Jay-Z has unveiled the book cover (above) for the re-release version of “Decoded” set to hit shelves on November 1st, just one year after New York Times bestselling book dropped last year. Find out what you can expect to find in the new version after the jump!
This version will be an expanded paperback edition and the inside contains a new chapter, seven additional illustrations, and three decoded more songs: “I Knowâ€, “Young Gzâ€, “Lost Ones†and a new afterword. Check out the afterword below:
via RR:
What still excites me about rap is that it’s an open thread, a cipher that listeners find their own meanings in. The point of this book is not to settle arguments or transform rap songs into neat stories with a beginning, middle, and end. Rather, I’m trying to point readers to some ideas and information, get them to see deeper into the music than they saw before and learn more about worlds different from their own (or find new ways of looking at the worlds they already know)—to find their own meanings and connect them back to their own lives. I want readers to see the craft and learn the context—and I want them to still be able to feel the magic, and enjoy the show. —JAY-Z, from the new Afterword
