When I learned Talib Kweli was writing his memoir I expected to get a deep look into the life of the man that gave us， 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙐𝙥 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 and 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 （𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴）。 I wanted to learn more about the artist that is still in heavy rotation on my playlist， and one half of 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫。 And although I did learn more about Talib the man， I learned even more about Talib the artist。 Vibrate Higher gives us an inside look into the culture of rap music and how Talib found and solidif When I learned Talib Kweli was writing his memoir I expected to get a deep look into the life of the man that gave us， 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙐𝙥 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 and 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 （𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴）。 I wanted to learn more about the artist that is still in heavy rotation on my playlist， and one half of 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫。 And although I did learn more about Talib the man， I learned even more about Talib the artist。 Vibrate Higher gives us an inside look into the culture of rap music and how Talib found and solidified his place in it， only to emerge as one of the most lyrically gifted MCs in the game。 In this book， Talib’s life story is the dessert， it is the story of rap music that is the main course。 Hence the title， Vibrate Higher: A͟ ͟R͟a͟p͟ ͟S͟t͟o͟r͟y😉。⠀Reading this book was like listening to a Talib Kweli CD。 Smooth in delivery， yet very relevant and extremely powerful in content！⠀I loved reading about the beautiful relationship Talib shared with his late grandmother “Mama Obama”😊。 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘭。 In the book Talib also shares her great words of wisdom。⠀Reading about the brotherhood between Talib and Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def touched my heart。 I am happy to know their kinship is real， and has stood the test of time。 ⠀As a long time Kweliclub member， it was cool learning about how Kweliclub got started。 （𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 Kweliclub 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘙𝘊）。 Talib’s passion for reading and books is a consistent theme throughout the book。 ⠀But， it’s the final chapters of the book that packs the most powerful punch。 It is in these chapters Talib goes into detail about his role in combating systemic inequality and racism。 He writes about the Black Lives Matter movement， and how Trump’s presidency， & police brutality has affected this country， as well as， his life。⠀Overall， this book satisfied the hip hop lover in me。 𝐕𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 is a book that should be in the library of hip-hop lovers of all ages。 。。。more