Book Description
For years, Lou-Loc - an efficient assassin and O.G. of the Crip organization - did dirt. After dancing on the razor's edge, he becomes weary of the street life that consumed him during his years of service to his set. He begins to wonder, Is there a better way to make a living? Lou-Loc and his sociopath counterpart, "Gutter", leave L.A for the colorful streets of New York. Lou-Loc has dreams of becoming a writer. Gutter has dreams of becoming a King Pin. Conflicting, intriguing and suspenseful - this novel will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Customer Reviews:
Next.......2007-07-03
First let me say that i am a HUGE K'WAN fan. I have all of his books and thoroughly enjoy them however Gangsta was for the birds. It was not well written and it did not flow well for me. It was slow and the whole gang connections were a little confusing and unnecessary for me. (I could've done wihout the whole bloodz and crips storyline) I also couldn't get with the way the book mentioned random people only to never talk about them again. I understand that this was his first book but I am glad that I didn't read this one before Hoodlum or Eve because I would have never bought another one of his books. However, I will say that K'wan has progressed as a writer and I am fan of his work (Gangsta excluded).
MUST READ!!!!.......2007-06-28
This is my favorite book of all time. K'wan is one the most talented authors of today and my favorite author. I recommend this book to everyone.
Let's Keep it Gangsta.......2006-12-12
This is the first novel I read by K'wan. this story was captivating. This novel grew my interest in reading some more of his work. K'wan keep it coming!
I am left with questions?????.......2006-10-12
Okay let me began by saying that the book was pretty good for the most part. I didn't see as many of the errors that the other reviewers said there was. But I saw a couple not enough to condemn the man to total damnation!!! But I am left with some questions....
1.Who in the hell was cross?
2.Why did he eat people?
3.How did Gutter get cured?
4.What did Cross give Lou-Loc when he asked him to give him something to help him want to kill or some mess like that.. and Cross was like you know that it was like a drug??!?!?!?!
If anybody can answer these questions please do.. because maybe I was just lost and missed something. But I really think the book could of been longer. "Eve" is the best book that he has written thus far.
An Urban Tragedy.......2006-08-10
Lou-Loc a well respected member of the Harlem Crips was introduced to the street life early. He was there to stay especially with his encouraging and misleading girlfriend. He wasn't headed anywhere until he met his true love, Satin. She turns his life around as he attempts to leave the street life and settle down. Can he leave the streets or if he addicted to the fast life?
This book was pretty average. If weren't for the controversial ending I would have gave it 3 stars. It isn't a must read but It'll do. If you have nothing else to read this definitely a good book to get.
Book Description
The Gangsta Rap Coloring Book is just as it sounds: a series of images in thick black lines of the most popular gangsta rappers from hip-hop. The juxtaposition of hard-core thugs portrayed through a children's medium made this book an underground hit in Aye Jay Moreno's first, self-published edition. Now expanded from 20 to 48 pages to include even more of the music's superstars, this collection is a witty hall of fame of gangsta rap.
Customer Reviews:
Great Conversation Piece.......2007-05-12
Buy this book, leave it right out on the coffee table during a party or visitors, and watch the hilarious reactions. The conversation over the great pages of rappers usually turns into a lively debate on who was the greatest rapper of all time. They are all in here: Biggie, Pac, KRS One, Cube, 50 Cent... about 40 in all. Just be sure to hide it sometime during the party, or you'll wake up the next day and find someone has colored-in your DMX. GREAT BOOK!
One word: Disgraceful.......2007-03-23
I wish there was a rating of zero. This book is a disgrace and worthless. Although it may not be marketed to kids, it will most certainly end up in the hands of a child. Marketing to adults it is just a mask to get to the REAL target market - children. My children and YOURS. Think about it. Do you really think adults have crayons lying around awaiting to color a coloring book? What adult spends free time coloring in coloring books? And if you have children, would you really want them coloring guns?? Some may find it humorous or funny. I see nothing funny about it. Please stop aiding others in perpetuating negative images of the Afro American culture.
