What's y'all thoughts on this new unauthorized De La Soul book by author Marcus J. Moore?

[I love Latina women]

some background on the book and the controversy surrounding the release of the book:

De La Soul Denounce “Unauthorized” Book About The Group, Are Exploring Legal Options

On Tuesday (Nov. 19), author Marcus J. Moore published his new book High And Rising: A Book About De La Soul on Dey Street Books. Today, the legendary hip-hop group took to social media to denounce the “unauthorized” book, saying they’re “exploring all of our legal options.”

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[Igloo Stix]

Looking forward to reading it. It’s basically about his personal connection to the group and how their story connects with larger cultural and creative themes. Journalists write interesting books about musicians all the time. I hate that De La responded in this way. I hope they reconsider their perspective.

 

[I love Latina women]

Looking forward to reading it. It’s basically about his personal connection to the group and how their story connects with larger cultural and creative themes. Journalists write interesting books about musicians all the time. I hate that De La responded in this way. I hope they reconsider their perspective.

yeah. a lot of people were coming to the defense of the author and was saying he was the right man for the job to write the book

i get why De La Soul feel some type of way just off general principal but going by the feedback im reading about the book,. it sounds like he did right by them

 

[I love Latina women]

@Awesome Wells

What are your thoughts on this?

 

[Tetris v2.0]

I'm confused, what's the issue with releasing an unauthorized biography? This is a completely normal thing

I get that De La has overcome some terrible label shyt and lost a prominent member, but unless there's something factually wrong with the material, they don't really have a leg to stand on here

 

[I love Latina women]

I'm confused, what's the issue with releasing an unauthorized biography? This is a completely normal thing

I get that De La has overcome some terrible label shyt and lost a prominent member, but unless there's something factually wrong with the material, they don't really have a leg to stand on here

my guess is De La is feeling some type of way because they feel it's solely their story to tell and dealing with the loss of Trugoy and then im sure some of it stems from their issues with not owning their catalog and possibly just not feeling in control of their thing once again

but fans are reassuring them all over social media that the author did right by them and honored them and that he's not some author just looking to cash in on some book for a cash grab

 

[Tetris v2.0]

my guess is De La is feeling some type of way because they feel it's solely their story to tell and dealing with the loss of Trugoy and then im sure some of it stems from their issues with not owning their catalog and possibly just not feeling in control of their thing once again

but fans are reassuring them all over social media that the author did right by them and honored them and that he's not some author just looking to cash in on some book for a cash grab

That makes sense. It's just funny seeing people show that they have no idea what unauthorized biographies are and that they've likely never set foot in a bookstore and looked at the music biographies section lol

 

[I love Latina women]

That makes sense. It's just funny seeing people show that they have no idea what unauthorized biographies are and that they've likely never set foot in a bookstore and looked at the music biographies section lol

Yeah that’s just my guess

Right?!

 

[jensyao]

if you don't write your own autobiography to set the record straight, some opportunist will

if they don't like it, write their version of the story

 

[African Peasant]

if you don't write your own autobiography to set the record straight, some opportunist will

if they don't like it, write their version of the story

We need both

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

I'm almost done with it. I thought De la soul had input on it. I had no idea it was unauthorized. I knew it had to be a reason it's 100 pages less than Doom's book. shyt, I may return it now since I know the truth. There are only 10 chapters in the book and I'm on chapter 7. The book really doesn't show De la Soul in a negative light at all. It's really all postive and shows how genius they were praising them each chapter. Now I'm anticipating their autobiography. There are some things in it I didn't know so it reads like a 33 1/3 series book, but about all of their albums. Yeah, it's not a big book at all for a group with 35 years in the game, and it has no pictures. Look at the size of it compared to Doom's book.

 

[African Peasant]

I'm almost done with it. I thought De la soul had input on it. I had no idea it was unauthorized. I knew it had to be a reason it's 100 pages less than Doom's book. shyt, I may return it now since I know the truth. There are only 10 chapters in the book and I'm on chapter 7. The book really doesn't show De la Soul in a negative light at all. It's really all postive and shows how genius they were praising them each chapter. Now I'm anticipating their autobiography. There are some things in it I didn't know so it reads like a 33 1/3 series book, but about all of their albums. Yeah, it's not a big book at all for a group with 35 years in the game, and it has no pictures. Look at the size of it compared to Doom's book.

Great collection.

Do you have/know some good RnB biographies?

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Great collection.

Do you have/know some good RnB biographies?

. My suggestion about any person is to read their autobiography and a biography about them because they will not expose all of their faults in an autobiography. Ones that I suggest:

The confessions of Rick James: Memoirs of a Super Freak (get the Rick james version and AVOID the David Ritz edited version years after James' death) and Superfreak : The life of Rick James
James Brown autobiography and biography about him titled The One, written by RJ Smith
Miles Davis autobiography Miles and his biography Milestones
MJ Moonwalker autobiography and extensive biography The music The Madness The Whole Story
Sam cooke books Dream Boogie and You send Me

 

[King Harlem]

I'm almost done with it. I thought De la soul had input on it. I had no idea it was unauthorized. I knew it had to be a reason it's 100 pages less than Doom's book. shyt, I may return it now since I know the truth. There are only 10 chapters in the book and I'm on chapter 7. The book really doesn't show De la Soul in a negative light at all. It's really all postive and shows how genius they were praising them each chapter. Now I'm anticipating their autobiography. There are some things in it I didn't know so it reads like a 33 1/3 series book, but about all of their albums. Yeah, it's not a big book at all for a group with 35 years in the game, and it has no pictures. Look at the size of it compared to Doom's book.

Lol. You got the same bookshelves as me. Nice book collection.