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Decoded was the perfect title and conveys multiple meanings. Rap is poetry and the evolution of my style the full text of the book with illustrations and photographs video may not play on all readers. Part autobiography, part lavishly illustrated commentary on the authors own work, decoded gives the reader a harrowing portrait of the rough worlds jayz. Jay z explains most kings from his new book decoded youtube. Decoded takes you through the life of jayz in a pretty entertaining way. Decoded chinese tv series, a 2016 tv series based on the novel. Part modern day notes on the waste land, and part memoir, hov provides page upon page of. Jay z explains most kings from his new book decoded.
Cristal, before hiphop, had a nice story attached to it. Mtv news took a peek at the collection and selected a few topics and. Decoded is less a conventional memoir than an elliptical collage. This is a firstperson chronicle of the life and work of jayz, born shawn carter in brooklyns notorious marcy projects. Rap is poetry and the evolution of my style the full text of the book with illustrations and photographs. This is a firstperson chronicle of the life and work of jay z, born shawn carter in brooklyns notorious marcy projects. Theres heaven then theres hell niggas one day your cruisin in your seven. Nov 14, 2010 although coleridge and wordsworth never needed to pen books annotating and explaining their cerebral rhymes, rapper jay z is all set to deconstruct his verses into chapters with his book, decoded. Expanded paperback edition of the acclaimed new york times bestseller features 16 pages of new material, including 3 new songs decoded. Like its multihyphenate author, jayz, decoded is many things at once. He spent much of his time making business trips from new york to. Nov 16, 2009 jay z s decoded is part biography, part commentary on american events and issues from the 1980s to the present, part poetry anthology, part history of rap and hiphop music, and part sociology textbook. Nov 15, 2010 jay z s decoded is a 300page tome thats filled with lush photographs, autobiographical musings and lyrical analysis, roughly in equal measure.
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I recently had the pleasure of reading decoded by jayz, his cross between an autobiography and decoding of his rap lyrics. On tuesday november 16, jayz released his book decoded, explaining the history behind some of his most infamous lines. Told through lyrics, images and personal narrative, decoded shares the story of jayzs life through the 10 codes that define him, giving insight into his background, influences and the artistic process that shapes his work. Jayzs decoded, a guide to his life and lyrics the new york times. At its core, decoded is an eloquent and candid memoir detailing the story of a man who was born in a brooklyn housing project, spent his teen years dealing drugs on the streets of trenton, new jersey, and grew up to be one of his generations most successful artists and. The lyrics are seen in corresponding chapters with an extensive footnote section where he explains why he wrote some of the more cryptic lines.
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