Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest

I have to admit that I haven't listened to much rap, or at least the earlier stuff that this chronicles in such a beautiful way, and yet the way Abdurraqib writes makes me nostalgic for something I've never delved into. 

I'm definitely going to have to look into his poetry after this if this is how he writes nonfiction.

I have ADORED Abdurraqib's other writing so much and have often commented on how much I love reading his thoughts about music even when I'm not familiar with the artists he's writing about. And yet I was still a little reluctant to pick up a whole book just about 1 group that I'm not at all familiar with. But I finally did it and guess what....it's so fucking good. He is so so gifted at making you understand what about music speaks to him, and also at fusing it with memoir and history because after all music is something that's both so personal and yet so public and generational.

Also yeah then I went and listened to a bunch of A Tribe Called Quest's music and uhhh guess what...they're great. (Hot takes no one asked for from a millennial white lady.)