Decoded /
Decoded ... 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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Spiegel & Grau,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. One eye open
- The revolutionary t-shirt
- Public service announcement (The black album)
- American Dreamin' (American gangster)
- Early this morning (unreleased)
- Honor among predators
- Coming of age (Reasonable doubt)
- Coming of age (Da sequel) (Vol. 2 ... Hard knock life)
- D'Evils (Reasonable doubt)
- Negative space
- 99 problems (The black album)
- Ignorant shit (American gangster)
- Part 2. I will not lose
- Portrait of the artist as a young star
- Most kings (unreleased)
- Success (American gangster)
- Renegade (The blueprint)
- Can I live? (Reasonable doubt)
- Balling and falling
- Fallin' (American gangster)
- Big pimpin' (Vol. 3 ... Life and times of S. Carter)
- Streets is watching (In my lifetime, Vol. 1)
- Beat the system before it beats you
- Operation corporate takeover (Mix tape freestyle)
- Moment of clarity (The black album)
- A stern discipline
- Breathe easy (Lyrical exercise) (The blueprint)
- My 1st song (The black album)
- Part 3. Politics as usual
- White America
- Young gifted and black (S. Carter collection)
- Hell yeah (Pimp the system) (Revolutionary but gangsta)
- Ears wide open
- Beware (Jay-Z remix) (Beware)
- Blue magic (American gangster)
- Cautionary tales
- This life forever (Black gangster)
- Meet the parents (The bluprint²: the lift & the curse)
- Where I'm from (In my lifetime, Vol. 1)
- Funeral parade
- Minority report (Kingdom come)
- Dynasty (Intro) (The dynasty: roc la familia)
- My president is black (unreleased)
- Part 4. Come and get me
- The voice in your head is right
- Regrets (Reasonable doubt)
- This can't be life (The dynasty: roc la familia)
- Soon you'll understand (The dynasty: roc la familia)
- Instant karma
- Beach chair (Kingdom come)
- Lucifer (The black album)
- Our life
- December 4th (The black album)
- History (unreleased).