Download or read book An ATL Trap Love written by Bria S. and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There comes a time when there’s nothing left to do but level up. For Solé, that time is now. Top Atlanta hair stylist, Solé, grew up fast, similarly to the way many others did in impoverished environments, but her down-to-earth personality and warm spirit always draws people in. However, no one knows how her traumatic past led her into constantly feeling defeated and no longer desiring love. Blaze is a flashy, ambitious hustler, and the noble leader of GMB, the ‘Get Money Boys’ crew. He’s well on his way to achieving his dreams of becoming a filthy rich businessman, his idea of the perfect life, and he won’t allow anyone to get in his way. Upon encountering Solé and her audacious ways, Blaze regards her as he does all of his prospective women, in the same rude, aggressive and blunt manner. With his mind on his money, he has no time or desire to bond with any woman and would rather use her for her body. But when Blaze’s feelings for Solé start to change, he tries to impress her in all the wrong ways. Unlike the other women he’s come across, Solé isn’t yearning for materialism; she is simply longing for a man to fulfill her in a rare form and connect with her soul. For Blaze, this is uncharted territory, forcing him to do things he thought he would never do. As a battle is waged between their minds and their hearts, their desire for each other pushes them to let each other in but their past stands in the way. Will Solé be able to drop her negative stance on men? And when she does, will Blaze be willing to let his guard down and be the man Solé needs him to be?
Download or read book An ATL Trap Love written by Bria S and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There comes a time when there's nothing left to do but level up. For Solé, that time is now. Top Atlanta hair stylist, Solé, grew up fast, similarly to the way many others did in impoverished environments, but her down-to-earth personality and warm spirit always draws people in. However, no one knows how her traumatic past led her into constantly feeling defeated and no longer desiring love. Blaze is a flashy, ambitious hustler, and the noble leader of GMB, the 'Get Money Boys' crew. He's well on his way to achieving his dreams of becoming a filthy rich businessman, his idea of the perfect life, and he won't allow anyone to get in his way. Upon encountering Solé and her audacious ways, Blaze regards her as he does all of his prospective women, in the same rude, aggressive and blunt manner. With his mind on his money, he has no time or desire to bond with any woman and would rather use her for her body. But when Blaze's feelings for Solé start to change, he tries to impress her in all the wrong ways. Unlike the other women he's come across, Solé isn't yearning for materialism; she is simply longing for a man to fulfill her in a rare form and connect with her soul. For Blaze, this is uncharted territory, forcing him to do things he thought he would never do. As a battle is waged between their minds and their hearts, their desire for each other pushes them to let each other in but their past stands in the way. Will Solé be able to drop her negative stance on men? And when she does, will Blaze be willing to let his guard down and be the man Solé needs him to be?
Download or read book An Atlanta Love Story 2 written by Mo Howard and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strength is defined as the quality or state of being strong. When Monica Edwards’ life turns upside down, the only thing she has is her strength. With both of her parent’s being killed by a man she considered family, Monica isn’t sure if she can take life anymore. Eddie, the love of her life, tries to keep her encouraged, but he can only do so much. Will an unexpected twist of events break Monica down, or will she use her strength to keep on going? The beautiful Olivia Gold is stuck in a dead-end relationship. After leaving her family to be with her prince charming, she finds out that the man of her dreams is really the man who causes her the most pain. When Casper, a wealthy financial advisor, enters her life, she jumps at the chance of being with him, but is she truly ready? Will she have the strength to leave everything she knows and take a chance on a handsome stranger? The finale of an Atlanta Love Story is not your ordinary love story, so expect the unexpected.
Download or read book The Autobiography of Gucci Mane written by Gucci Mane and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly anticipated memoir from Gucci Mane, "one of hip-hop's most prolific and admired artists" (The New York Times).
