Black Thought Is Dropping A Book "The Upcycled Self" November 14

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“Tariq Trotter . . . could be hip-hop’s Dostoyevsky. Like the Russian novelist, Mr. Trotter has refined literary fire from the soulful furnace of pain and suffering.”—The New York Times

From one of our generation’s most powerful artists and incisive storytellers comes a brilliantly crafted work about the art –and war – of becoming who we are.

upcycle verb

up·cy·cle ˈəp-ˌsī-kəl

: to recycle (something) in such a way that the resulting product is of a higher value than the original item

: to create an object of greater value from (a discarded object of lesser value)



Today Tariq Trotter—better known as Black Thought—is the platinum-selling, Grammy-winning co-founder of The Roots, and one of the most exhilaratingly skillful and profound rappers the culture has ever produced. But his story begins with a tragedy: as a child, Trotter burned down his family’s home. The years that followed are the story of a life snatched from the flames, forged in fire.

In The Upcycled Self, Trotter doesn’t just narrate a riveting and moving portrait of the artist as a young man, but gives readers a courageous model of what it means to live an examined life. In vivid vignettes, he tells the dramatic stories of the four powerful relationships that shaped him—community, friends, art, and family—each a complex weave of love, discovery, trauma, and loss.

But beyond offering the compellingly poetic account of one artist’s creative and emotional origins, Trotter explores the vital questions we all have to confront about our formative years: How can we see the story of our young lives clearly? How do we use that story to understand who we’ve become? How do we forgive the people who loved and hurt us? How do we rediscover and honor our first dreams? And finally, what do we take forward, what do we pass on, what do we leave behind? This is the beautifully bluesy story of a boy genius’s coming of age that illuminates the redemptive power of the upcycle.





 

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Definitely checking this out.
 

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never knew hes always been a pyromaniac... explains all these mics hes been torching, all these flame verses, all these booths hes been setting on fire, all these severly burned emcees...

Salute to the (extremley) Talented Mr. Trotter :salute:
 

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Good for him. Just hope he continues dropping albums. His music is really appreciated.
Definitely is I remember streams of thought 4 was supposed to be in the works
 

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Know this going to be a great read.
 

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I hope he gives insight to certain songs in particular thought at work
 

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I love rapper autobiographies. We don't get enough of them. Nas had a book that was supposed to be released 9 years ago. It was in my preorder on Amazon for years before the idea was scrapped. Lil Kilm has one coming out later this year.
 

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I love rapper autobiographies. We don't get enough of them. Nas had a book that was supposed to be released 9 years ago. It was in my preorder on Amazon for years before the idea was scrapped. Lil Kilm has one coming out later this year.
Gotta keep an eye out for these
 

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Bump. Whos buying this book? Think im going to reserve it. Love these autobios. Seen the juicy j and jeezy ones. Interesting
 
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