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The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop by Jonathan Abrams

The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop runs 18.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Reynaldo Piniella and Langston Darby and others (about 12.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.2listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.2 hours of listening.

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30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.2 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop is an audiobook by Jonathan Abrams: a 18.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Reynaldo Piniella, Langston Darby and Torian Brackett and others, released October 18, 2022, on the Social Science shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.2 hrs
Narrated by
Reynaldo Piniella, Langston Darby, Torian Brackett, Malik Rashad, Terrence Kidd, Diontae Black
Released
October 18, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science
ISBN
9780593634936

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop as an audiobook?

The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop runs 18.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.1 hours.

Is The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop?

The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop is narrated by Reynaldo Piniella, Langston Darby, Torian Brackett and Malik Rashad and others.

Is The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.1 hours, saving 6.1 hours.