Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (Paperback)

from LaneLiterati

Great read! This book will inspire a young reader to explore their passions, be it music or otherwise. Fun, fast and completely cool.

from WiseYoungFools

Part memoir, part history of hip-hop. ?uestlove is a self-professed music dork who just so happened to start one of the most groundbreaking groups in hip-hop... in high school. An adult book with serious teen appeal. Worth it just to read about Prince's post-Grammy roller-skating party. Seriously.

from Castlelass

Questlove's memoir of his life in music and the role of hip-hop in pop culture. He describes the roots (pardon the pun) of hip hop in jazz and blues. Along the way, he provides a history of hip-hop, and his reactions to many of the seminal acts. Toward the end, he discusses his band's role in the...

from pinkcrayon99

“Music has the power to stop time but music also keeps time.” Mo' Meta Blues was a delightful musical journey. Sure Thompson shared the details of his life but it was more like the soundtrack of his life. I appreciated the fact that this book was not structured like a chronological biography. Th...

from bjkelley

I can only give myself credit for 1/2 of Mo Meta Blues. The first half of the book was great, but by the middle of the book, when The Roots finally made it, the hip hop and rap bands discussed are not anything that I'm interested in (not Questlove's fault), just my own preference in music. Howeve...