One Day It'll All Make Sense
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 145162588X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Middle Aged White Guy Loved This Book. While this review might be the kiss of death since I'm probably not the target audience, I have to say I thought this book was terrific. I didn't know much about Common, although I had heard about Fox News coverage of his visits to the White House. When I saw him on the Daily . "Refreshing" according to C. Ellison. In an age where gangsta rap has become the face of hip-hop culture, and hip-hop culture is marketed and sold like a commodity by four or five white men who work for Clear Channel, it is refreshing to read a version of the black male experience that acknowledges our complex his. "Common is a great writer but what I enjoyed the most were the" according to Amazon Customer. Common is a great writer but what I enjoyed the most were the stories from his mother. One thing she said that stuck out in this book was "Your kids should fear you more than they fear their friends" or something to that affect. I learned so much about this man and it made me
Through it all, Common emerges as a man in full. He reveals how he almost quit rapping after his first album sold only two thousand copies. Activist. He recounts his rise to stardom and talks about the challenges of balancing fame, love, and family. His journey toward understanding is rooted in his relationship with a remarkable woman, his mother. Rapper. From the hip hop icon, Hollywood star, and “a true artist and writer of deep talent” (James McBride, author of The Color of Water)—a candid, New York Times bestselling memoir ranging from his childhood on Chicago’s South side and his emergence as one of rap’s biggest names.Common has earned a reputation in the hip-hop world as a conscious artist by embracing themes of love and struggle in his songs. His story offers a living example of how, no matter what you’ve gone through, one day it’ll all make sense.. Common holds nothing back in this gripping memoir, both provocative and funny. Actor. He tells what it was like for a boy with big dreams growing up on the South Side of Chicago.
That is true. He is an eloquent and honorable role model and his memoir is a perfect example of his depth as a human being. It states that it is a book about his fascinating life. --James McBride Author of "The Color of Water""A thoughtful and beautiful book that tells us much more about Common His mother's perspective takes this to another level." -Toure, author of "Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness""Raw in its honesty, profound in its insights, "One Day It'll All Make Sense "establishes Common as a voice that is as compelling on the page as it is on a record. Chicago is still the roughest and primary "Inst
Best known as a star recording artist and actor, he has also independently published children’s books. He lives in Boulder with his wife. He has a daughter Omoye Assata Lynn, born in 1997.Adam Bradley is the author of Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop and the co-editor of Ralph Ellison's Three Days Before the Shooting, and Yale Anthology of Rap. Common was born Lonnie Rashid Lynn in Chicago