Anyone that buys this book should be ashamed of themselves.
CF.Adams: Homicide Investigator.......2007-03-23
This Color Book is a disgrace to every African American. As a Homicide Investigator who has worked many murders of young Black teenager males this coloring book doesn't help to stop the problem on "Black on Black Murders" involving juvenile males. I am outrage by the images of weaponry and killing and prison and thing of that nature. I don't see this coloring book to be a fitting image for our young people. Maybe the Author of this coloring book should come and spend a day with me during an autopsy of a 15 year Black male who was killed by gang violence.
Ehhhh.......2007-01-24
The concept of this book is good, and many classic rappers/groups are depicted, but the art is lacking. The line-drawings are very simple, with little detail. A good coloring book has lots of detail to make it fun to color; if someone were to actually color in this book, it would get pretty boring. The book's only saving grace is the Bone Thugs page... that one's pretty good.
Gangsta Rap Coloring Book... so funny!.......2007-01-09
I got the idea for this coloring book from a friend who had it sitting on her coffee table. I bought three for little Christmas gifts and everyone loved them! Well, I had to keep one for myself. Nothing like a coloring book with Crayon Bullets to brighten any holiday!
Book Description
On September 13, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas. Millions of fans wept, while many critics claimed it was the inevitable result of a thugged-out lifestyle. The mystery surrounding the shooting-a suspect has yet to be named-has increased, and rumors of gang wars, disloyalty, and government conspiracies continue to linger. Only Frank Alexander, Tupac's bodyguard druing the last year of his life, knows the real story. Got Your Back details the exploits of one of the most famous rappers of all time. The drugs, the women, the violence, the money-all provided fuel to the fire that was Tupac's life. As his platinum-selling, posthumously released albums prove, Tupac lives on through his music. Complete with exclusive new interview material with Tupac's mother, Afeni, Got Your Back provides an insider's view of a life gone awry.
Customer Reviews:
good read.......2007-07-05
I like this book because it was from an individual who had first hand knowledge of Tupac's life. (his bodyguard) It was an eye opener when he started to explain about the night Tupac and Suge Knight were gunned down. To me it leaves alot more questions. It's not a page turner but it's still a good read.
Tupac the Legend.......2005-09-17
I think that this was an excellent book. It gave me a lot more information about Tupac that i never knew about
Excellent Book !.......2005-02-16
This book gives you an insight about what really did go down in Las Vegas on the night of Tupac's shooting. I really enjoyed reading it! The Life story of Tupac is a great adventure and Frank Alexander spoke of the kind hearted side of Tupac in this book and not his media preception. If your looking for a good book, buy this!
Excellent Book ***** (5 Stars)
Poorly ghost-written recollections........2004-12-15
Although at times an interesting look into the decadence and fast living that is offered to those with fame and fortune, it amounts to nothing more than a poorly ghost-written book of recollections by a first-hand witness (bodyguard) of Tupacs last year of life. Like so many other projects that make an attempt to capitalize on the late Rap Stars life, it never gets below the surface of Tupac the celebrity, and leaves the reader without any insights as to how and why, Tupac had, and continues to have, such an enormous impact on Rap/Hip-Hop music and culture. Instead we get insights like the one on page 84 in the book "Do you know why woman loved Tupac? The obvious reasons are his talent, his looks, and his charisma..but also Tupac had a f**kin' horse c**k". From the way it was written and presented, it doesnt seem like Mr.Frank Alexander had any strong motive or desire to bring this book to the public, otherthan reasons that start with dollar signs $$$. But I have to say that in the final chapters the book finally comes alive with Mr.Alexanders powerful, poignant, honest memories of the events that took place when, and after Tupac was shot, and eventually died in Las Vegas. In these chapters he reflects on his confrontation with Suge Knight, and the confusion, guilt, sorrow and fear he was feeling as Tupac struggled for his life in the hospital, and the aftermath that followed Tupacs death, it ends with an intimate phone conversation between Alexander and Tupacs Mother. Its worth reading the book just for these last chapters alone, its very, very moving. Unfortunately, its too little, too late in the book to make its entirety a good read. I was 25 when Tupac died, and I was into Heavy Metal more than Rap/Hip-Hop, but always being a big Tupac fan, upon hearing of his death that day, besides feeling sorrow, I also remember feeling it was the end of an era, I knew Rap would never be the same and there would never be another one like him. It was the same feeling I had when Kurt Cobain died. And ten years later, looking at all the Rap/Hip-Hop that has come after Tupacs death, I realized my feeling that day was right, Pac was truly one of a kind, and something special died with him that night in Vegas, and Raps never been the same since. This books OK, but I expected more.
