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Bun B's Rap Coloring and Activity Book

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Bun B's Rap Coloring and Activity Book by Shea Serrano is a creative and entertaining celebration of hip-hop culture through a unique colouring and activity book format. Featuring caricatures and clever activities centred on iconic rappers such as Bun B, Queen Latifah, Drake, Talib Kweli, Ice-T, and others, this 48-page book combines humour, art, and education. Originally a set of printable images, it now offers fans an interactive experience that brings the spirit of rap music into daily life with wit and charm.
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This book is a perfect fit for hip-hop enthusiasts, young adults, and creative types who appreciate the culture and enjoy engaging, humorous activities. It offers fun for both children and grown-ups who want to explore rap music through a playful and artistic lens.

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Bun B.'s Rap Coloring and Activity Book is a 48-page fully interactive book of colouring pages, unbelievably clever activities and smart plays on rap culture bring Hip-Hop right into your living room.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Rapper Bun B lends his street cred and occasionally his face to the creative, hilarious, and just flat-out fun imaginings of Shea Serrano in Bun B's Rap Coloring and Activity Book. Described by the Washington Post as "what every hip-hop head wishes they had as a child," this imaginative work started as a series of printable rap-related colouring and activity images.

The 48-page, fully interactive book of colouring pages, unbelievably clever activities, and smart plays on rap culture brings these stars and their music right into your living room. Featured rappers include:

  • Bun B
  • Queen Latifah
  • Drake
  • Talib Kweli
  • Ice-T
  • Common
  • Wiz Khalifa
  • Ludacris
  • LL COOL J
  • Big Boi
  • Childish Gambino
  • Questlove
  • B.o.B
  • Mac Miller

And many, many more!

Praise for Bun B's Rap Coloring and Activity Book:

"A star-studded cast of some of the biggest names in rap, all in one book." β€” Fast Company's Co.Create blog

"It's 48 pages long, and that's the exact same number of pages the Bible has, and that's not an accident. That's a little thing called God's will." β€” Vice.com

"The book is funny, smart, and as kid-tested, mother-approved as some of these guys get." β€” Vulture.com

"Hilarious... razor sharp." β€” XXL

"If you've spent any kind of time on the Internet, chances are something Shea Serrano has written, drawn, or created has made you smile. The book's a load of fun, and is sure to please rap nerds and crayon-wielding tykes alike." β€” Village Voice

"There's art, humour and education, fun for young and old." β€” Paste magazine

"This is one of the few Tumblr-to-book projects that doesn't make me want to punch my computer in disgust. If the phrase 'see if you can build a Budden' doesn't make you chuckle, then you should stay away from hip-hop or jokes." β€” Christopher R. Weingarten, SPIN

Bun B's Rap Coloring and Activity Book is gangsta!" β€” Mass Appeal.com

"48 pages of MC worship mixed with a generous measure of the kind of casual dissing of its star players that hip-hop excels at." β€” Esquire

"When I'm listening to Drake, I sometimes feel blue. Now, thanks to Bun B's Rap Coloring and Activity Book, I can make Drake blue, too. And for that, I am eternally grateful." β€” Ryan Dombal, Pitchfork.com

"The hip-hop colouring book is the single most important thing to happen to colour since Cam's pink Range Rover. Everyone should want a Serrano in their baΓ±o." β€” Nate Erickson, GQ

"Like the old saying goes, the crayon is mightier than the sword. Bun B and Shea have assembled a perfect collection of today's brightest hip hop stars for fans of all ages to create, colour and remix. The Rap Coloring and Activity Book is like your own personal mixtape that you can hang on your fridge and impress everyone with." β€” Mike Ayers, Rolling Stone

"Fans can now colour inside the lines of hip-hop greats." β€” LA Times' Jacket Copy blog

"It's gotta be a first-for rap and for colouring." β€” Houston Chronicle

"For rap aficionados young and old." β€” GQ.com

"You may want to buy two copiesβ€”one to colour, and one to keep fresh and new." β€” Buzzfeed

"The perfect colouring book for any hip-hop nerd." β€” Complex magazine

"If you have not already purchased a copy, put down this magazine immediately and go buy Bun B's Rap Coloring and Activity Book." β€” Kindling Quarterly

A playful celebration of rap.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419710414

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Other printed item

Date Published: 17 September 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams Image

Illustration: Black and white line drawings throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 253.0mm

Weight: 160g

Pages: 48

About the Author

Shea Serrano is a Houston-based writer who has written about music and popular culture for the past five years for magazines, newspapers, and websites.

Bun B is a legendary figure in rap, currently the most popular form of music on the planet. As part of the groundbreaking group UGK, he helped pioneer Southern rap in the 1990s.

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