Got Your Back: The Life of a Bodyguard in the Hardcore World of Gangsta Rap: Amazon.de: Frank Alexander, Heide Sigmund Cuda, Heidi Siegmund Cuda: Englische Bücher

Gebundene Ausgabe: 213 Seiten
Verlag: St Martin's Press (5. Oktober 1998)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0312181116
ISBN-13: 978-0312181116
Gr��e und/oder Gewicht: 21,3 x 14 x 2,5 cm

Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.4 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (40 Kundenrezensionen)

Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.843.178 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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This dispatch from America's favorite frightening subculture explores that most necessary component of the gangsta-rap-star lifestyle, the body guard. Alexander was Tupac Shakur's bodyguard during the last year of his life. That may not be an ideal professional credential, but it does lend him the authority to present, with the help of a freelance writer, the gangsta life from the perspective of, uh, security. His contribution to the literature of that wastrel lifestyle's excesses is significant for its lucidity and for his informed musings on the thug lifestyle in general and the death of Biggie Smalls in particular. Conjecture about shifting relationships in the big-money, bitter-rivalry gangsta world gains more credence when delivered by an insider, even or especially one who, like Alexander, professes no bitterness toward past or present rivals. In the welter of books about gangsta, Got Your Back stands tall, not to mention its packing slightly more ordnance than the others. Mike Tribby

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This memoir of the last year in rapper Tupac Shakur's life tries to give the inside story but is hampered by the writers falling into the very trap they set out to disarm. Before entering the world of Death Rowthe name of Shakur's record label, run by the notorious Marion ``Suge'' KnightAlexander had escaped the ghettoes of Chicago by serving in the Marines and later as a prison guard in southern California. Maybe partly because of this, he gives a point of view different from the tabloids of the principal figures in the East Coast/West Coast rivalry largely regarded as responsible for fueling the murders of Shakur and rival ``Biggie'' Smalls. The author genuinely sees Shakur as a human being and wants to separate him from the ``thug life'' aura that he emanated. Ultimately, though, Alexander fails because he devotes too much attention to the thug. For instance, a whole section of the book is dedicated to Shakur's exploits with women, most often termed ``bitches'': Salli is a very pretty girl, a complete package. Her hair and skin were the same color of caramel brown, and she had a fine little body. The disrespect shown for Shakur's principal ``girlfriend'' during this time, Kidada Jones, daughter of music-industry superstar Quincy Jones, is astounding. Alexander makes it quite clear that Shakur used her to get to her father and really didnt care for her (He wasnt all up on that girlfriend shit, after all). The book is too weighed down with guilt over Alexanders inability to prevent Shakurs death, a theme endlessly repeated in the closing pages. Finally, Alexander and coauthor Cuda (who also coauthored Ice Ts The Ice Opinion, not reviewed) will leave some readers wrestling with the idiom of the world they are writing about and in which their narrative is couched. (8 pages b&w photos, not seen) (Author tour) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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this book is phat. 27. April 2000

Von bigpimpn420

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I really like the way frank alexander wrote about the different aspects of tupac's career. He brought out a whole different side of tupac that no one had ever seen. But after reading the book I felt like I knew tupac myself. I could always picture tupac when I closed my eyes but now I have the book to read whenever i think about how he was such a hero to me and millions of others.

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Great book 2. Juli 2000

Von Brian Hall

I read most of the other books on Tupac available over here (Ireland) and this one is by far the best and gives a proper insight into what the job was like and Tupac was like. Some people say he talks about himself too much, the book is about life with Tupac, of course he has to say what his life is and was like to get any perspective! How can the man be to blame when he was in a different car and unarmed? He'd want to be a lot bigger and faster to take a bullet from 30 yards away!

a very informative, interesting read 25. April 2000

Von chris

wow! pac !

In retrospect, I think what stands out most about the book is the fact that it's told by someone who understood tupac, unlike all the writers currently looking to score off his name. He instead offers a blow-by-blow (literally) account of tupac's last few months on earth . If you think you would like to know the real Tupac Shakur, read this. It presents you with the real Tupac and you'll be glad you bought it.

As a sidenote, read around page 83 first. Rest assured there's one part of tupac that the media never got to show ;) Rest In Peace ,pac.

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP FRANK

I just finished reading this book and for all fans out there or for people just remotley interested in Tupac this is a great book that i could not put down it showed all sides of... Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 19. April 2000 von Renee

all about you

Tupac really made the best of his life. I believe he was the toughest rapper and artist who ever steped on this earth. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 15. April 2000 von "i-qut"

Wanna Really Know About Pac!

I have to tell you I truly could not put this book down. If you really want to know what it was really like to kick it with Pac. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 8. Dezember 1999 von jcl610@hotmail.com

i feel so sorry for you

I sick here and i feel so sorry for you. you are living with all this guilt inside, because it was you fault that tupac is dead. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 18. September 1999 ver�ffentlicht

who are we really reading about

this book talks about how pac lived his last days... but if you sit and really read, not just with your eyes but with your head... who is frank talking about. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 14. September 1999 ver�ffentlicht

This was a very indepth honest persceptive

I had a chance to meet with the author myself before this book came out. And I feel that it was an honest perspective to a situation that was not concivable or foreseen. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 8. September 1999 ver�ffentlicht

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