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4.61 AVERAGE
4.61 AVERAGE
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read this on a plane while listening to fall out boy, wearing a fob shirt. didnt realise there would be so much emo music content. also a bad book to read on a plane because it made me cry several times. Hanif Abdurraqib you legend
cried almost as hard as i did the first time around
Wow wow wow wow wow. These essays. Great music writing that turns into thoughtful, insightful writing about grief, joy, race, connections, basically the whole human experience. Abdurraqib writes with such poignancy and elegance that his words seep into your everyday life and thoughts. I can’t stop recommending this book to all my friends because it’s just plain great.
Abdurraqib is so dang READABLE that I really had to make myself slow down because every essay in this collection is so powerful. This is a book I wish I could give to everybody because I want to discuss it and every other possible conversation that might come out of it.
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I started listening to this book on July 22, 2023 and I finished it today, January 16, 2024. Usually, I'm the type of person to put an audio book on 1.5-2.0 speed and breeze through it while cooking or cleaning the apartment. I tried to do that with They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us. Not so much speeding up the recording, as Abdurraqib narrates the book, but trying to listen while otherwise occupied. I quit that pretty early on after finding myself crying in my kitchen after listening to Abdurraqib's essay on Prince's life and death still holding a sponge and dirty dishes in my hand.
A flawless book of essays where Abdurraqib takes significant moments in pop culture, whether it be a certain concert, album, basketball game or otherwise, and uses that moment to flow into a discussion of the broader cultural moment. Or even just a significant moment in his life. I highly recommend the audio book as Abdurrqib, poet at heart, has a distinct rhythm to his writing. Savor this one.
A flawless book of essays where Abdurraqib takes significant moments in pop culture, whether it be a certain concert, album, basketball game or otherwise, and uses that moment to flow into a discussion of the broader cultural moment. Or even just a significant moment in his life. I highly recommend the audio book as Abdurrqib, poet at heart, has a distinct rhythm to his writing. Savor this one.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
A powerful and enlightening collection of essays about race/music/culture. It has, among many things, changed my POV on Macklemore, Fall Out Boy and Carly Rae Jepsen. Must read.