The Rose That Grew from Concrete


by Shakur, Tupac
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    By the time of his murder at the age of 25, Tupac Shakur was a major force in rap music, with a dozen albums and six movies unde
 
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By the time of his murder at the age of 25, Tupac Shakur was a major force in rap music, with a dozen albums and six movies under his belt. But this collection of poems, written in a poetry workshop by the future star at the age of 19, shows that Shakur possessed both a poet's disarming simplicity and a writer's raw talent well before the start of his musical career. THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE is a collection of over 100 poems, included both in their original manuscript form (charmingly annotated with assorted hieroglyphics, much like a Prince lyric sheet) and in print. Themes preoccupying the embryonic rapper swing between the gritty evocations of life in the projects that would later become familiar to his fans worldwide, and meditations on topics as diverse as marriage and Nelson Mandela. Perhaps most poignant is In the Event of My Demise, an eerily prescient reflection on early death that includes the hope that he'll at least die for a principle or a belief....

Author:
Shakur, Tupac
ISBN:
9780671028442
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
149
Publish Date:
11/01/1999
Publisher:
Mtv Books
Language:
English
Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.

 

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Overall Rating: 5

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RAP IS POETRY

princesspea from Massachusetts, Oct 3, 2007

overwhelming response from students to borrow this book from me. i bought 10 copies in all and they are always signed out.

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Love this book

lilgee from Lincolnton, NC, May 7, 2007

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This book has a lot of great poems in it. You can feel every word that tupac say.

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