
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.















About
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.
Curated
Musicby Marcus J Moore


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

ShrinesArmand Hammer

Dialectic SoulAsher Gamedze

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

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

graeMoses Sumney

Will This Make Me GoodNick Hakim

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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Writings

Reinventing the Sound of ProtestThe Nation

Amiri Baraka's 'It's Nation Time' Was 50 Years Ahead of the CurveThe Liner Notes

‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right NowThe New York Times

52 Years Ago, Thelonious Monk Played a High School. Now Everyone Can Hear It.The New York Times

Re-enter the Wu-Tang: The iconic rap crew on legacy and looking aheadEntertainment Weekly

The Donald Glover ExperimentThe Nation

How Black Musical Artists Revolutionized the Sound of Protest in 2016TIME

The Healing Power of Alice Coltrane's Spiritual JazzThe Liner Notes

