What yall think Of Jay's decoded?
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Great book for a fan or a hater, I heard that the other duke from Forbes who wrote a book by Jay is dope as well.. I even heard that it moved more units than Jays own book 
I give the book 3 mics in general, 1 extra mic for the dope pictures and all that, great ass coffee table book.
So overall it gets maybe 4.5 mics for what it is a coffee table book extending the meaning behind Jay-z's music with decoding sections, stories and pictures but not his actual life. So it's not really autobiographical, but it was cool as fukk for what it was.
I give the book 3 mics in general, 1 extra mic for the dope pictures and all that, great ass coffee table book.
So overall it gets maybe 4.5 mics for what it is a coffee table book extending the meaning behind Jay-z's music with decoding sections, stories and pictures but not his actual life. So it's not really autobiographical, but it was cool as fukk for what it was.
heard some good shyt about it, I think I might cop that and the other Jay-z book for the fall.
I actually thought the book was execllent with the stories and ish, some of the breakdowns to were very insightful and interesting.
SuburbanPimp
Giving game to lames since the 90s
Damn good read for hip hp fans, especially if you like hearing the backstory about songs, lyrics, and concepts. made me appreciate his catalog alot more
Dope book, I only read about 1/4 of it though. I gotta finish it one of these days.
Pretty much summed up...
The book was originally going to be his Auto-biography with help from the same author Dream Hampton. It was going to come out the same time as The Black Album and it was going to be called The Black Book.
It was going to be the book where he really opened up about his personal life. He was gonna talk about his family, Tai Tai, his relationship with Beyonce, the beef with Nas, etc.
However, after Hov read the finished product he changed his mind about releasing it to the public
...it was TOO personal...so instead he did Decoded.
JayYoung314
St. Louis Survivor
Great book for a fan or a hater, I heard that the other duke from Forbes who wrote a book by Jay is dope as well.. I even heard that it moved more units than Jays own book
I give the book 3 mics in general, 1 extra mic for the dope pictures and all that, great ass coffee table book.
So overall it gets maybe 4.5 mics for what it is a coffee table book extending the meaning behind Jay-z's music with decoding sections, stories and pictures but not his actual life. So it's not really autobiographical, but it was cool as fukk for what it was.
yea neva heard of that book wats da name of it. and yea that book was a good read especially if u a jay fan. matter fact im finna flip thru it right now. i got the hard copy of it wit the bonus pages and shyt got it for christmas.
Big Mel
@bigboss
been trying to get through for over two years. i will say i missed some of his wordplay after reading through the shyts.
RhymesWell
All Star
Great pictures in there! Wish it was a little more insightful about Jay's personal life.
Tony_Siegel
Pro
book was cool, def. a great hip-hop book.
the wu manual is on heightened level though 