This is the third and final book in the (And Other Things) series. The first one was about basketball. The second was about movies. This one is about hip-hop. They’re all different in content but similar in structure, which is to say : Each chapter here is a different hip-hop question that needs to be answered. Sometimes the question seems straightforward but is actually philosophical. (Example: 2Pac or Biggie ?) Other times the questions seem silly but is actually serious. (Example Was Kendrick’s Good kid, M.A.A.D. City better than Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ?) And occasionally, the question is all of those things at once. (Where does Cardi B’s 2018 sit in the rankings of rappers’ Best Individual Year ?) There’s also a bunch of art in the book and some charts in the book. You’re going to love it. Or you won’t. I don’t know. But I hope it’s that first one.
– Shea