RIP Tupac. We all miss you.. and we're still down for you.
Efe T Miller Place NY .......2004-11-08
This book is about a famous rapper who explaines his life and what he's been through. He talks about how he was poor and he lived in the "hood" and how he got into rapping, and lead to his fame and demise. The person who wrote this book is Frank Alexander he was Tupacs body guard and he was with Tupac every day,all day. He wrote this book because he and Tupac became very close frends. I like this book because I am a big fan of Tupacs and I recommend this book to all the Tupac fans out there.
Book Description
School, what school?
My name is X-Ray-X
So be careful how you flex
I used to freestyle in me bedroom
But me daddy got me vex
The teacher kicked me out of the classroom
Now I'm rapping in The Rex.
Ray has trouble at home and trouble at school. It's the last straw for everyone when Ray and his friends Prem and Tyrone are permanently suspended. But they know what they want, more than most, perhaps. Their headmaster decides to give them a second chance, a chance to live their dream of forming a rap group. Through a specialized social program, the boys are taught the business of the music industry, what it takes to record an album, and how to lay down a track. Within weeks they have become the Positive Negatives, and within a few months they have signed a record deal and are on their way to the top. But their dream soon becomes a nightmare as violence escalates around them. Suddenly, not only their careers but their very lives are at stake. The Positive Negatives are determined to prove that you don't need to be a gangster to be a great rapper.
Customer Reviews:
So Fresh and So Clean Clean.......2007-01-28
This book tells the story of Ray, a teenager living in London who gets kicked out of school and almost his own home. His friends Prem and Tyrone also are kicked out, and think they are too good for it anyway. Ray a Tupac fan decides that maybe it's time for him and his friends to stop freestyling and get into the rap game. Trouble stirs up with another rap group and it ends with bullets and knives. This book was great because it showed how hip hop can involve you in other situations not intended. Plus it shows rap from the other side of the world. Finally something fresh to read about that appeals to teenagers all around the world with music to relate.
syrils review.......2006-05-16
This book was very suspensful. I couldnt stop reading this book, the characters were like it was happening in reallife. The book was about three boys who got expeled from school, and they are very good at rapping and they are trying to make it big. They end up going to this school teaching them all about music, and they get a record deal and they end getting rivals from a different rap group.
nicks review.......2006-05-16
gangsta rap is thebest because its about this kid who has a hard time at home and all he wants to do is become araper and make it big. he makes it big and he gets into problems with the romg people. i thik kids my age should read it because i never like to read and until i read this book i like to read now and i make an effert to read now!!
Gangsta Rap.......2006-05-16
This book was very interesting. It had alot of action and it revealed how platitum rappers really live. I could not put down the book when I reached the first climax. It was so suspenseful. I reccomend this book if you like action and music. I give this book a 9 out of 10.
fANTASTIC.......2006-05-06
RAY IS A TENNAGE BOY THAT WANTS TO BE A RAPPER. HIS FRIENDS TYRONE AND PREM STICK WITH HIM TO THE END. RAY GOES THROUGH A LOT OF TEOUBLE TO BECOME A RAPPER. HE BECOMES RIVALS WITH THE WEST SIDE OF LONDON. I HIGHLLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO SOMEONE WHO LOVES ACTION AND SUSPENSE.
