Hip-Hop
journalist Brian Coleman is set to release his second book, Check The Technique:
Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies, this summer under Random House/Villard Publishing.Check
The Technique is the follow-up to Coleman’s first book, the widely acclaimed
“Rakim Told Me: Hip-Hop Wax Facts, Straight From the Original Artists.”Written
for Hip-Hop artists, industry professionals and fans alike, Check The Technique
is a 36 chapter account of never-before-told stories of Hip-Hop experiences
by the artists themselves. Over
75 DJs, producers, industry insiders and artists, like De La Soul, Public Enemy,
The Fugees, Beastie Boys and more gave their input on for Check The Technique.“My
goal with Check the Technique is to let people eavesdrop on some amazing
conversations I’ve had with Hip-Hop legends over the years,” Coleman
said. “To me, the most important thing about the book is that the facts,
stories and opinions come from the artists themselves. Hip-Hop artists have a
certain image on video screens and in press-junket interviews, but Check the Technique
does its best to strip all of that away and talk to these innovators as people,
with respect and fan-fueled curiosity.”The
book, scheduled to appear in bookstores June 12, will feature over 500 pages of
exclusive interviews, photos taken by B+, and an introduction by The Roots drummer,
?uestlove.Coleman
is currently planning book release events in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Los
Angeles and San Francisco for the summer of 2007.
