{"product_id":"9781419751431-music-is-history","title":"Music Is History","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Questlove\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 352 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublished: Abrams, United States, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComplete 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, and member of the Roots, \u003cb\u003eAhmir \"Questlove\" Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia's most influential hip-hop group. He is the musical director for \u003ci\u003eThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u003c\/i\u003e, where his beloved Roots crew serves as house band. Beyond that, this five-time Grammy Award-winning musician's indisputable reputation has landed him musical-directing positions with everyone from D'Angelo to Eminem to Jay-Z. Questlove has also released multiple books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eMo' Meta Blues\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCreative Quest\u003c\/i\u003e, the Grammy-nominated audiobook \u003ci\u003eCreative Quest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSoul Train: The Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDance and Style of a Generation\u003c\/i\u003e, James Beard Award-nominated \u003ci\u003esomethingtofoodabout\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMixtape Potluck Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Questlove and Black Thought of the Roots have executive produced the acclaimed documentary series\u003ci\u003e Hip-Hop: The Songs That Shook America \u003c\/i\u003eon AMC under their production company, \u003ci\u003eTwo One Five Entertainment\u003c\/i\u003e. He made his directorial debut with the acclaimed feature documentary \u003ci\u003eSummer of Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The film premiered on the opening night of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in January, where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Best U.S. Documentary. The film broke the record for the highest-selling documentary to come out of Sundance when it was acquired by Searchlight\/Hulu.\u003cbr\u003e Questlove has cemented himself as one of the most sought-after DJs in pop culture, with a resume that includes gigs for the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the White House, Cartier, and hotels and nightclubs around the world. After streaming nearly three hundred virtual DJ sets in 2020, he has used this momentum to launch his own Twitch show called \u003ci\u003eGO DJ\u003c\/i\u003e, which champions sets from renowned international peers.\u003cbr\u003e Additionally, Questlove served as the executive music producer and composer on the A\u0026amp;E Miniseries \u003ci\u003eRoots\u003c\/i\u003e. He also scored Chris Rock's film \u003ci\u003eTop Five\u003c\/i\u003e and coproduced the Grammy Award-winning \u003ci\u003eOriginal Broadway Cast Recording of Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e. Questlove also hosts his own acclaimed podcast, \u003ci\u003eQuestlove Supreme\u003c\/i\u003e, on iHeart. Questlove costarred in Disney Pixar's Golden Globe-winning animated feature \u003ci\u003eSoul, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich landed him an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46092226691291,"sku":"9781419751431","price":22.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d4c32bbf5acc4d5e849892816973eeaa.png?v=1727861820","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781419751431-music-is-history","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}