Book Description
This pathbreaking study of region, race, and gender reveals how we underestimate the South's influence on the formation of black masculinity at the national level. Many negative stereotypes of black men-often contradictory ones-have emerged from the ongoing historical traumas initiated by slavery. Are black men emasculated and submissive or hypersexed and violent? Nostalgic representations of black men have arisen as well: think of the philosophical, hardworking sharecropper or the abiding, upright preacher. To complicate matters, says Riché Richardson, blacks themselves appropriate these images for purposes never intended by their (mostly) white progenitors.
Starting with such well-known caricatures as the Uncle Tom and the black rapist, Richardson investigates a range of pathologies of black masculinity that derive ideological force from their associations with the South. Military policy, black-liberation discourse, and contemporary rap, she argues, are just some of the instruments by which egregious pathologies of black masculinity in southern history have been sustained. Richardson's sources are eclectic and provocative, including Ralph Ellison's fiction, Charles Fuller's plays, Spike Lee's films, Huey Newton's and Malcolm X's political rhetoric, the O. J. Simpson discourse, and the music production of Master P, the Cash Money Millionaires, and other Dirty South rappers.
Filled with new insights into the region's role in producing hierarchies of race and gender in and beyond their African American contexts, this new study points the way toward more epistemological frameworks for southern literature, southern studies, and gender studies.
Book Description
A former welfare father from the ghetto of Detroit, Michael Eric Dyson is today a critic, scholar, and ordained Baptist minister who has forged a unique role: he is a compelling spokesman for the concerns of the black community, and also a leader who has a genuine rapport with that community, particularly with urban youth. In his essays, lectures, sermons, and books, he has emerged as one of the leading African-American voices of our day. Dyson's passion for contemporary black culture informs Between God and Gangsta' Rap, his latest foray into the ongoing debate about African-American identity which embraces the hopes of the church and the cool reality of hip-hop. Bringing together writings on music, religion, politics, and identity, and offering a multi-faceted view of black life, the book charts the progress of Dyson's own soul, from his roots in the Detroit ghetto, to his current status as a Baptist minister, professor, cultural critic, husband, and father. Dyson opens with a letter to his brother, who is serving life in prison on a murder charge. This painful piece reveals a violence in the author's own family that sets the tone for themes that will emerge throughout these writings: violence on the black body and soul; the redemptive power of hope through school, church, and family; sexuality as a source of anguish and of joy; and the struggle with entrenched white racism. There is a section of wonderful profiles Dyson calls "Testimonials"--studies of black men, from O.J. Simpson to Marion Barry, and from Baptist preacher Gardner Taylor to Michael Jordan and Sam Cooke. In "Obsessed with O.J.," Dyson offers an extremely personal and insightful series of reflections on the case. In "Lessons," Dyson takes up the subjects of politics and racial identity. Newt Gingrich and moral panic, Quabiliah Shabazz, Carol Moseley Braun, the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X all figure in these insightful and accessible pieces. And "Songs of Celebration" draws from Dyson's writings for the popular press such as Rolling Stone and Vibe, and explores the joys and pitfalls of black expression, from the black vernacular bible to gospel music, R and B, and hip-hop. Dyson concludes with an essay framed as a letter to his wife, which offers a positive counterbalance to the opening address to his brother. The letter serves as a tribute to the redemptive powers of love, the black family, spirit, and change. Arguing that the richness of black culture today can be found in the interstices--between god and gangsta' rap--Dyson charts the progress and pain of African Americans over the past decade, showing that brilliance and beauty, pain and drudgery are components of this changing culture. As a compendium of his thinking about contemporary culture Between God and Gangsta' Rap will find a wide audience among black and white readers.
