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I‘m not feelin this book. It‘s good, but dense. I also feel like I should know just straight hip-hop/rap history in order to fully grasp all that is going on here. I‘m going to finish up the chapter I started last night and then put this aside for a while and come back. I‘m also having issues with some of Chang‘s wording, you don‘t need a $5 word when a $1 will work.

Attempting to read for the first time in a week. Man Cub and I have both been sick with bacterial gunk/infection (his sinus, mine bronchiole). We are finally getting back to normal, well as normal as we get.

My February finale
6 read finished 7 (started The Mad Sculptor in January)
Started 3 more I haven‘t finished yet.
And only bought 3 👍🏼 one of which I‘ve already read.
With the exception of The Mad Sculptor where by or about people of color or the culture. Not bad. #februaryreads #blackhistorymonthreads

This will probably be my last #blackhistorymonth read (not that I don‘t try to read diverse books all the time). After reading ‘On the Come Up‘ I feel very lacking in my hip-hop knowledge.

Thinking about giving this to my brother buuuuut .... no I didn‘t get it with intentions of giving it to him I got it for me.

A mixed hip hop and black cultural history from Jamaica and Marley, to the New York developing street hip hop scene, including graffiti, racism, gangs, and crackdowns, to Public Enemy and then to LA and NWA and the King riots of 1992, and then on to The Source. It‘s a selected history with gaping holes and no interviews (few quotes, anyway) and wanders off too far on topics here and there, but fun overall, so I‘m giving it a pick.

Looking for an available audiobook through my library, I stumbled across this title, which I remembered from back in like 2005-ish. I‘ve stumbled across a fascinating cameo of Jamaican history, and now a of history of south Bronx gang life in the 1970‘s and I‘m only like 15% in.

Because one #reathon for the month of July just isn‘t enough, I signed up for #24in48 too! 🤪 Check it out and sign up here www.24in48.com

1. Non-fiction: tagged. Fiction: Bel Canto

2. My Morning Jacket, Rolling Stones, Tragically Hip, Patsy Cline.

3. Frightened Rabbit at the Horseshoe Tavern, Pearl Jam at Bonnaroo, Lupe Fiasco at Bonnaroo, Jewel at ACC (unexpected but SO GOOD).

4. Off the Record by My Morning Jacket, Why Can't He Be You by Patsy Cline, Aretha Sing One for Me (cover) by Cat Power

#ManicMonday @JoScho

I read this one years ago, and it remains one of the best musical/cultural histories I've read. Charting the birth and rise of hip-hop music and culture in the United States, from East Coast to West, Old School to New. A broad undertaking, but compulsively readable and incredibly fascinating.

#SoundsofThen #MarchintoOz @Cinfhen @Lizpixie

#Backdating #AndItsAugust #CantStopWontStop @RealLifeReading

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One off hubby's music piles!!

I've been reading since 7:30 this morning, and it's now 11:30pm, but I refuse to stop!!!! #24in48

Today's #labsoundtrack!

I went to the Lexington Comic & Toy Convention this past weekend and added to my graphic novel collection. 🤗

3 trades of Wicked + Divine, 2 omnibuses of Runaways, 1 trade of Shutter (reviewed recently), and Love is Love (the proceeds go to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting). ❤️💛💚💙💜

Trains (it really is, even though this photo I pulled from the internet doesn't look like it) artfully tagged as part of hip-hop culture, explored in this excellent book. #photoadaynov16

An amazingly deep exploration of the origins and history of hip-hop, but it's so much more. I expected a fairly straightforward retelling of major musical groups and how they influenced pop culture, but Jeff Chang shows how hip-hop intersects with politics, race relations, and economics. Utterly fascinating.

After completing a couple of books on hold that became available recently, I'm getting back into: Can't Stop; Wild Swans - I set a goal to finish my previous tbr stack by the end of August and this is the final book from that group; and the 100 yr old man who climbed out the window - for a book club gathering on Sept 12. (And, there are some books in the background and the kindle is loaded.) #augustphotochallenge

Just binge watched the currently available episodes of The Get Down and now require more information on the history of Hip-Hop. Also, disco should be represented in my upcoming music studies and this reminds me I need Nile Rodgers' memoir, Le Freak.

This book is awesome and I'm bummed I had to return it before I could finish. Definitely going on my holiday gift list, I wanna own it!!

Need a fantasy break (whaaaaa? I KNOW). I've been wanting to read this for a long time.

New friends came in the mail today.