The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America - Softcover

Moore, Marcus

 
9781473696358: The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1473696356 ISBN 13: 9781473696358
Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton, 2021

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An intimate, definitive celebration of the world's most successful and critically acclaimed musician

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Marcus J. Moore is a music journalist, editor, curator, pundit, professor, and author of The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America. He co-leads the jazz-focused "5 Minutes That Will Make You Love..." series at the New York Times. His work has appeared in The Nation, The Atlantic, Bandcamp Daily (an editorial platform he helped launch), NPR, Pitchfork, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, TIDAL, GQ, The Washington Post, and Rolling Stone.

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Kendrick Lamar is at the top of his game.

He has been described as perceptive, philosophical, unapologetic, fearless, and an innovative storyteller whose body of work has been compared to James Joyce and James Baldwin.

He is a visionary who will go down as history as one of the most important artists of all time.

But what's so striking about Kendrick Lamar, aside from his impressive accolades, is how he's effectively established himself as a formidable opponent of oppression, a force for change. Through his confessional poetics, his politically charged anthems, and his radical performances, Lamar has become a beacon of light for many people in America.

The Butterfly Effect not only Lamar's powerful impact on music but also on our current society, especially under the weight of police brutality, divisive politics, and social injustice. This is the extraordinary, triumphant story of a modern lyrical prophet and an American icon who has given hope to those buckling under the weight of systemic oppression, reminding everyone that through it all, "we gon' be alright".

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Verlag
Hodder & Stoughton
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1473696356
ISBN 13 
9781473696358
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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