The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop runs 26.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kevin R. Free (about 17.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 26.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 54 days |
| 1 hour / day | 27 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 26.8 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kevin R. Free
Kevin R. Free narrates 367 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,886 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
55 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop is an audiobook by Dan Charnas: a 26.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin R. Free, released October 7, 2011, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 26.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin R. Free
- Released
- October 7, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781461849612
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop as an audiobook?
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop runs 26.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.9 hours.
Is The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop?
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop is narrated by Kevin R. Free.
Is The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.9 hours, saving 8.9 hours.