Music history & cultural criticism

• Music Is History — Questlove
• Blues People: Negro Music in America — LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka)
• The Music of Black Americans: A History — Eileen Southern

Artist biography (rock)

• Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child — Harvey & Kenneth Kubernik

Funk / P-Funk history

• George Clinton and the Cosmic Odyssey of the P-Funk Empire — Kris Needs

Chicago / House music & community

• Chicago Music: House Culture and Community — Marguerite L. Harrold

Hip-hop, politics, and social commentary

• Holler If You Hear Me — Michael Eric Dyson