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Summary: rare reader
Review: This book should attract anyone, because of the many fields Russell has been in. I read this book in three sitting and I NEVER read books, and afterwards I felt as if a could accomplish anything.
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Summary: rare reader
Review: This book should attract anyone, because of the many fields Russell has been in. I read this book in three sitting and I NEVER read books, and afterwards I felt as if a could accomplish anything.
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Summary: Today's map for tommorow's leaders.....
Review: This book should be required reading for business students anywhere! I picked it up and read it in it's entirety in one day. Russell gives insight into the world of not just hip-hop culture, but business culture. His life story reads as a how-to guide for success. This is a must read for anyone with an entreprenueral spirit.
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Summary: purple suit money
Review: Very interesting and informative book. Unlike the music he puts out, he doesn't make this book easily accessible to those outside of hiphop culture. He doesn't spoonfeed it for those who just don't get it. This is part history lesson and part real life illustration of how and why Russell makes the moves that he does.
The "purple suit" money breakdown was one of the more clear examples of his outlook that I've ever read. Russell details how he navigates easily between the actual world of hiphop and the corporations that shape what hiphop means to the world.
Real talk.
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Summary: Some very valuable information
Review: When I first started reading this book there became a point when I wanted to stop because of the writing being so horrible. Russell Simmons uses so much profanity and I know that he believes that he is being real by doing so much cursing. However, at the same time the usage of so much profanity shows a lack of creativity in the usage of the English language. However, in the middle of book the until the end of it Mr. Simmons gave us some valuable information about how the big parent record companies really don't want to see companies like Def Jam, Uptown, and other companies that specialize in producing hip hop artists to succeed. In the same aspect Russell Simmons sheds some light on Andre Harrell firing Puff Daddy from Uptown records and how the big executives at MCA did not like Puffy or Biggie Smalls levels of success which was too great for the executives over at MCA to handle. The book is a must read for all people aspiring to enter the music game period and how recording artists are really at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to points, royalties (money) and most of all respect. This book was really good, but Russell kept jumping back and forth in time which confused me a great deal. Nevertheless just because this book was poorly written does not take away that Russell Simmons is a genius and great role model for a lot of us to look up to for guidance. This book has given me a higher level of respect for Mr. Simmons and the hip hop world, which I was already a big fan of many artists like LL Cool J, De la Soul, NAS, Jay-Z, Tupac, Biggie, Queen Latifah, Mc Lyte, Jungle Brothers, Tribe Called Quest and I could go on for hours listing artists that just move me whenever I hear them.
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Summary: Who was the editor? DMX?
Review: You know ive been thinking about this book and im convince that its really a collection of essays. Such idiocy and ignorance but hes rich so that invalidates any meaningful criticism right? It hard to glean any game from this book because Simmons speaks with such idiotic broad strokes. Where is this book even interesting. I don`t give a crap about anything I read. Get Bad Boy by Ronin Ro its very educational and intensely entertaining. Here there is no figures states, business knowledge just a bunch of contradictions and in conherent half ass thoughts about music and culture. Super duper psuedo intellectual stuff. Think this is deep you, gotta be a midget.
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