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Music Is History by Ben Greenman, Questlove

nicolenhart's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

3.75

robyearby27's review against another edition

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informative lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.0

ebraam's review against another edition

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3.0

I really loved the layout of this book, and appreciated the effort by Questlove to make music history more understood in regards to it's alignment to actual history. There were some good a-ha moments too that had me think through something differently.

Overall though, for me it was too much. His thoughts need to be read slowly and picked apart and listened to (when he's talking about specific songs or albums), and admittedly I didn't take that kind of time when reading. Sometimes I felt a bit lost or rushed.
3 stars for me!

porchrock13's review against another edition

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informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

geobug99's review against another edition

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informative lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

3.5

cozycutefun's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

sjohnson_ty's review against another edition

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4.5

Loved the audiobook. Nobody does audios like Quest 🥂

elreagan's review against another edition

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Had to return it to the library, will borrow again at another time.

checkplease's review against another edition

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4.0

4.25 Stars

kleonard's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved this trippy, detailed, passionate book about Questlove's journey through music and major world events. Every chapter offers fresh commentary on songs and artists and producers, noting connections I'd never known about and making a lot of songs make so much more sense. I'd happily put music students of any genre in a classroom with Questlove and let him teach how music is history and how music history is an enormous ever-changing web of singers and songwriters and arrangers and experts in every single genre all contributing to sounds t hat transmit meaning.