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The entire second chapter on the brief history of Detroit as a result of colonialism, up to the rise of industry in modern times, with the interwoven lessons on musicology and how effortlessly Charnas ties all of this into J Dilla's life, is superb. I'd give 5 stars to this second chapter alone.

A neat and meticulous breakdown of rhythm and music theory, and how it was originally multicultural but was then beat into a singular universality by European and then american colonialism.

A side note: this breakdown is amazing but I cannot read or understand written music to save my life, lol. I imagine this would be even cooler if I could.

I love how the foreword tries to stress that Deborah Mitford remained "firmly apolitical her whole life" but then she winds up being the most racist sister alongside Unity and Diana.

I think I would swing on everyone in this book, honestly. Even Jessica.

If I were Jessica Mitford, I simply would have pistol-whipped all of my sisters the second they said "you know, that Hitler isn't such a bad guy after all!" But that's just me, personally.