Download or read book An Atlanta Love Story written by Mo Howard and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People say that God gives his strongest soldiers the toughest battles, and seventeen-year-old Monica Edwards knows that to be true. Born and raised in Atlanta, Monica is familiar with living the good life because her father is one of the biggest kingpins that the city has ever seen. When her life suddenly changes, she is forced to leave behind the life she’s known and is forced start over in Douglasville. She isn’t looking for love when she meets Eddie Miller, but she can’t ignore the undeniable attraction she has to him. Eddie Miller is the co-founder of the infamous S.D.C gang, and he has no plans of slowing down. He’s focused on building an empire that will allow him to step out of his father’s shadow, but from the moment he meets Monica, he knows that he has to have her. Eddie is used to getting any woman he wants. His good looks and charming personality make it hard for most women to resist, but Monica is different. In this twisted love story, Monica and Eddie will discover that everything isn’t what it seems. Their love will be put to the ultimate test.
Download or read book Rap Capital written by Joe Coscarelli and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “impassioned tribute” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) to the most influential music culture today, Atlanta rap—a masterful, street-level story of art, money, race, class, and salvation from acclaimed New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli. From mansions to trap houses, office buildings to strip clubs, Atlanta is defined by its rap music. But this flashy and fast-paced world is rarely seen below surface level as a collection not of superheroes and villains, cartoons and caricatures, but of flawed and inspired individuals all trying to get a piece of what everyone else seems to have. In artistic, commercial, and human terms, Atlanta rap represents the most consequential musical ecosystem of this century. Rap Capital tells the dramatic stories of the people who make it tick and the city that made them that way. The lives of the artists driving the culture, from megastars like Lil Baby and Migos to lesser-known local strivers like Lil Reek and Marlo, represent the modern American dream but also an American nightmare, as young Black men and women wrestle generational curses, crippled school systems, incarceration, and racism on the way to an improbably destination atop art and commerce. Across Atlanta, rap dreams power countless overlapping economies, but they’re also a gamble, one that could make a poor man rich or a poor man poorer, land someone in jail or keep them out of it. Drawing on years of reporting, more than a hundred interviews, dozens of hours in recording studios and on immersive ride-alongs, acclaimed New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli weaves a cinematic tapestry of this singular American culture as it took over in the last decade, from the big names to the lesser-seen prospects, managers, grunt-workers, mothers, DJs, lawyers, and dealers that are equally important to the industry. The result is a deeply human, era-defining book that is “required reading for anyone who has ever wondered how, exactly, Atlanta hip-hop took over the world” (Kelefa Sanneh, author of Major Labels). Entertaining and profound, Rap Capital is an epic of art, money, race, class, and sometimes, salvation.
Download or read book Rap Capital written by Joe Coscarelli and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From mansions to trap houses, office buildings to strip clubs, Atlanta is defined by its rap music. But this flashy and fast-paced world is rarely seen below surface-level as a collection not of superheroes and villains, cartoons and caricatures, but of flawed and inspired individuals all trying to get a piece of what everyone else seems to have. In artistic, commercial, and human terms, Atlanta rap represents the most consequential musical ecosystem of this century so far. Rap Capital tells the dramatic stories of the people who make it tick, and the city that made them that way."--
Download or read book The Darkest Hearts written by Nelson George and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A P.I.