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Urgent, incisive and definitive, Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin' is the ultimate guide to the group that tells it like it is, and insists that hip-hop is a lethal weapon for the social and politically conscious. Russell Myrie shows how, in a time of rampant profligacy and meaningless posturing in hip-hop, their diatribes still cut to the heart of the American dream, and they are as important and necessary as ever.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49534088708369,"sku":"GOR002007103","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50785558790417,"sku":"GOR005028242","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1847671268.jpg?v=1751444641"},{"product_id":"don-t-rhyme-for-the-sake-of-riddlin-book-russell-myrie-9781847670564","title":"Don't Rhyme For The Sake of Riddlin'","description":"Public Enemy are one of the greatest hip-hop acts of all time. 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He tackles Professor Griff's alleged anti-semitic remarks which caused massive controversy in the late eighties, the complexities of the group's relationship with the Nation of Islam, their huge crossover appeal with the alternative audience in the early nineties, and the strange circumstances of Flavor Flav's re-emergence as a Reality TV Star since the turn of the millennium.  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With the help of key players such as an emerging Russell Simmons, Def Jam records, and Rick Rubin, and friends like theBeastie Boys, PE has now become legend as we near the twentieth anniversary of their landmark record It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50367795429649,"sku":"CIN0802129943G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0802129943.jpg?v=1751076058"},{"product_id":"don-t-rhyme-for-the-sake-of-riddlin-book-russell-myrie-9781847671820","title":"Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin'","description":"Russell Myrie's Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin' is the first authorized biography of Public Enemy, the foremost hip-hop group of all time. 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