Jay-Z's 'Decoded' To Be Re-Released

Jay-Z's best-seller, Decoded, is slated to be re-released on November 1st. The new edition will feature an entirely new chapter, seven new illustrations and three decoded songs: “I Know”, “Young Gz”, “Lost One.”

An excerpt from the new afterword is as follows:

What still excites me about rap is that it’s an open thread, a cipher that listeners find their own meanings in. The point of this book is not to settle arguments or transform rap songs into neat stories with a beginning, middle, and end. Rather, I’m trying to point readers to some ideas and information, get them to see deeper into the music than they saw before and learn more about worlds different from their own (or find new ways of looking at the worlds they already know)—to find their own meanings and connect them back to their own lives. I want readers to see the craft and learn the context—and I want them to still be able to feel the magic, and enjoy the show. —JAY-Z, from the new Afterword

(via Rap Radar)

Comment by 45Ock - T.G.M on October 3, 2011 at 6:40pm: ...I just copped this bout a week ago. Im still in Part Two of the book. The design is crazy. Its like at each part he gives you parts of his life that were effected by our culture. Hip Hop or the streets. Then breaks down related songs as insight. Its a great book. You gotta pick it up. I leave it on the table so when chicks come thru they got something to entertain them, like how I use to leave out XXL mags.

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