{"product_id":"music-is-history-9781419751431","title":"Music Is History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBestselling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove offers a thrilling, music-driven ride through the last fifty years of American history​.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMusic Is History, \u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove harnesses his encyclopedic knowledge of popular music and his deep curiosity about history to examine America over the past fifty years. Choosing one essential track from each year, Questlove unpacks each song's significance, revealing the pivotal role that American music plays around issues of race, gender, politics, and identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic Is History\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the years 1971 to the present, not only the country's most complex and rewarding half-century when it comes to the ways that pop culture and culturally diverse history intersect and interact, but also the years that overlap with Questlove's own life. \u003ci\u003eMusic Is History\u003c\/i\u003e moves fluidly from the personal to the political, examining events closely and critically, to unpeel and uncover previously unseen dimensions, and encouraging readers to do the same. Whether he is exploring how Black identity reshaped itself during the blaxploitation era, analyzing the assembly-line nature of disco and its hostility to Black genius, or remembering his own youth as a pop fan and what it taught him about America, Questlove finds the hidden connections in the American tapestry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Complete with playlists organized around personal, playful themes that touch on everything from the relationship of hip-hop to music's past to the secret ingredient in all funk songs, \u003ci\u003eMusic Is History\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with and informed by Questlove's preferences, perspectives, and particularities. It feels like both a popular history of contemporary America and a conversation with one of music's most influential and unique voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abrams Image\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419751431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2021 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Questlove","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40994743320757,"sku":"9781419751431","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e1bad012-f504-43db-b95f-7a3c6076ddbc.jpg?v=1631627761","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/music-is-history-9781419751431","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}