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24 alternatives to Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists

Encyclopedia of Hip Hop

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Hip Hop Wars▲63

   What we talk about when we talk hip hop, why it matters

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Colour Me Good Hip Hop▲64

   Color in Hip Hop greats!

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Rap Year Book▲85

   The most important rap song from every year since 1979

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Empire State of Mind: Jay Z's History▲66

   From Street corner to corner office.

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The 46 Rules of Genius▲65

   An innovator's guide to creativity

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Improv ABC▲60

   An actionable guidebook to the basics of improv comedy

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Growth Hacking ▲75

   A how to guide on becoming a growth hacker

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Alcoholics Anonymous▲70

   aka "The Big Book"

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Decoded▲65

   Jay Z behind the music

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Book of Yeezus▲90

    The Bible, if Kanye wrote it

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Checklist Manifesto▲108

    How to get things right

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Thug Kitchen▲73

    Eat like you give a f*ck

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Ableton: Making Music▲124

    A book of creative strategies for electronic music producers

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    This Business of Music▲62

    The music business Bible

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Idle Guide To Fitness▲62

    The complete guide to a fit body with minimum effort

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Anger Management For Dummies▲56

    Your one-stop guide to anger management

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    RapBits▲61

    Share your favorite rap lines with friends

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop▲63

    The definitive (even if only 90% true) history of Hip-Hop.

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    How to Make Sense of Any Mess▲65

    Info architecture for everybody

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Tao Te Ching▲90

    Wisdom in action

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Search Inside Yourself▲68

    A Google engineer's guide to mindfulness and meditation

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    LibHunt▲90

    A network of curated lists of useful libraries and resources

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Zen Founder Guide to Founder Retreats▲63

    How to plan and optimize your founder retreat

    2016 · its alternatives →

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