Check The Technique: More Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies

"Rappers are the descendants of West African griots who held villages in awe with their artful storytelling. But what inspired them? What environments were they created in? Music fans love a good “making of” (see: VH1’s Behind the Music), but hip-hop history — like the making of Raekwon’s classic debut album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx — lies tucked away in the artists’, producers’ and labels’ minds. Music journalist Brian Coleman, with a second volume of Check the Technique, is out to tell the stories of the storytellers in their own words, giving hip-hop heads the background to the making of the albums we hold so dear."