Decoded
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.45 (935 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812981154 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A terrific real-world story for anyone who wants to be inspired, and full of great tips for artists and entrepreneurs" according to Michael J Wood. Jay-Z's contemporary rags-to-riches story is a more detailed, thorough, insightful, and powerful story than any kind of fiction you might read in an inspirational genre. This book is terrific reading for artists and entrepreneurs, especially, although anyone who wants to be inspired,. "Moment of Clarity" according to C Herringbone Malone. Ask anyone who was influenced by hip hop culture & music and Jay-Z has a place on their top 5 dead or alive rappers list. If not, then they deserve to be slapped. The same applies to this book as it is hands down the best hip hop book I've read to date. A very strong statement indeed. Opened my mind I happened to catch an episode of Oprah a few weeks ago when she was in Australia and Jay-Z was a guest on her show. They talked about his book, Decoded, and how it changed the way she thought about Jay-Z and rap in general. A Jay-Z fan, I was intrigued and purchased Decoded for my K
Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) is one of the most successful hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs of all time.
Best Books of the Month, November 2010: Like its multi-hyphenate author, Jay-Z, Decoded is many things at once. Decoded is a book about some of my favorite songs--songs that I unpack and explain and surround with narratives about what inspired them--but behind the rhymes is the truest story of my life.. Decoded is a book about one of those specific lives--mine--and will show you how the things I've experienced and observed have made their way into the art I've created. There's poetry in hip-hop lyrics--not just mine, but in the work of all the great hip-hop artists, from KRS-One and Rakim to Biggie and Pac to a hundred emcees on a hundred corners all over the world that you've never heard of. They foll
Expanded paperback edition of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller features 16 pages of new material, including 3 new songs decoded. Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time.