No Half Steppin’: An Oral and Pictorial History of New York City Club the Latin Quarter and the Birth of Hip-Hop’s Golden Era
When it came to Hip Hop in the mid-eighties, the Latin Quarter was the epicenter for true era players. On one visit you just might have an opportunity to see a bevy of Hip Hop’s greatest performers in one venue. If they weren’t on stage, they were in the crowd. Hip Hop radio staples The Awesome Two had one of the hottest nights; a spot where the who’s who of the game were in the mix in one way or another. “No Half Steppin'” by Hip Hop legend and X-Clan member Claude “Paradise” Gray and author Giuseppe “u.net” Pipitone provides in-depth historical pictorial insight into an important episode in Hip Hop culture. If you are a Hip Hop aficionado, lover of the true-school, student of the culture, or interested in enlightenment on the movement that changed the face and sound of music, fashion and aesthetics of the world, go over to Wax Poetics and pick up a copy of “No Half Steppin’.” You won’t regret it.
