KEY FEATURES: Houston Rap is the second offering from Sinecure Books, after their debut Enjoy The Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992. Hardcover, 272 pages, 130 gram matte photo paper, features color photography, oral histories, and a historical timeline. Only record store orders of the book are accompanied by a limited edition 7” vinyl record of DJ Screw’s version of UGK’s “Tell Me Something Good” and Fat Pat’s “Tops Drop.” FEATURES A RECORD STORE EXCLUSIVE 7” “This book defines Houston Hip-Hop!” – Bun B, UGK Houston Rap is an immersion into the everyday life of the Houston hip hop community. This hardcover 272 page book features the photography of Peter Beste who spent 9 years documenting the culture alongside writer Lance Scott Walker. The book is edited by Johan Kugelberg who also worked with Peter on his previous book True Norwegian Black Metal (Vice) which to date has sold through 8 editions. The Houston, Texas neighborhoods of Fifth Ward, Third Ward, and South Park have grown to be hallowed ground for modern hip hop culture, possessing self-contained celebrities, entrepreneurs, support networks, and a micro-economy of their own. Houston Rap profiles noted artists such as Bun B of UGK, Z-Ro, Big Mike, K-Rino, Willie D of the Geto Boys, Lil’ Troy, and Paul Wall, alongside reflections on the lives of departed legends such as DJ Screw, Pimp C, and Big Hawk. The book also features community leaders, rappers, producers, businessmen, and family members, all providing an astonishing and important insight into a great American cultural narrative. “We edited the book as a 24 hour glimpse into the culture,” says Johan Kugelberg. “We take you from the projects to the studio to the strip club and back, all along with an on-going oral history narrative from the people of the culture.” “We see it as an immersion,” says Peter Beste. “The idea was always to provide an insight into the community of the arguably most powerful hip hop scene in the world today.” PRESS INQUIRIES: Jack Womack, [email protected] Trevor Seamon [email protected] CAT. NO. SI106-MG UPC: 97 81938 26505 1 FOR MORE INFO: STREET DATE 11/19/13 sinecurebooks.com/houston-rap “This book defines Houston Hip-Hop!” – Bun B, UGK PRESS INQUIRIES: Jack Womack, [email protected] Trevor Seamon [email protected] CAT. NO. SI106-MG UPC: 97 81938 26505 1 FOR MORE INFO: STREET DATE 11/19/13 sinecurebooks.com/houston-rap.