Contact high: a visual history of hip-hop

Introduction

Tony Tone and Kool Herc / Joe Conzo Jr.

The Popper / Joe Conzo Jr.

Frosty Freeze, Rock Steady Crew / Martha Cooper

Grandmaster Caz and JDL at Club Negril / Joe Conzo Jr.

JDL at the Skate Key Roller Rink / Joe Conzo Jr.

Flying High as seen on the Roots' undun / Jamel Shabazz

Grand Mixer D.ST. / Janette Beckman

Fab 5 Freddy / Sophie Bramly

Mohammed at Bronx River Houses Community Center / Sophie Bramly

Futura and Keith Haring / Sophie Bramly

B-Girls in the Bronx / Ricky Flores

Run-DMC / Janette Beckman

Run-DMC and LL Cool J at the First All-Rap Spectacular / Lawrence Watson

Roxanne Shantâe / Lawrence Watson

Salt-N-Pepa, shake your thang / Janette Beckman

Public Enemy, it takes a nation of millions to hold us back / Glen E. Friedman

New York street culture / Ricky Powell

Contact sheets : freedom of choice / Bill Adler

"Ladies of Hip-Hop" shoot for Paper Magazine / Janette Beckman

Eric B and Rakim, follow the leader / Drew Carolan

Easy-E and N.W.A. / Ithaka Darin Pappas

Will Smith / Mike Miller – EPMD, unfinished business / Janette Beckman

Big Daddy Kane / Al Pereira

Slick Rick / Janette Beckman

Preserving a national treasure : hip-hop photography / Rhea L. Combs

Public Enemy, apocolypse 91... the enemy strikes back / Ernie Paniccioli

Masta Ace and Biz Markie doll / George Dubose

A Tribe Called Quest / Janette Beckman

Phife Dawg and A Tribe Called Quest in the studio / Al Pereira

LL Coll J, 14 shots to the dome / Danny Clinch

Beastie Boys, check your head / Glen E, Friedman

Queen Latifah / Al Pereira

Dr.Dre / Al Pereira

Mary J. Blige / Michael Benabib

Gang Starr, daily operation / Matt Gunther

Message to the hip-hop world : the imagery of Gang Starr / DJ Premier

Wu-Tamg Clan, enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers).

Visualizing the Wu / RZA

Snoop Dogg's first video shoot / Lisa Leone

Tupac Shakur / Danny Clinch

Biggie, Tupac, Redman, and Nas at Club Amazon / Al Pereira

Biz Markie, all samples cleared / George Dubose

Jodeci, Diary of a Mad Band / Danny Hastings

LL Cool J / Jayson Keeling

Big L, lifestylez ov da poor & dangerous / Danny Clinch

Guru, jazzmatazz / Mark Humphrey

Jazzmatazz live / Alice Arnold

Nas, illmatic / Danny Clinch

Nas in the studio / Lisa Leone

Tupac Shakur, thug life / Mike Miller

Redman, dare iz a darkside / Danny Clinch

Aaliyah / Eddie Otchere

Cypress Hill / Estevan Oriol

Urban Thermo Dynamics / Jamil Gs

RZA on the set of Gravediggaz "Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide' video / David Corio

Gang Starr, hard to earn / Danny Hastings

Scarface, the diary / Sheila Pree Bright

Ol' Dirty Bastard / Brian "B+" Cross

Goodie Mobb, Rap Pages cover shoot / Brian "B+" Cross

The Pharcyde / Mark Humphrey

Mobb Deep / Delphine A. Fawundu

The Source awards / Al Pereira

Lil' Kim and Junior M.A.F.I.A. / Danny Hastings

Ol' Dirty Bastard on the set of the "Brooklyn zoo" music video / Sue Kwon

Bad Boy family / Jayson Keeling

Jay-Z's first photo shoot / Jamil Gs

Jay-Z, Stress magazinbe cover shoot / Danny Hastings

Tupac Shakur in Venice Beach / Mark Humphrey

Biggie Smalls and Faith Evans / Eric Johnson

Lauryn Hill and the Fugees / Jayson Keeling

Ice Cube and Westside Connection, bow down / Mike Miller

Busta Rhymes / Carl Posey

Rakim, the 18th letter / Adger Cowans

Biggie Smalls, life after death / Michael Lavine

Biggie Smalls, "King of New York" / Barron Claiborne

DMX / Carl Posey

The Firm / Jamil Gs

Erykah Badu, Baduizm / Marc Baptiste

Method Man / Jerome Albertini

Eminem, Stress management cover shoot / Jus Ske Salguero

End of the golden era / Fab 5 Freddy

A great day in hip-hop, XXL Magazine / Gordon Parks

The making of "A great day in hiphop" / Michael A. Gonzales

DMX / Mike Schreiber.

Black Star / Eddie Otchere

Mos Def / Mike Schreiber

Big Pun, capital punishment / Danny Hastings

Eminem / Armen Djerrahian

The Neptunes / Jerome Albertini

Pharoahe Monch / Eddie Otchere

Cash Money / Eric Johnson

Mos Def / Armen Djerrahian

Outkast, stankonia / Michawl Lavine

Wu-Tang Clan / Jerome Albertini

Eve / Eric Johnson

Erykah Badu / Eric Johnson

Aaliyah / Eric Johnson

Cam'ron, come home with me / Eric Johnson

Kanye West's first photo shoot / Nabil Elderkin

Kanye West, the college dropout / Danny Clinch

Andrâe 3000 / Janette Beckman

Jay-Z / Armen Djerrahian

MF Doom and Madlib, madvillainy / Eric Coleman and Jeff Jank

J Dilla / Brian "B+" Cross and Eric Coleman

Pharrell Williams / Melodie McDaniel

50 Cent at Mister Cartoon's tattoo shop

The Game / Patrick Hoelck

Kool Keith / Trevor Traynor

Snoop Dogg / Mike Miller

Fat Joe / Ray Lego

Kendrick Lamar / Jorge Peniche

Jay-Z / Danny Clinch

Nicki Minaj / Angela Boatwright

DJ Quik and Suga Free / Jorge Peniche

Kid Cudi / Ray Lego

Tyler, the Creator / Jorge Peniche

Gucci Mane on the Set of the "Shooters" video / Cam Kirk

A$AP Rocky, Long.live.A$AP.