Bedroom Rapper Audiobook Libro.fm

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Bedroom Rapper is a book for obsessive music fans who are looking for the definitive take on whats happened in the last two decades of hip hop from Cadence Weapon aka Rollie Pemberton Pitchfork critic awardwinning musician producer DJ and poet laureate

Tracing his roots from recording beats in his moms attic in Edmonton to performing with some of the most recognizable names in rap and electronic musicDe La Soul Public Enemy Mos Def Questlove Diplo and morePolaris Prize winner Rollie Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon captures the joy in finding yourself and how a sense of place and purpose entwines inextricably with a music scene

From competitive basement family karaoke to touring Europe from fights with an exploitative label to finding his creative voice from protesting against gentrification to using his music to centre political change Rollie charts his own development alongside a shifting musical landscape As Rollie finds his feet the bottom falls out of the industry and he captures the way so many artists were able to make a nimble name for themselves while labels floundered

Bedroom Rapper also offers us a wideranging and crucial history of hiphop With an international perspective thats often missing from rap music journalism he integrates the gestation of American hip hop with UK grime and niche scenes from the Canadian prairies bringing his obsessive knowledge of hiphop to bear on his subjectRollie takes us into New York in the 70s Edmonton in the 90s the legendary Montreal DIY loft scene of the 2000s and traces the ups and downs of trusting your gut and following your passion obsessively

With a foreword by Gabriel Szatan music fans and creators alike will relate to the dedication to craft obsessive passion for what came before and desire to shift the future that is embodied in every creative project Rollie takes on