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Lively, if self-limiting … In many ways, the book is made up almost entirely of asides, for better or worse … There are times when this adherence to Questlove’s personal relationship and perspective weighs things down. The very structure of the book hews to his theory that hip-hop has historically entered a new era every five years, and each introduction to the chapter briefly assesses the changing sociopolitical and cultural milieu. Considering how brilliant he is, and how much of both a player and courtside observer he is to these shifts, many hip-hop fans are likely to yearn for more of this analytical, journalistic sensibility. Put another way, one simply wishes he would occasionally just sit with subjects a little longer.
