Music Is History
Questlove
Nominated for a spoken-word Grammy, this book combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past 50 years. Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, he finds the hidden …
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Nominated for a spoken-word Grammy, this book combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past 50 years. Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, he finds the hidden connections in the American tapestry - whether investigating how the blaxploitation era reshaped Black identity or considering the way disco took an assembly-line approach to Black genius. These critical inquiries are complemented by his own memories as a music fan and the way his appetite for pop culture taught him about America. This is a cultural history of the last half century and an intimate conversation with one of music's most influential and original voices - a singular look at the makings of contemporary America. (See chapter list below.)
Introduction 1971: Stretched On History's Wheel 1972: Music Is The Message 1973: Past Is Prologue - and Protest 1974: Cool Like That 1975: The POV Lane 1976: Having Two Parties 1977: Future To The Back 1978: Disco Tech 1979: An Idea Runs Wild 1980: Teach The Children 1981: Inside Outside Leave Me Alone 1982: History By The Numbers 1983: Why Does Everybody Have A Bomb? 1984: File Under 1985: Long For Yesterday 1986: And You Don't Stop 1987: Greatness Expectations 1988: Taste! How Low Can You Go? 1989: Seeds Of Change 1990: Return Of The Impressed 1991: Furious Styles 1992: Echo Park 1993: X Marks The Spot 1994: In The Sun I Feel As One 1995: Present, Tense 1996: You've Got Me Feeling Emotions 1997: Moving Like You're Standing Still 1998: Fair And Unfair Use 1999: Things Fall Apart 2000: Things Come Together 2001: The Bad Minus 2002-Present: Our Twenty-First Century