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Title: Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur by Michael Eric Dyson ISBN: 0-465-01755-X Publisher: Basic Civitas Books Pub. Date: 14 August, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: the voice we will miss
Comment: This is an amazing weaving of the life of Tupac Shakur that many readers will find hard to put down. Though not a biographical work about Tupac, I could feel his life oozing from each page. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson's account of this "James Dean" tragic figure in black face, invites readers to look behind the social mask of hip-hop and touch the reality of being young, gifted and black in a world which often silences their voices.
What we refused to hear from Tupac while alive, Dyson amplifies in "Holler If You Hear Me." I was surprised at Tupac's self-taught scholarship and intelligence. He was a rebel with a cause. Like most of Dyson's works, he objectively tells all sides of the stories. The time taken with the numerous interviewees in the book, proves that Dyson did not rush through this text and considered the voices of people who knew Tupac well, to best tell us what Tupac could not. Dyson takes off Tupac's social mask to show the poet, the social critic, the feminist, and the god-obsessed hip-hopper.
I believe that readers will think twice, no three times, about giving narrow descriptions of urban youth after reading this book. Dyson wonderfully shows us the social construction of the "thug life."
Rating: 5
Summary: "Prolific Genius"
Comment: In Michael Eric Dyson's new book, "Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur" the life and longevity of rap legend Tupac Shakur is the subject of extreme critical analysis. Through several candid interviews with those who knew the infamous rapper best, Dyson attempts to paint a portrait of the controversial rap artist. Tupac has been coined by the Long Beach Arts, Entertainment and Literary Review as "A prolific genius that emerged from the ghetto to enlighten presidents, principalities and oppressive forces in our society about the injustices of the hood." According to Dyson, Tupac was a powerful force that could quote Shakespeare one minute and curse police brutality the next. Dyson's work is particularly significant in that he is actually documenting the history of a hip hop legend that we should never forget. The struggles that Tupac Shakur spoke about in his music, are still just as relevant today. We should never forget the rapper who gave a voice to those who otherwise never stood a chance at being heard. Dyson's work clearly documents prolific genius at it's best.
*The Long Beach Arts, Entertainment & Literary Review
Rating: 2
Summary: I have Mixed feelings about this book
Comment: I not really sure what I think about this book. Being a big fan of Tupac, I'm interested to read any book about him because I like to see how different people view his feelings and his words. But this book really confused me. The whole time I was reading it i was wondering where it was going. It seemed to jump to a totally different subject TOO OFTEN.
If you want read a book about Tupac that will help you learn more about him and what he did. This book isnt for you. This book is really Dyson's insight on how Tupac related to other genre's and problems in the world.
I wouldnt recommend this book to many people, I dont know who I would recommend it to, to be honest. If you are a big 2pac fan, then there probably isnt anything in here that you dont know.
Half the book wanders off in other directions such as the authors view on the "n" word. Personally, If I wanted to read about that then I would read a book about it.
I'm getting mad writing this review so Im just gonna quit. THIS BOOK ISNT ANYTHING SPECIAL, IT GOT ON MY NERVES MORE THAN I ENJOYED IT!!!!
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Title: The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur ISBN: 0671028448 Publisher: MTV Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Tupac Shakur by Quincey Jones, the Editors of Vibe Magazine, Vibe Magazine ISBN: 0609802178 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Killing of Tupac Shakur by Cathy Scott ISBN: 092971220X Publisher: Huntington Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Got Your Back: Protecting Tupac in the World of Gangsta Rap by Frank Alexander, Heidi Sigmund Cuda, Heidi Siegmund Cuda ISBN: 0312242999 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Rebel for the Hell of It: The Life of Tupac Shakur by Armond White ISBN: 1560254610 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 10 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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