Emerald Street

"[W]hat Abe is up to here is well worth a read if you’re interested in Seattle music and history. As he dips into various facets of the scene through the decades, Seattle hip-hop’s identity emerges—intelligent, idiosyncratic, progressive, diverse in population and sound, often needlessly self-effacing."

~Seattle Metropolitan Magazine

"Abe is the real deal. The scholarship in this book is of enormous value to our city."

~The Stranger

"A considerable strength of the book is how it consistently grounds hip-hop in Seattle’s racial politics. As a result, hip-hop becomes a critical lens to approach and even contest Seattle’s reputation as a progressive city... Emerald Street makes an invaluable contribution to hip-hop studies, urban studies, and Seattle racial politics."

~Western Historical Quarterly

"Daudi Abe literally wrote the book on Seattle hip-hop... an essential document spanning 40 years of Seattle history."

~Seattle Times

"Daudi is able to capture the diverse, uncategorizable Seattle milieu and its strong sense of community and longevity."

~Choice