"ele-king presents HIP HOP 2024-25" Supervised and Edited by Shin Futatsugi
ISBN:978-4-910511-86-3
The premiere issue of an annual magazine dedicated to hip hop/rap music!
Read this to understand the "now" of US hip hop—
what is happening in America right this second!!
An overview of the current US hip hop mainstream, explanations of proliferating subgenres, hip hop and the presidential election, an interview with Jeff Chang (author of "Can't Stop Won't Stop"), live reports from international artists in Japan, and the announcement of the 50 best albums of 2024!!
Kendrick Lamar, MIKE, BossMan Dlow, Latto, Xaviersobased, Rapsody, Tyler, The Creator, Doechii, Common & Pete Rock, GloRilla, ScHoolboy Q and more...
Kiku-ban (218×152) / 160 pages
Table of Contents
Intro (For the First Issue) Shin Futatsugi
[Opening Conversation]
From historical beefs to the breakthrough of female rappers from the South, the honeymoon phase with country music, and the strong performance of veterans
――What was happening in American hip hop in 2024? (Minako Ikejo × Shiho Watanabe)
[Interviews]
A year of finding energy in Megan Thee Stallion and GloRilla, and courage in Ta-Nehisi Coates──Motoko Oshino
My role is to tell the history of the community──Jeff Chang (Interpreter: SRCFLP)
Live reports from international artists in Japan!──PoLoGod. × $hirutaro
ShotGunDandy explains the best punchlines of 2024!
50 Best Albums of 2024
Shin Futatsugi, Abokado, Minako Ikejo, Tatsuki Ichikawa, Ruuya Iwata, Sho Okuda, Shunsuke Ozawa, Masaaki Kobayashi, Nao Shimaoka, Daiki Takaku, Tsuya-chan, Tsutomu Noda, Machizo Hasegawa, Masashi Yoshida, Shiho Watanabe
[Columns]
Subgenres are proliferating in 2024. What is happening in the scene? (Abokado)
Music born from streets where all wars intersect──On bigsos and Mustafa (Ryo Isobe)
Who is more trustworthy than a rapper?──Hip hop and the presidential election (JUNK Tatsumi)
Disrupting the boundaries of "US hip hop"──Sound adventures of 2024 (Tsuya-chan)
To the monster chimera of 2024──Who was really killed behind the scenes of the beef (Kinnara: Desi La / Translated by Emi Aoki)
The birthplace of the alternative known as ambient rap (Tsutomu Noda)
I am not anti-Cardi B──Multiple stories of female rap (Nao Shimaoka)
Hip hop reaching its 50th anniversary and the wall of "age" (Nekogata)
Is hip hop media "mostly garbage"?──Journalism at a crossroads (Daniel Takeda)
Hip hop culture and society in 2024──And what is "politics"? (Keiko Tsukada)
The fictionality of rap and cancel culture (Masaaki Kobayashi)
The light of "anti-pop" that keeps burning without ever burning out──A year where the two members of Anti-Pop Consortium released new works (Takuto Kobayashi)
The Best 10 of 2024 as Chosen by Record Stores
diskunion / EBBTIDE RECORDS / HMV record shop Shibuya / Jazzy Sport Shimokitazawa / JET SET KYOTO / Manhattan Records / VINYL DEALER
BONUS TRACK: Still More! 2024 Notable Works You Can't Overlook
[Editor and Supervisor Profile]
Shin Futatsugi
Born in 1981. Writer. Author/co-editor of "Shirouto no Ran" (with Toru Matsumoto), author of "Shikujiruna yo, Rudy," planner and composer of Han a.k.a. GAMI's "Hip Hop Dream," and editorial collaborator on "ele-king vol. 27 Special Feature: Report on the Current State of Japanese Rap," "Bungei Bessatsu Kendrick Lamar," etc.
