Jay-Z performing at Yankee Stadium. — Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Getty Images
Jay-Z's Decoded
As a rapper, Jay-Z can surprise and even stun a listener from line to line, and his ambitious Decoded is comparably impressive. Rather than a conventional memoir, the book offers thorough analysis and explanation of his lyrics (which he never actually writes down before recording). It delivers remarkable documentation of the way art is born from real life, and a masterful demonstration of hip-hop's literary power.
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