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A review by faithful_jay
Who's That Girl?: A Memoir by Eve
3.0
As a fellow Philadelphian, it’s easy to recognize how our small city with big heart that can sometimes get glanced over when it comes to musical impact. So when a new artist from the city of brotherly love hops on the scene, you lock in and wait with baited breath to see how long they stick around and what exactly they’ll do to cement themselves as one of the greats.
Eve came on the scene in the early 90’s when we could probably count on both hands how many female rap artists were at the top of the game, unlike today where there are several.
Eve is a rap icon, pioneer, and mogul. If you don’t know much about her and her story, 90’s-00’s rap, or the Ruff Ryders, this book is a great intro. However, I’ve been following Eve since 1999 when I was all of 8 years old. I have watched more Behind the Music, Unsung, and access Hollywood interviews on Eve, DMX, and the Ruff Ryders since I was yay high. I didn’t really find there was a lot of new information offered in this memoir. Even then, Eve seemed to mince words which felt like to be as a reader she was holding back on diving deeper and giving her day 1 fans a closer and more in depth look into her story, especially those revolving around her time in the industry. I believe there is a way to do a memoir without being messy and it seemed like Eve was having a hard time trying to strike that balance. In the book I got the impression that she really just wants to leave everything about her early days behind and she seemed to be writing from that place.
She still did pretty well for being a first time author, but I was left desiring to hear more than I had from her over the years.
Eve came on the scene in the early 90’s when we could probably count on both hands how many female rap artists were at the top of the game, unlike today where there are several.
Eve is a rap icon, pioneer, and mogul. If you don’t know much about her and her story, 90’s-00’s rap, or the Ruff Ryders, this book is a great intro. However, I’ve been following Eve since 1999 when I was all of 8 years old. I have watched more Behind the Music, Unsung, and access Hollywood interviews on Eve, DMX, and the Ruff Ryders since I was yay high. I didn’t really find there was a lot of new information offered in this memoir. Even then, Eve seemed to mince words which felt like to be as a reader she was holding back on diving deeper and giving her day 1 fans a closer and more in depth look into her story, especially those revolving around her time in the industry. I believe there is a way to do a memoir without being messy and it seemed like Eve was having a hard time trying to strike that balance. In the book I got the impression that she really just wants to leave everything about her early days behind and she seemed to be writing from that place.
She still did pretty well for being a first time author, but I was left desiring to hear more than I had from her over the years.