The Way I Am

图书标准信息

• 作者 Eminem、Sacha Jenkins 著
• 出版社 penguin
• 出版时间 2009-10
• ISBN 9780452296121
• 定价 184.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 208页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Charttopping-andheadline-making-rapartistEminemshareshisprivatereflections,drawings,handwrittenlyrics,andphotographsinhis"NewYorkTimes"bestseller"TheWayIAm"

Fiercelyintelligent,relentlesslyprovocative,andprodigiouslygifted,Eminemisknownasmuchforhisenigmaticpersonaasforbeingthefastest-sellingrapartistandthefirstrappertoeverwinanOscar.EveryonewantstoknowwhatEminemisreallylike-afterthecurtainsgodown.In"TheWayIAm,"Eminemwritescandidly,abouthowheseestheworld.Aboutfamilyandfriends;abouthip-hopandrapbattlesandhissearingrhymes;abouttheconflictsandchallengesthathavemadehimwhoheistoday.

Illustratedwithmorethan200full-colorandblack-and-whitephotographs-includingfamilysnapshotsandpersonalPolaroids,itisavisualself-portraitthatspanstherapper'sentirelifeandcareer,fromhisearlychildhoodinMissouritothebasementhomestudioherecordsintoday,fromDetroit'sfamousHipHopShoptosold-outarenasaroundtheglobe.ReaderswhohavewonderedatEm'sintricate,eye-openingrhymepatternscanalsosee,first-hand,thewayhismindworksindozensofreproductionsofhisoriginallyricsheets,writteninpen,onhotelstationary,onwhateverscrapofpaperwasathand.Theselyricsheets,publishedforthefirsttimehere,showuncutgeniusatwork.Takingreadersdeepinsidehiscreativeprocess,Eminemreckonswiththewaythatchaosandcontroversyhavefueledhismusicandhelpedtogivebirthtosomeofhismostfamoussongs(including"Stan,""WithoutMe,"and"LoseYourself").

ProvidingapersonaltourofEminem'screativeprocess,"TheWayIAm"hasbeenhailedas"fascinating,""compelling,"and"candid."