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The Message: Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs
The Message is a literary mixtape of wisdom that has been culled from the all-time greatest hip-hop songs. Author Felicia Pride examines a wide range of hip-hop songs and artists, interpreting life through their lenses. Growing up with hip-hop, she has come to realize the way it shaped how she thinks, writes, reacts and how it has helped to make her the person that she is today.
By incorporating her experiences and reflections with the rappers’ messages, Pride shares the wisdom she has learned from hip-hop and focuses on the valuable influence the music has on its audience. With each life lesson aptly titled after a hip-hop song—such as Kanye West’s Welcome to Heartbreak, EPMD’s Please Listen to My Demo, Nneka’s Heartbeat, or Public Enemy’s Fight the Power—The Message explores spirituality, success, love, business, and more through hip-hop.
The Message turns the often negative perceptions of hip-hop completely around, offers a fresh perspective on why the culture is loved worldwide, and simultaneously provides motivational material for the hip-hop generation taken from its own unique artistic expression. In her introduction the author writes, “This book is about searching for the power within and using motivational aspects of hip-hop music to help us successfully maneuver our worlds.”
The Message unleashes the power in the music and leaves readers with a soundtrack of wisdom to incorporate in their own lives.
By incorporating her experiences and reflections with the rappers’ messages, Pride shares the wisdom she has learned from hip-hop and focuses on the valuable influence the music has on its audience. With each life lesson aptly titled after a hip-hop song—such as Kanye West’s Welcome to Heartbreak, EPMD’s Please Listen to My Demo, Nneka’s Heartbeat, or Public Enemy’s Fight the Power—The Message explores spirituality, success, love, business, and more through hip-hop.
The Message turns the often negative perceptions of hip-hop completely around, offers a fresh perspective on why the culture is loved worldwide, and simultaneously provides motivational material for the hip-hop generation taken from its own unique artistic expression. In her introduction the author writes, “This book is about searching for the power within and using motivational aspects of hip-hop music to help us successfully maneuver our worlds.”
The Message unleashes the power in the music and leaves readers with a soundtrack of wisdom to incorporate in their own lives.
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First published December 25, 2013
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About the author
Felicia Pride
13 books5 followersFelicia Pride is a writer, literacy advocate, and hip-hop baby. Shes the author of the forthcoming books: The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hops Greatest Songs (Thunders Mouth Press, October 2007); Everybody Hates First Girlfriends (Simon & Schuster, September 2007), a chapter book in the book series based on the award-winning television show Everybody Hates Chris; and coauthor of the young adult anthology Hallway Diaries (Harlequin/Kimani Tru, September 2007).
Felicia is also the book blogger for AOL Black Voices book blog, More than Words, a frequent contributor to Publishers Weekly and the managing editor of Mosaic literary magazine. Shes also the founder of BackList (www.thebacklist.net), an organization dedicated to keeping books in style. Her writing about hip-hop, books, publishing, and pop culture has appeared in various publications including VIBE, PopMatters, and the Baltimore City Paper. As a literacy advocate, Felicia has been an invited speaker at various publishing and literary panels. She also conducts publishing workshops to empower emerging writers and serves on the board for the Literary Freedom Project. She has a M.A. in writing and publishing from Emerson College.
Visit her online at www.feliciapride.com. "
Felicia is also the book blogger for AOL Black Voices book blog, More than Words, a frequent contributor to Publishers Weekly and the managing editor of Mosaic literary magazine. Shes also the founder of BackList (www.thebacklist.net), an organization dedicated to keeping books in style. Her writing about hip-hop, books, publishing, and pop culture has appeared in various publications including VIBE, PopMatters, and the Baltimore City Paper. As a literacy advocate, Felicia has been an invited speaker at various publishing and literary panels. She also conducts publishing workshops to empower emerging writers and serves on the board for the Literary Freedom Project. She has a M.A. in writing and publishing from Emerson College.
Visit her online at www.feliciapride.com. "
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