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Summary: THIS BOOK IS BOMB
Review: Okay, the story is great. THe ending is ... shocking. Being a high school sophomore, half of these words were...above my level. They seemed like SAT words. But I felt a little smarter. The short-lived love story within the book is the best. But the story really shows what the business can be like. Reminds me a lot of Pac and Biggie thought. Heru must have got his inspiration from that "incident". I have read it three times already. I also love the fact that its long, 4 hundred and something pages, which means the author went more in depth without adding millions of exra-unwanted characters. Hope everyone reads this, young and old.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: One of the best books I have ever read. Just got done reading it for the second time a few minutes ago.
With this book Heru had the ability to suck me into the world of Hip-Hop, I was not only reading his book, I was living the story.
I only hope Heru comes out with more books in the future
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Summary: An amazing journey into the Hip Hop mindset
Review: This book has to be by far the best book to dictate the crazy lifestyle of two young rappers trying to make the record cut. The book also tells of a tale of lovers who are between the two rappers very important to each rapper. This book is very good and i would definitely reccomend this to the person wanting to learn about the other side of hip hop besides all the cursing and "gangsta" ways.
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Summary: a hip hop masterpiece
Review: This book is dope; a must read. For anyone who has ever wanted to know how the game truly is, this book is for you. It's as educational as it is entertaining; and damn was it entertaining. For a perfect example read chapter 38, it had me laughing out loud, In fact read the whole the book, the ending is crazy; i guarantee it'll leave you speechless.
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Summary: This book was hot!!
Review: This book lets you know whats behind the music. This book was really hot. This can't possible be a fiction novel with these
for-real rappers. A must-read a definite must GO GET!!
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Summary: A very important book for hip-hop culture
Review: This is a very important book for hip-hop culture, and Ptah has done a great job in telling a good story. But the way he has hyped it to the media might get the book in trouble later on, since he told the New York Times reporter Dinitia Smith in a recent interview that he sold the book, before it was published in its present incarnation, to the tune of "some 2,000 books, earning close to $20,000." (His costs, he said, were about $3,000). But did the New York Times reporter ever check out this fact so see if it was true? Probably not. Later in the same article, Ptah says sold more than 10,000 copies on the streets and subways before it was republished in September by MTV.Between November 2002 and July 2003, Ptah says, he sold more than 10,000 copies on the street, the subway and at readings that he had set up. That adds up to nearly $100,000 ¡X an astonishing figure for such a self-financed venture. But he said that close to $50,000 of that went to the costs of printing and promotion. "Some people go to work to make $500 in a week," Ptah said. "We make that in a day." Now, even though this is a great book, for an author to make such outrageous claims of selling 10,000 books in 8 months, and for the New York Times to print such a claim without fact checking this "fact" is irresponsible. So although I enjoyed reading this book immensely, I feel the author would benefit more if he told the media more accurate figures, related to sales, rather than hyping the book in an outlandish way. Where does fact end and fiction begin? Dinitia Smith should tell readers the real story, not the hyped story. In an advertisement, it's okay, that's the nature of ads. But a newspaper story should be accurate.
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Summary: Strong voices will be heard
Review: You will be full of emotion by the end of this book. Its' about rappers on the streets of the Bronx. If you love hip hop you will want to know what really happens to rappers on the streets. Flawless the main character is seeking respect to pull ahead of the game. Many rappers are trying to fulfill a dream. Who will succeed in this dream of theirs. Its a tough book and romantic in some ways. If you have or had a tough life in the ghetto you will be able to relate to this book. If you're not street smart this book will not make much sense. This book has lots of ghetto words that only certain people would understand. You have to be sure you like books like this or you will not like it. The way rappers freestyle and battle eachother are amazing. You will see lots of talent and greed.
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