Author: Jay-Z Jay-Z

Category: Biography & Memoir

Regular price: $14.99

Deal price: $1.99

Deal starts: February 01, 2025

Deal ends: February 01, 2025

Description:

Decoded

is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time.

Praise for

Decoded

“Compelling . . . provocative, evocative . . . Part autobiography, part lavishly illustrated commentary on the author’s own work,

Decoded

gives the reader a harrowing portrait of the rough worlds Jay-Z navigated in his youth, while at the same time deconstructing his lyrics.”

—Michiko Kakutani,

The New York Times

“One of a handful of books that just about any hip hop fan should own.”

The New Yorker

  “Elegantly designed, incisively written . . . an impressive leap by a man who has never been known for small steps.”

Los Angeles Times

 

“A riveting exploration of Jay-Z’s journey . . . So thoroughly engrossing, it reads like a good piece of cultural journalism.”

The Boston Globe 

“Shawn Carter’s most honest airing of the experiences he drew on to create the mythic figure of Jay-Z . . . The scenes he recounts along the way are fascinating.”

Entertainment Weekly 

“Hip-hop’s renaissance man drops a classic. . . . Heartfelt, passionate and slick.”

Kirkus Reviews

(starred review)