Customer Reviews:
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON: BETWEEN GOD AND MISOGYNIST CRAP.......2006-02-11
To say that preacher, professor, and hip-hop prophet Michael Eric Dyson is a brilliant scholar and prolific writer is to not only make a gross underassessment of his intellectual acumen, but also belies his impact on the transliterative interpretation of Black, urban vernacular and culture into academic fare. Dyson stands poised to ascend to the position of 21st century nouveau Negro Literati-he's an academician and theologian extraordinaire with his finger acutely on the pulse of the ghetto fabulous, and the not so fabulous. His attempt to bridge the gap between the pulpit and the projects, between the hallowed halls of scholastic academy and the temporal alleyways of municipal despair, is to not only be commended, but also to be acknowledged as groundbreaking scholarship. Dyson has created in himself a new paradigm, the rapping apostle who champions the words of the socially oppressed, economically poor, and melanin-rich youth across Amerikkka.
While I stand in agreement with a great number of Dyson's arguments and commentaries on Black culture, and I respect and revere his ability to render unbiased and unpopular examinations of historical African American icons, I find him dangerously lacking in his self-proclaimed position of feminist. I cannot in good consciousness harshly critique Professor Dyson's intent when it comes to addressing the issue of gender in the African American community but I most assuredly take issue with his content.
The esteemed professor identifies himself as a benevolent champion to the "fairer" sex while hiding behind a thinly-veiled patriarchal and misogynistic mask. Whatever his public beliefs on misogyny might be, Dr. Dyson clearly isn't averse to the excessive adulation of its most gross perpetrators-nowhere less so than in his iconic homage to gangsta rapper Ice Cube in his book entitled Between God and Gangsta Rap. To read this unblemished critique, one would think that Cube is the ghetto version of Paul Robeson; brilliant, multi-talented, prolific renaissance man driven to rap about blunts and "bitches" due to extenuating circumstances that propel him to compromise his craft with the profane. Dyson states, "Even when Ice Cube misses the mark, the furious intelligence and rhetorical skill of his gangstafronationalist aesthetic manages to provoke and inspire." Literary brilliance aside, inspire whom and to what end is the question. Nowhere within his tribute to Cube does he state that the rapper goes too far or that he is pathological and diseased in his perception and portrayal of Black women in his music. Dr. Dyson mentions that the artist might have some animus towards women but conveniently forgets to include any lyrics that highlight the rapper's sentiments. Took her to the Comfort Inn/Tucked her in/Pulled out the third leg and pumped it in/She said will you call me/Yeah I'll call you a bitch and a hoe after I ball ya. The term "furious intelligence" as used to describe Ice Cube keeps ringing in my ears as I reread those lyrics and wonder how rhyming the word "Inn" with "in" and "in" is either furious or intelligent.
Dyson's continuous failure to criticize Black male rappers is disturbing. It is as if he is giving them carte blanche to degrade Black woman in any vile and disgusting way imaginable and placing his stamp of approval on it to the academic community. Dyson attributes the demise of the political and revolutionary group Public Enemy to their defiant stance against the status quo, yet he failed to mention Flavor Flav's criminal, wife-beating, drug-related activities as contributory in any way. His failure to acknowledge and reprimand rappers smacks of disrespect to the women they vilify and also to the marginalized youth who create this loathsome (c)rap. It says to them that they don't have to have any responsibility for what they say because they are only reflecting their environment. It holds them to no higher standard than their putrid and venomous attacks on women. I do not blame the victims of oppression for their outward manifestations of lyrical enmity, but I also do not condone such behavior either. My one consolation in all of this is that most of the rappers who so egregiously violate the sensibilities of women will never pick up one of Dyson's books to read and comprehend its distortions.
It seems that membership into some sort of secret sect of testosterone prohibits in depth analysis of the pathos of Black men by The Reverend Michael Dyson. In his benedictory tribute to his third wife, Dyson says, ". . .for the most part black men have been unwilling to confront inequities between ourselves and the women in our lives, inequities that we deeply invest in and justify by all sorts of philosophical and rhetorical gyrations." That, in essence, should have been the launching pad for the discussion about the disparity in agendas between Black male/female relationships. Instead, he doesn't even attempt to address what sort of inequities he perceives and gives no attention whatsoever to the topic. He would much rather wax piously about how faultless he was in his failed marriages and how he was justified in his adultery. "The women with whom I was unfaithful were no doubt greatly dissatisfied by my dismal performance," he laments, "and I was profoundly ashamed." I suppose that one is to assume that if he had performed better, and his companions had further enjoyed themselves, that his shame would somehow have been less profound. The entire anecdote seems crafted to assure the reader full comprehension of the fact that he's got skillz in bed, no matter what a few random women might be able to say about him. His declaration of his sexual prowess mirrors the exact same behavior of rappers talking about how much pipe they can lay and how many women they can turn out, he simply didn't have a beat behind his proclamation.
