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Jet Set
I recently finished Rae's book, and was looking for the threads on here surrounding that book. You can't find them, because all the discussion took place inside threads about his Vlad videos. Now Rae's book is okay. It is an entertaining read. But in my opinion the pacing was a bit off. Especially in the later part things were just sort of skipped over. Regarding the writing, I agree. And I had the same with Buddha's book about him and ODB, which is really a light read that you could finish in day. It is written from the way that Rae is telling it. But this sadly does not leave any space for reflection. Something a Wu book could really use in my opinion. The end result now is just one guy's solo opinion with little to no introspective, and often just one side of a story. Some of the stories though, are interesting as a Wu fan. And if you approach it from that angle, it is a welcome addition.
Ueys book, hahahaha. I have not heard the audio book version yet, but I am sort of dying to hear that. The book is written exactly as he speaks. Which again, does not result in the best writing. And the above also stands with the comments I had about Raes book. Both also show a bit of introspective. But sometimes I think it could be done better. Both also jump in time sometimes to the point where you are not sure when exactly this is taking place anymore. Now it has been a sec since I finished Raw.
Buddha Monk about ODB is also written in the same vein, but more about him and ODB. I think it is just short of 200 pages, and you could finish it in a day. The writing is the same, and you know how it ends. But it still hurts to see how it all went down.
It has been ages since I last read that first RZA book. I remember after that I was like done with RZA for a minute. I can see the commentary here, where people are saying it is super philosophical or whatever. That just sounds like you never read up or studied philosophy. Lol @ the history comment. That is true, you just did not pay attention, or read a book.
Sophia Chang also has a book out on here time in the industry, and when she worked with Wu. Can't give any comments on that one since I haven't started it yet.
Did not know Deck was writing a book.
Last time I heard, Ghost was working on a book though. No idea what the status on that one is.
Somebody should sit down and maybe get Shabazz his story on paper. A lot of it is already in the lyrics. But I think it just crazy going by that. Would need a good writer to do that proper justice.
Last note, reading all these books. There are a lot of stories. And right now we are just getting them one by one. One account after another of the same event. Would be nice if somebody got the funds together to start writing a proper book on the stories of everybody, all together. Though I think you'd end up with a pretty heavy pill. Or maybe multiple. But only when you approach it like that, could you serve people up with a complete story. Sorta like the series right now I think? Have not seen it yet. (Ah yeah, one of our discussions was about Rae wanting to do a film about Wu & RZA doing a series.)
That's about it, book wise I think. Or maybe I am forgetting this one 3rd party book about Wu. No idea what the name is, or if it was any good.
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