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Marcus J. Moore

The Butterfly Effect

Written by veteran journalist and music critic Marcus J. Moore, this is the first biography of Kendrick Lamar. It's the definitive account of his coming-of-age as an artist, his resurrection of jazz, his profound impact on a racially fraught America, and his emergence as the bona fide King of Rap.

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Marcus

Marcus J. Moore is an accomplished music journalist, editor, curator, pundit, budding music supervisor and author of The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America.

The book is out via Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. He’s currently working on his next book, High and Rising, a cultural biography of rap trio De La Soul, to be published by HarperCollins.

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Musicby Marcus J Moore

An Open Dialogue (Live in New York)

An Open Dialogue (Live in New York)
Linda Sikhakhane

spr blk: liberation jazz and soul from the ’70s and beyond

spr blk: liberation jazz and soul from the ’70s and beyond
Marcus J. Moore

Ancestral Echoes – The Covina Sessions, 1976

Ancestral Echoes – The Covina Sessions, 1976
Horace Tapscott with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra

MOBILISATION GENERALE Protest and Spirit Jazz from FRANCE 1970​-​1976

MOBILISATION GENERALE Protest and Spirit Jazz from FRANCE 1970​-​1976
Various Artists

High and Rising

A biography of the hip-hop trio De La Soul, charting their ascension, their boundary-pushing experimentation, and their lasting cultural influence.

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Bobby Hutcherson Brought Fire to the Vibraphone

Bobby Hutcherson Brought Fire to the Vibraphone
The Liner Notes

a blues for jaimie branch...

a blues for jaimie branch...
The Liner Notes

Chad Clark is an Architect in Rock and Experimental Music

Chad Clark is an Architect in Rock and Experimental Music
The Liner Notes

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington
The New York Times

Songs in the Key of Time

Songs in the Key of Time
The Liner Notes

Revisiting Flying Lotus' Mystical Dreamscape, A Decade Later

Revisiting Flying Lotus' Mystical Dreamscape, A Decade Later
The Liner Notes

Revisiting the Pyramids’ ‘Avant-Garde African Jazz,’ Four Decades Later

Revisiting the Pyramids’ ‘Avant-Garde African Jazz,’ Four Decades Later
The New York Times

Stop Erasing Black Women From Free Jazz History

Stop Erasing Black Women From Free Jazz History
The Liner Notes

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