Perhaps he simply forgot to address the issue of Black men choosing to date white women in outrageous numbers, or the propensity for them to revere European standards of beauty in women of color. While he made sure that the reader knew that he was a diligent and loving father, missing was the discussion of single mothers in the African American community and the Black man's role in raising and taking responsibility for their children. Mike Dyson chooses to use his full name publicly, quite possibly to distinguish himself from the convicted rapist/boxer whose name differs by only a single letter, but the discussion of the psychological ramifications of sexual assault in the Black community went unmentioned in his work. The professor states that it is painful for Black women, many of whom have fought valiantly for Black pride, to hear the dissonant chord of disdain carried in the angry epithet "bitch." The true feminist might suggest that it is even more tragic for the generation of young women who have grown up with such vile references daily entertaining them and to not find it offensive at all. As alarming and as disgusting as it may seem, Dyson can be quoted as saying, " Some sisters, ladies, and women might, ironically prefer the rancid, ridiculous, but honest cant of Snoop's undifferentiated demonology: one man's bitch is another man's bitch." Well perhaps the professor wouldn't mind if I called him a dick-sucking, jocking, wanna-be rapper, swinging on the nuts of the fly and the dapper. Hey, put a beat to that and I think I have a platinum selling record there.
I don't know..........2005-02-12
This book is filled with Dr. Dyson tackling many subjects, including the O.J Simpson trial, Michael Jordan, Mariah Carey and the issues surrounding her identity in the eyes of the viewing public (black and white), and others as well. It's not necessarily a tough read; the title of the book is simply misleading. While I read it, I could see the link he attempts to make with his audience while he discusses various subjects, but it is pretty difficult to follow. It's "Between God and Gangsta Rap", but it takes a long time to bridge the links together, and that is what frustrated me. I didn't need certain issues in the book to understand others, but it may take that for other people who read it. The one piece I did enjoy was one about a pastor who is revered in the African-American community, Gardner "Wash" Taylor. Besides that, the book didn't do too much for me, and that is unfortunate, because I am a huge Michael Eric Dyson fan. It will really just depend on what type of reader you are as to whether you like or dislike the book, or whether you finish or don't finish it.
not a book, but a "publishing event".......2000-06-15
Dyson has very little to say here, and some of what he says is almost embarrassing. The rationale for this book is not at all clear, beyond the royalties. The whole thing is very poorly edited, and Dyson's writing sputters--a brilliant one-liner followed by a pointless anecdote which the reader can see coming a mile away. This is all style and no substance, and the style is nothing to write home about, either. I get the sense that this book was the brainchild of some literary agent or publishing house--the author just doesn't have anything much to say, and doesn't say it very well. Dyson has gifts, but seems to pour them out without much care. I have read all of his books, and this is the worst one. The consistent and avoidable flaws in Dyson's work is lack of research, reliance on rhetoric, and failure to polish the writing. This one appears to have been written in the airport lounge on the way to his next speaking gig.
Between God and Gangsta Rap: Too much room to cover.......1998-03-18
Dyson has set a big task for this little book. He has staked out alot of ground to cover and that's where this book falls short. Maybe three of the essays are worth pursuing, in particular the piece on African American preaching and some of the personal reflections, especially the story about his brother and family, but other pieces, sound more like snipets that appeared in Vibe and seem better suited to liner notes. And please, no more OJ stuff, this man has become a cultural hang nail - enough already!
