Mo' Meta Blues

divbThe gripping story of a Vietnam vet whose secret past threatens his family, career, and honor, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide, and is "a true master" (Dan Brown)./bbrbrAhmir "Questlove" Thompson is many things: virtuoso drummer, producer, arranger, emLate Night with Jimmy Fallon /embandleader, DJ, composer, and tireless Tweeter. He is one of our most ubiquitous cultural tastemakers, and in this, his first book, he reveals his own formative experiences--from growing up in 1970s West Philly as the son of a 1950s doo-wop singer, to finding his own way through the music world and ultimately co-founding and rising up with the Roots, a.k.a., strongthe last hip hop band on Earth. /strongemMo' Meta Blues /emalso has some (many) random (or not) musings about the state of hip hop, the state of music criticism, the state of statements, as well as a plethora of run-ins with celebrities, idols, and fellow artists, from Stevie Wonder to KISS to D'Angelo to Jay-Z to Dave Chappelle to...you ever seen Prince roller-skate?!?brbrBut emMo' Meta Blues /emisn't just a memoir. It's a dialogue about the nature of memory and the idea of a post-modern black man saddled with some post-modern blues. It's a book that questions what a book like emMo' Meta Blues/emstrong /strongreally is. It's the side wind of a one-of-a-kind mind.brbrIt's a rare gift that gives as well as takes.brbrIt's a record that keeps going around and around. /div