Mo' Meta Blues - The World According to Questlove
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| Verlag | Grand Central Publishing |
| Auflage | 2015 |
| Seiten | 288 |
| Format | 13,4 x 20,4 x 2,1 cm |
| Gewicht | 248 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 1455501379 |
| EAN | 9781455501373 |
| Bestell-Nr | 45550137UA |
Finally in paperback comes Mo\' Meta Blues Questlove\'s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed psychedelic, punch-drunk memoir
Klappentext:
The gripping story of a Vietnam vet whose secret past threatens his family, career, and honor, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide, and is "a true master" (Dan Brown).
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is many things: virtuoso drummer, producer, arranger, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon bandleader, DJ, composer, and tireless Tweeter. He is one of our most ubiquitous cultural tastemakers, and in this, his first book, he reveals his own formative experiences--from growing up in 1970s West Philly as the son of a 1950s doo-wop singer, to finding his own way through the music world and ultimately co-founding and rising up with the Roots, a.k.a., the last hip hop band on Earth. Mo\' Meta Blues also has some (many) random (or not) musings about the state of hip hop, the state of music criticism, the state of statements, as well as a plethora of run-ins with celebrities, idols, and fellow artists, from Stevie Wonder to KISS to D\'Angelo to Jay-Z to Dave Chappelle to...you ever seen Prince roller-skate?!?
But Mo\' Meta Blues isn\'t just a memoir. It\'s a dialogue about the nature of memory and the idea of a post-modern black man saddled with some post-modern blues. It\'s a book that questions what a book like Mo\' Meta Blues really is. It\'s the side wind of a one-of-a-kind mind.
It\'s a rare gift that gives as well as takes.
It\'s a record that keeps going around and around.
Rezension:
"Attention White Girls: Stop reading about vampires and read what Questlove has to say instead. Mo\' Meta Blues is a magical kaleidoscope about a high concept, low maintenance genius named Ahmir. Like him, it\'s smart, funny, sweet and in a thousand places at once. Read it or rot on your vine."
--Amy Poehler