Rappcats: HOUSTON RAP book – NY Times Holiday Gift Guide

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HOUSTON RAP book – NY Times Holiday Gift Guide Posted: 29 Nov 2013 01:06 PM PST The New York Times’ Jon Caramanica wrote about Houston Rap for the paper’s Holiday Gift Guide…. 'HOUSTON RAP' "Houston Rap," the book, is a handsome collection of photos by Peter Beste and interviews by Lance Scott Walker that capture the city's hip-hop history in full. But the deluxe bundle edition is where the goodies are — an additional book of interviews, a vinyl pressing of DJ Screw's album "All Screwed Up," a seven-inch single with DJ Screw remixing UGK on one side and Fat Pat on the other, and most exciting, a DVD of "Fat Pat: Ghetto Dreams," a hard-to-come-by late-'90s document of the hip-hop scene on Houston's south side. It showcases the candy-painted cars, the molasses-slow music and, ultimately, the casualties: Fat Pat was shot dead in 1998, and, in 2000, DJ Screw died of a codeine overdose. (Sinecure, two books, one LP, one seven-inch single and one DVD, $150.) – Jon Caramanica, The New York Times, November 29, 2013 HOUSTON RAP with slipcase and deluxe package now shipping worldwide. HOUSTON RAP (HARDCOVER SLIPCASE) | HOUSTON RAP (DELUXE PACKAGE)