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4.61 AVERAGE
4.61 AVERAGE
I just love this author's writing!! I wanna read his poetry next.
Startling and enlightening and convicting and thrilling. Like Ta-Nehisi Coates if he filtered everything he wrote through the lens of music. It’s rare that a book of essays is “can’t-put-it-down” catchy, but this all the way is.
Zoo wee mama this book was good. Only better by listening to it read by the author. There are going to be essays I can see myself coming back to listen to again. Beautifully lyrical and I mean FUCK it was good
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Everyone must read this set of essays.
Abdurraquib takes us through his experience as a Black man living in the United States, and yet takes the time to hold our hand and make it more palatable by combining his love of music. Incredibly, he sees music as a philosophy of life, and spends most essays breaking down a song or an album or a band, and relating each to his life. Every essay gave me something to ponder over.
As a music lover and someone who considers themself socially conscious, I didn't need to know much about this book to dive in and I firmly believe it should be required reading.
Abdurraquib takes us through his experience as a Black man living in the United States, and yet takes the time to hold our hand and make it more palatable by combining his love of music. Incredibly, he sees music as a philosophy of life, and spends most essays breaking down a song or an album or a band, and relating each to his life. Every essay gave me something to ponder over.
As a music lover and someone who considers themself socially conscious, I didn't need to know much about this book to dive in and I firmly believe it should be required reading.
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one of the best collections of essays i've ever read. the audiobook was incredible and i don't even know how i went so long without reading this. god bless hanif abdurraqib and god bless carly rae jepsen
Hands down my favorite book I have read this year. Social commentary through popular culture, particularly music, in essay form. Hanif Abdurraqib is brilliant. I couldn’t put it down.
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I think this book of essays was beautifully written. The only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars was because it's in a lot of ways talking to people that love music and I didn't know a lot of the music he was talking about, so I felt like I couldn't appreciate it to its full extent. But I still got a lot of out of it, including a bunch of music recommendations. It's also given me a lot to reflect on, and would definitely benefit from a reread.