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Inkluderar namnet: Chuck D

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I honestly did not know Chuck D did any writing let alone "naphic" novels although I knew his Public Enemy work in the 80s and 90s as a kid and was a fan. PE have always taken a political stance in their music so I expected this book, which I received in the Early Reviewer program to be no different. These are his views and his views only. If you are looking for citations to back up his statements of differing opinions to round out his bias, you will not find it here. You may not agree with all he says or agree with him at all but treat this book as a piece of art because that is what it is and it doesn't mean you have to like it or agree with it but if it got you thinking or made you feel something it has done its job.

It is filled with poetry that goes many different places, giving you insight into how Chuck's brain works, into his different interests, and that he is an intelligent, curious man who matured over the span of his career. His drawings are rather stark but emotive--they gave me pause. This was notable to me because shooting have become so commonplace I simply do not pay attention to them anymore but seeing them documented in words and images changed that, at least for the moment. Certainly gun violence has had a much larger impact on inner city populations in a number of different ways. I appreciated the opportunity to get inside his mind a bit and I enjoyed some of the fun moments too, like when he rode a bike.
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MadameBeavis | 9 andra recensioner | Jan 13, 2024 |
The message is clear and needs to be said over and over. Gun violence is the #1 killer of children and teens in the US. And legendary hip-hop artist Chuck D uniquely presents this message in this graphic novel. Very powerful. Very sad.
 
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Denise45103 | 9 andra recensioner | Dec 21, 2023 |
This is a terrific book.
Chuck D clearly kept journals in 1922 of events, and issues, and observations about life in America. This book compiles pages from those journals. Although there is a continuous thread of comments about guns, and gun violence- lending Chuck D to create the phrase "The Summer of H.A.M.N"- the man clearly has much wider interests. Politics, Drought, Celebrities, and anything else that was contemporary or of interest to Chuck D are all in here.
The journal pages combine pictures and words, so one could make a stretch and call this book a graphic novel. But it's not a novel, there is no storyline. The phrase Chuck D created for his observations is "naphic grovel". Pretty clever!
He is a talented artist well as writer. Some of his caricatures are right-on-the-money, such as his quick sketches of Brian Stelter, David Allen Grier, Herschel Walker, Brittany Griner, Ghislaine Maxwell, etc.
Each re-reading of the book reveals some interesting new insights. I am not into rap, and so I am not familiar with the actual music Chuck D made with Public Enemy, but based on this book, I can see how brilliant their poetry might be.
Recommended
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SeaBill1 | 9 andra recensioner | Nov 28, 2023 |
Summer of Hamn by rapper Chuck D is an interesting diary of the events of 2022 depicted by personally drawn artwork and writings. The premise portrays the gun violence of 2022 from the writer's perspective. I, myself would not typically read a book like this, but enjoyed seeing what occurred in 2002 from a different perspective. For a person who likes rap, this is a good source for a historical perspective of the 2022 events.
 
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parking | 9 andra recensioner | Nov 13, 2023 |

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22
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7
Medlemmar
240
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#94,569
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½ 3.5
Recensioner
25
ISBN
28
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