Crack | 
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| Authors: Charlie Ahearn, Terrence Jennings
Creators: Jamel Shabazz, Claude Grunitsky, James Koe Rodriguez
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 323888
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8 x 0.8
ISBN: 1576872130
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.99747100496073
EAN: 9781576872130
ASIN: 1576872130
Publication Date: June 13, 2005
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"Deeply unpretentious and undistracted by the trendy new aesthetics or technologies, Mr. Shabazz is the best kind of photojournalist: one driven simply by curiosity about other human beings." (Ken Johnson, The New York Times) Once upon a time before crack, inner city communities were blighted by poverty and unemploymentbut not by the drug wars that tore families apart, destroying lives with needless violence and mindless addiction. Once upon a time before crack, pride and style were as inseparable as a beatbox and mixtape, or as a pair of shoes and matching purse. Once upon a time before crack, Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, working the streets of New York City, capturing the faces and places of an era that have long since disappeared. Best known as hip hops finest fashion photographer for his blockbuster best-selling monograph, Back in the Days (powerHouse Books, 2001), Shabazz revisited his archive and unearthed an extraordinary collection of never-before-published documentary photographs collected for his third powerHouse Books release, A Time Before Crack. A visual diary of the streets of New York City from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties, Shabazzs distinctive photographs reveal the families, the poses, and the players who made this age extraordinary.
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Birth of Hip-Hop photos October 24, 2008
There aren't enough words to capture how well this book captures the essence of the elements of Hip-hop. I am a cartoonist working on an animated series and when it comes to designing clothing, "Jamel Shabazz - a time before crack" has proven to be a resourceful and inspirational library of images to get motivation from. Not to mention he has photos from my block in the Lower East side of Manhattan!
-David Heredia
Word Up! April 13, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Okay...I'm only 30 but I was a little kid during this time period and I grew up right in the Boogie Down Bronx (South Bronx). I remember going to the skate key, seeing my uncles rocking sheep skin coats, addidas with the fat laces, Gazelle glasses. Seeing the birth of the Rap/hip hop game right before my eyes...from Curtis Blow, Luv bug Starski, to Kool Herc. This book will bring back things to your memory that will bring a warm feeling to your heart. This was the best time of my life and I wish I could go back...but now I can by revisting the pages of my life in this book.
What we're gonna do is go back...way back, back into time October 25, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
If you were born between 1965 and 1975, this book will take you back to many forgotten memories. It is all at once an ode to fashion, an ode to attitude, and an ode to hip hop culture in its original form.
Pictured here are the days when the budding hip hop culture was special. Hip hop fashion and style had yet to escape the boundaries of the hood, and here we see ourselves in all our "fresh" glory.
The Puma sneakers with fat laces. The black goose "bomber" jackets. The sheep dog coats. The safari Kangol caps. And of course the Cazals...in every color. Its all here. This is a trip down memory lane that will surely make you smile.
Jamel Shabazz was at the right place at the right time with his camera to capture the essence of hip hop culture in its infancy. This is as much a nostalgic book as a historical document to a time long gone. It was a time when being cool didn't necessarily mean being "thug", it was just...cool.
Shabazz is an absolute master at capturing the raw grittiness of urban life while still showing the fun side. "A Time before Crack" is a necessary testiment to cultural evolution and is a must have for anyone that came of age in the hood in the late seventies and early eighties.
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