Decoded
A Music, Nonfiction, Poetry book. You can put a new shirt on your back, slide a fresh chain around your neck, and accumulate all the...
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- Pages: 317 pages
- ISBN: 9781400068920 / 1400068924
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You can put a new shirt on your back, slide a fresh chain around your neck, and accumulate all the money and power in the world, but at the end of the day those are just layers. Money and power don't change you, they just further expose your true self. Jay-Z, Decoded Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow. Jay-Z, Decoded Boxing is a glorious sport to watch and boxers are incredible, heroic athletes, but it's also, to be honest, a stupid game to play. Even the winners can end up with crippling brain damage. In a lot of ways, hustling is the same. But you learn something special from playing the most difficult games, the games where winning is close to impossible and losing is catastrophic: You learn how to compete as if your life depended on it. That's the lesson I brought with me to the so-called "legitimate" world. Jay-Z, Decoded
I'm continuing my celebrity memoir kick!*Update* It was time to return the book to the library and I hadn't finished yet. It was better than I thought it would be but still not great enough to recheck out. i think this book is great, so let me say that up front. i recommend it. BUT- IT IS THE MOST SEXIST BOOK ON EARTH, quietly so. one paragraph on Foxy Brown? really? BARELY a mention of the impact of Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill, Salt & Peppa, or Roxanne Shant (no mention of her at all). this man talks about hip-hop as if it is, by definition... This book came out last year and was marketed as a high end coffee table book--a compilation of lyrics, explanations, pictures, and stories. As a piece of art I would say that the book works rather well. It's fun to look at and well designed. As a memoir, there are a few great moments. Jay is at his strongest when he is telling stories....
