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  • Paperback: 308 pages
  • Publisher: Plexus Publishing Ltd (31 Dec 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0859653226
  • ISBN-13: 978-0859653220
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Mos Def, rap artist

"His insights are deeply rooted in an understanding of history, and our people's place in it, as is abundantly clear in Holler If You Hear Me."


Quincy Jones, composer and producer

"With Tupac Shakur, black America has its James Dean... Michael Eric Dyson, explains the wisdom of the people who knew, loved, and thought about his lost talent."
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 7 Mar 2003
Michael Eric Dyson attempts to explain the deeper meaning between Tupac's life and work. The result is a dull and confusing book, which is hardly worth the time and certainly not worth the cost. Fistly, this is definately not a biography of Pac's life. Apart from his childhood, Dyson barely touches on the events of Tupac's life and death and he doesn't mention anything about Deathrow Records or Suge Knight. Instead he tries to express his own theories behind "Thug Life". This could have made absorbing reading as there is much one can read into Tupac's art. However, I found Dyson extremely pretentious, and the points he made were largely irrelevant and dull. He tried to prove his superior intellect by using long, complicated vocabulary, making each sentence imposible to understand. I went through whole chapters not knowing what the hell he was talking about. I certainly didn't get a better understanding of Tupac's mentality and beliefs, something as an ardent fan, I really wanted. I also found that at times he went over the top in his praise of Tupac. At one point he compared him to a messiah. I love Tupac, but I found some of this a little hard to swallow. Overall, I would say that this book is not worth reading as you are unlikely to gain anything from it. Personally, I am yet to find a really good Tupac biography, however I would recomend, to anybody who is interseted in Deathrow Records and west coast gangster rap in general, to read "Have Gun Will Travel", which I found really absorbing.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Holler If You Hear Me: a must for every true Tupac fan., 8 Dec 2001
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This review is from: Holler If You Hear ME: Searching for Tupac Shakur (Hardcover)
At first I was doubtfull about reading yet another biography of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, I expected to find the usual infortmation about his childhood, the 95 shooting and his death. I was pleasntly suprised to find that it included lots of unusual information which even I didn't know. The book also included input from people who knew Tupac and people in the hip-hop industry such as his mother Afeni Shakur, Dr. Dre, Warren G, Ray J, Tray Dee and many more. This book is a must for anyone at all interested in Tupac.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Deep and Meaningful, 28 Dec 2001
I really enjoyed this book despite the fact that i have read every 2pac book out there. This book covers new ground and doesn't repeat the same old tales you have heard in every other magazine article and book. Where it does cover the same stories it adds new insight to them.
This is the first book written by someone who seems to like tupac and actually seeks to uncover the true man behind the thug persona.
If there is one critisism then it is that the author tries to show of his own intelligence by going into subjects unrelated to Pac and apparantly using a thesaurus to find the biggest words possible to describe it. But for the most part it is an excellent book and the sidetracks the author takes are relevant.
If you love pac buy this and if you don't know pac and want to find out about him buy this!!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Slightly pretentious
I also found Dyson rather pretentious. I agree that he tries to demonstrate a superior intellect by using long, complicated vocabulary that leaves you reeling. Read more
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