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Chargement... Psalms of My People: A Story of Black Liberation as Told through Hip-Hop (édition 2024)par lenny duncan (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. An interesting book. Admittedly, I didn't know much about the subject when I first started reading this, but I found that the author's work is rather direct, speaking to you as the reader without a wall in between, and unique. It serves the purpose of the book well, and I liked that. At times it goes on a bit too much about one particular thing or another, but these moments are brief and the book as a whole is strong, with a unique voice. ( )Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. lenny duncan writes about Black liberation through prose and poetry that reflects hip-hop music in "Psalms of my People." End notes helpfully provide context for readers unfamiliar with hip-hop or Black history. The format may be very accessible or a struggle, depending on the reader's understanding of these topics. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. This book is some of everything in the best possible way. And, as advertised, prophetic.(NB I was given a finished copy of this book by its publisher.) Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. lenny duncan's Psalms of My People is a creative, emphatic declaration that Black people need a new living scripture, that provided by hip-hop lyrics. They contend that hip-hop is the Holy Spirit at work, a message from the Creator. They do not"prove" this by logical argument; rather, they provide example after example of lyrics that describe and clarify the truth of the life that Black Americans face.I have made a point of listening to a sampling of these songs, from Lauryn Hill to Kendrick Lamar to the Notorious B.I.G. I am not at all qualified by my life experience to understand very much of what duncan is saying, but his book has opened my eyes to things I had never seen, and helped me to find some hip-hop music a little less opaque. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. Psalms of My People is a thought-provoking book that opens this white persons eyes. I’m given a deeper meaning and alternative view on hip hop artists and tracks, on MTV and Kurt Loder. The author is compelling and writes with refreshing candor. I read all the notes as I was reading and they all occurred where I needed them. This is a great book of poetry and prose delving into hip hop history and the life of the author.aucune critique | ajouter une critique
If you want to understand the Black experience in the US, you have to understand hip-hop. James Baldwin, in his famous talk "The Struggle for the Artist's Integrity," suggests that "the poets (by which I mean all artists) are finally the only people who know the truth about us." And to understand the truth about the history of Black peoples in America, argues lenny duncan, we must look to the modern Black poet: the hip-hop artist. In Psalms of My People,artist, scholar, and activist lenny duncan treats the work of hip-hop artists from the last several decades--from N.W.A, Tupac, and Biggie to Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z, and Kendrick Lamar--like sacred scripture. Their songs and lyrics are given full exegetical treatment--a critical and contextual interpretation of text--and are beautifully illustrated, with a blend of ancient and modern art styles illuminating every page. All the while, duncan traces the history of hip-hop, revealing it as a conduit to tell the modern story of Black liberation in this country, following the bloody trail from the end of the Civil Rights Era through the day George Floyd was sacrificed on the streets of America. "Who else but the hip-hop artist," asks Duncan, "has embodied the cries, pain, and secret concrete ? Whose art? Our art. Whose story is written in the book of life with crimson lines dipped in a well that is 400+ years deep? Whose story? Our story. For whom does God bring down empires? Us." Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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