In my efforts to become educated/cultured/informed (my goal is to read 12 books in 2001, a 1 a month average) about more than just hip-hop I picked this book up off of the family bookshelf.

Personally I think it was just there as some pre described hyped up book that black people had to have because it was just sitting there, no fingerprints, not a page turned as if it had never been read before.

Im sorry, the message is aight but I got up to about page 15 and I quit. With all of the education in the world, you still should speak in a manner that the masses can understand (given that thats who youre trying to reach).

Im not tryna strain myself to understand exactly what the man is trying to say. Im pretty smart n my eyes are open to the situations we face, so I dont feel bad about not really tryna stick with this book.

Brother still has some soul though, in his preface he spoke of driving home with his wife listening to Vaughn Harper's quiet storm.


I'll be trying some easier literature. Im not asking for the cat in the hat, but dont give me quantam physics n expect me to translate