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Part autobiography, part lavishly illustrated commentary on the authors own work, decoded gives the reader a harrowing portrait of the rough worlds jayz navigated in his youth, while at the same time deconstructing his lyrics. I believe in karma and doing the right thing even if it may not advance you as far as you want. The book combines lyrics, their explanations, anecdotes, reflections, and autobiographical information. Tyler gray is the former editorial director of fast company and coauthor of the book the sonic boom. If i was crossing a street with my friends and a rhyme came to me, id break out my binder. Each of the lyric sections in this ebook includes links that you can click on to read notes about the songs written by jayz. Jayz gives a honest account of the life that he lead on the way to selling millions of records. Jayz explains the three reasons why he wanted to write the book being a case for hiphop lyrics as poetry, to tell a generational.
Expanded paperback edition of the acclaimed new york times bestseller features 16 pages of new material, including 3 new songs decoded. Decoded doesnt discuss what was arguably the most important pact of the rappers career, and makes the reader wonder how much of the book. Part autobiography, part lavishly illustrated commentary on the authors own work, decoded gives the reader a. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read decoded. Released in 2010, decoded is jay zs explicit and thorough presentation of his lyrics as poetry. I recently had the pleasure of reading decoded by jayz, his cross between an autobiography and decoding of his rap lyrics. Jayz discusses decoded at the new york public library. Thename of jayzs first book is decoded,a curious title given that among the work of celebrated rappers his lyricsmight need perhaps the least decoding.
Unlike the wutang clan, for instance,whose arcane allusions, slang neologisms, and syncretic philosophies havespawned two books and counting, jayz is decidedly plain spoken andconfessional. This episode isnt retold in decoded, which is not an autobiography but rather a scrappy memoir, containing much of. Decoded download free pdf and ebook writer jay z in english published by random house usa inc. Part modern day notes on the waste land, and part memoir, hov provides page.
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