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Book Description
When we first meet him, Chappie is a punked-out teenager living with his mother and abusive stepfather in an upstate New York trailer park. During this time, he slips into drugs and petty crime. Rejected by his parents, out of school and in trouble with the police, he claims and he gets a cross and bones tattoo on his arm, and adopts the moniker "Bone." He finds refuge with a group of biker-thieves, and then hides in a boarded-up summer house.
Der 14-jährige Chappie schlägt sich allein durchs Leben, bis er dem schwarzen Rastafari I-man begegnet. Sein neuer Freund bringt ihm alles Wissenswerte über Hanfanbau, das Ich und den Kosmos im Allgemeinen bei. Die beiden brechen nach Jamaica auf - getragen von ihrer Abenteuerlust und dem festen Willen zu überleben ...
Book Description
What if "O" suddenly gave every poor person in the impoverished streets of America a chance to be rich? In, GOD, I RESPECT YA GANGSTA by Teresa Rae Butler, winning participants of this story must prove low-income status to claim winnings. Rainy Dae Harris picks up where dead Coraz, a.k.a. Rainia Harris has left off by organizing a lottery for the poor with famous, talk-show host, Ophelia Windsor, 'Baddest in the Windy.' They are only giving the money to the unfortunate, meaning anyone can buy a ticket however you must be poor to win. Miss Harris helps fix individual's credit and educational problems alongside their winnings with an assisting program, RE-RAISE 4 PRAISE. It is a story within a story that goes even deeper as to why and how many people suffer in the struggle. Join Billy Jacksin, the pimp; Ms. Jack, the cross dresser; O.B., the drug dealer; Anmarie, Coraz's mother who used to be just the white stripper with three, mixed kids for an extreme adventure. You as a reader will find ghosts, the State Street suicide, murder, tremendous wealth and poverty, all of the spirits that take them on this journey of death for a glimpse of eye opening revelations about God, world love, forgiveness and more that are sure to make you laugh until you cry, cry until your eyes swell, get so upset and finally walk away from the novels feeling POWERFUL! There are also over twenty illustrations that help to bring this fierce title to life. If the belief in GOD does not grab you from the beginning, then HIS unbelievable ending will!
Book Description
Riveting and explosive, You Forgot About Dre is the story of a mentor and a protégé' who impact hip-hop music, with all the details of their success.
Customer Reviews:
No new information.......2002-09-19
Don't get me wrong, I am a huge Dre and Eminem fan but this book isn't worth your money. It has little to no new information for fans who have spent a little bit of time and surfed the web for bios and such. For those who say this book is great because Dr. Dre is one of the best rappers on the planet, they are mistaken. Dr. Dre is not a rapper, he is a producer. I'm not dissing Dre and Eminem, but this book is poorly conducted, any 7th grader with the internet could have thrown this together in about a month or so. Save your money and read something informative.
Few interesting facts.......2002-05-05
I gave this book two stars because I think that the author could have done a better job writing it and looking for information. Although she tells the facts, the writing is too [disappointing]. The pictures in the middle are excellent, though. A little more effort and this book could have been excellent. Dr.Dre's story has a lot of interesting details, same as Eminem's.
dreem.......2001-09-09
fantastic. it tells about how N.W.A., dr. dre and eminem got started. it was an easy and interesting book to read. i recommend it to people that like rap but don't like to read that much.
I Luv Em. This book rocks!.......2001-01-14
I love Em and this book made me love him more. Read it and you will fall in love with him if you haven't already. It talks about how he started out and what he was like as a teenager and how he keeps it real and is not a fake. The pictures are so hot. It also tells you all about Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg and a bunch of other rappers and that's good. But I love Eminem Marshall Mathers because he is the prince of hip-hop and I can't wait for his movies. He's gonna be the best actor Hollywood has ever seen. They might erase this but I hope he dosen't get back with Kimberly because I would marry him. When I read the book I pretended I was his girl and he was happy about that.
Most Complete.......2001-01-08
This is an excellent book. It's the only one out on Dre and the best one out on Eminem. If you want to know everything about two of the most talented rappers on the planet, get it. Nuff said.
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