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Video: Pharrell Speaks On “Places & Spaces I’ve Been” Book

Following the release of his introspective book project “Places & Spaces I’ve Been”, talented multi-faceted artist Pharrell welcomes his iamOTHER behind-the-scenes film crew to his book signing at Marc JacobsBOOK MARC store in Los Angeles. In the video, Pharrell speaks on his involvement in the project, as well as interviewing Jay-Z during the process. Watch the full video after the jump.

Posted on: 02 Nov 2012
Posted by: MissKhalila

Andy Warhol’s Rorschach painting will serve as the cover for Jay-Z‘s Decoded book which is said to be breakdown of lyrics (w/ illustrations) from 36 different Jigga tracks..

“When I first started working on this book, I told my editor that I wanted it to do three important things. The first was to make the case that hip-hop lyrics—not just my lyrics, but those of every great MC—are poetry if you look at them closely enough. The second was I wanted the book to tell a little bit of the story of my generation, to show the context for the choices we made at a violent and chaotic crossroads in recent history. And the third piece was that I wanted the book to show how hip-hop created a way to take a very specific and powerful experience and turn it into a story that everyone in the world could feel and relate to.” – Jay-Z

Pre-order a copy now via Amazon.com or pick it up in stores on November 16th & check out another shot of the cover after the jump.. Props to Hithiphop for the heads up!

Posted on: 22 Sep 2010
Posted by: Karen Civil

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