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The Upcycled Self
- A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are
- By: Tariq Trotter
- Narrated by: Tariq Trotter, Rhett Samuel Price, Allyson Johnson
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Today Tariq Trotter—better known as Black Thought—is the platinum-selling, Grammy-winning co-founder of The Roots and one of the most exhilaratingly skillful and profound rappers our culture has ever produced. But his story begins with a tragedy: as a child, Trotter burned down his family’s home. The years that follow are the story of a life snatched from the flames, forged in fire.
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PHENOMENAL !!!!!
- By juliajovone on 12-02-23
- The Upcycled Self
- A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are
- By: Tariq Trotter
- Narrated by: Tariq Trotter, Rhett Samuel Price, Allyson Johnson
An oral history
Reviewed: 01-14-24
This was really interesting to listen to after having listened to both Will Smith's and Jada Pinkett Smith's autobiographies. All three of them are Philly natives who came up in the 1970s & 80s. The disparities between new opportunities for Black folks to enter the middle class and the violent onslaught of crack is a contradictorily devastating part is the Smiths' stories and Tariq Trotter's.
Black thought is an outstanding writer, storyteller, and performer. He stands out as an oral historian of Black Philadelphia in the 1970s & 80s. 10/10
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.
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perfection
- By Mel on 04-06-15
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
Reviewed: 12-10-22
Ruby Dee was outstanding. She took and already incredible story and made it even better.
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