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Booktitle: Back In The Days Remix- 10th Anniversary Edition
Photographs by Jamel Shabazz
Introduction by Fab 5 Freddy
Essay by Carlton Usher, Ph.D.
Interview by Jeff Chang
Hardcover
Published: 2011
Pages: 132
Language: English
Dimensions: 24.6 x 18 x 2 cm. / 9.7 x 7.1 x 0.8 Inch.
With more than 35,000 copies sold, this is the urban street style book that spawned all the imitators. There is still only one Back in the Days, and now, 10 years after its initial release, additional images and new text will add value to the unique time capsule it already is.
Back in the Days documents the emerging Hip Hop scene from 1980-1989—before it became what is today’s multi-million-dollar multinational industry. Back in the days, gangs would battle not with guns, but by breakdancing. Back in the days, the streets—not corporate planning—set the standards for style. Back in the days, Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, photographing everyday people hangin’ in Harlem, kickin’ it in Queens, and cold chillin’ in Brooklyn.
Street styling with an attitude not seen in fashion for another twenty years to come, Shabazz’s subjects strike poses that put supermodels to shame—showing off Kangol caps and Gazelle glasses, shell-top Adidas and suede Pumas with fat laces, shearling coats and leather jackets, gold rope chains, door-knocker earrings, name belts, boom boxes, and other designer finery.
“Not an ounce of energy has drained from Back in the Days, Jamal Shabazz’s photo chronicle of the early days of hip-hop style, since it was published in 2001. Those who still remember its release might be amazed to learn that a decade has since gone by; reason enough for powerHouse Books to bring it out again, in an expanded edition, as Back in the Days: Remix.” Lens Blog
“He did with pictures what rappers did with words,’ said Bill Adler, a hip-hop historian and photography aficionado. ‘He made these folks visible the way rap made them audible. He took everyday people and turned them into icons. Nobody told him to do this. He just went out and struck gold.'” New York Times
“Beyond a specific genre of music or style of clothes, Shabazz’s photos celebrate city life and youth culture, even as the blights of crack and AIDS ravaged New York…” Time Out New York
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