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24 alternatives to Pimp

Before Hip Hop, there was the pimp.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pimp launched in 2016; 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 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists▲71

   Encyclopedia of Hip Hop

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Colour Me Good Hip Hop▲64

   Color in Hip Hop greats!

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop▲63

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

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Decoded▲65

   Jay Z behind the music

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Empire State of Mind: Jay Z's History▲66

   From Street corner to corner office.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   BoBos in Paradise▲56

   The New Upper Class and How They Got There

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Digging Into HipHop▲83

   Experimental crate digging experience about 90's hip hop

   2016 · recsport.tv · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Twitter: While You Were Away▲62

   “Rap Genius” to what people are blabbering about on Twitter

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Game▲63

    Penetrating the secret society of pickup artists

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hip Hop▲137

    Listen to 45 million songs (Popcorn time for music)

    2014 · considersomethingbetter.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk▲67

    The backstory of the rise of Punk Music

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Rap Board▲97

    Tupac, Snoop, & all your favorite rappers on a sound board

    2014 · therapboard.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hustle▲71

    A new book about hustling

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Puss An Dawg Nuh Have Same Luck▲55

    A book of Jamaican slang and proverbs

    2017 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

16. 16
    On Wax▲101

    Discover the best new hip-hop tracks, every day

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Krafty Kuts - A golden era of hip-hop▲79

    A collection of music and exclusive interviews

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Book of Yeezus▲90

    The Bible, if Kanye wrote it

    2015 · newnongamstopcasinos.net · its alternatives →

19. 19
    What the Dormouse Said▲55

    How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Drakes New Mixtape▲115

    "If you're reading this it's too late"

    2015 · ovosound.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    To Pimp A Butterfly▲161

    Kendrick Lamar's new album drops a week early

    2015 · shop.my-gnx.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    RapGenii▲67

    Crowdsource your own rap

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Poly-graph Hip Hop▲135

    See what hip hop's billboard top 10 sounded like

    2016 · poly-graph.co · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Song Machine▲105

    There's a reason hit songs offer guilty pleasure

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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