-turned-talent manger’s new client leads him into dangerous territory in this hard-boiled novel by the author of To Funk and Die in L.A. Former bodyguard D Hunter has moved to Los Angeles to become a talent manager, and business is good. He has signed a hot Atlanta rapper named Lil Daye and negotiated a lucrative endorsement with a liquor band. However, the liquor CEO’s unsavory sexual habits and reactionary political views lead D to wonder if he’s sold his soul. Back in Brooklyn, a body has been found in the waters near the Canarsie Pier. It connects D and retired hit man Ice to incidents from back in The Plot Against Hip Hop, the second book in the series. Now, an FBI agent wants to speak to D, which makes Ice nervous. And Ice is not a man you want worrying about you. Meanwhile Serene Powers, a vigilante and D’s sometime collaborator, breaks up a human trafficking ring in London. When she returns to the States, D asks her for assistance with a sensitive and volatile matter in Atlanta involving Lil Daye, his wife, his mistress, and a thug on his payroll named Ant . . . The Darkest Hearts reflects the challenges of being a Black businessperson in an era when the rules of entrepreneurship are constantly shifting beneath an increasingly polarized political environment. Praise for The Darkest Hearts “Once again, my brother Nelson George comes through in the clutch like he’s batting clean-up. I’ve known Nelson over thirty years and he has been our cultural storyteller for that length of time. Keep telling. Keep writing our stories. I know I will keep reading them too.” —Spike Lee, filmmaker “George’s passion for, and encyclopedic knowledge of, hip-hop suffuses every word of this smart, stylish novel. Although the author deftly deals with issues of predatory capitalism, government corruption, and the senseless murder of Black men by America’s cops, it’s his handling of the tale’s sex trafficking and #MeToo subplots that deserves special acclaim.” —Mystery Scene Magazine “Smart . . . This action-packed crime novel both educates and entertains.” —Publishers Weekly “We’re big fans of music mysteries here at CrimeReads, so I'm psyched for the new Nelson George . . . A complex mystery that should serve as the perfect quarantine distraction.” —CrimeReads, One of CrimeReads’ 10 Novels You Should Read This August and One of the Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020 “This dark, rollicking mystery is the fifth in George's D Hunter series . . . D’s point of view, his self-confessed vulnerability, and his deep appreciation for music, from R&B on, make this thoroughly satisfying reading.” —Booklist
Download or read book I Fell For An Atlanta Drug Lord written by Dejah Rice and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world full of drugs, cars, money, sex, and hoes, you have your street kings, savages, thugs, bosses, dope boys and street legends. Well, meet the one and only... Death Escobar, better known as Dee by those close to him. He’s twenty-five and he’s at the prime of his game. Although all of those names describe him perfectly, he’s never desired to be called any of that. He wanted something different that would set him apart from the rest. He wanted to be called... a drug lord. Born and raised in the hood, Death comes from a place known as The Bluff, where the initials stand for Better. Leave. U. Fucking. Fool. That alone explains how dangerous it is to live in The Bluff. But Death embraced where he was from at a young age, and years later, took over the whole north, east, and west side of The Bluff. Of course, he wanted the south side too, but the king of the south, Ezekiel, didn’t fold like the rest. Already having his hands full, Death decided to let Zee keep the south side as long as he was splitting the profits with him; that is until Ezekiel crosses the line in the worst way. Rain, also known as Rain Escobar in the streets, is a twenty-one-year-old college student. She’s ambitious, goofy, caring and... deadly. She may be a college student by day, but by night she’s Death’s one and only Thug Misses. She understands what it means to be a true ride or die, and she’s all for it and has been for the past few years. But what happens when Rain’s childhood best friend, Nariah, starts talking to Ezekiel and sides must be chosen? Loyalty will be tested. Lines will be crossed. Decisions will be made, and hearts will be put on the line. When it rains, it pours, but how deadly will the storm be?
Download or read book The Number Ones written by Tom Breihan and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, “The Number Ones”—a space in which he has been writing about every #1 hit in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, in chronological order—he figured he’d post capsule-size reviews for each song. But there was so much more to uncover. The column has taken on a life of its own, sparking online debate and occasional death threats. The Billboard Hot 100 began in 1958, and after four years of posting the column, Breihan is still in the early aughts. But readers no longer have to wait for his brilliant synthesis of what the history of #1s has meant to music and our culture. In The Number Ones, Breihan writes about twenty pivotal #1s throughout chart history, revealing a remarkably fluid and connected story of music that is as entertaining as it is enlightening. The Numbers Ones features the greatest pop artists of all time, from the Brill Building songwriters to the Beatles and the Beach Boys; from Motown to Michael Jackson, Prince, and Mariah Carey; and from the digital revolution to the K-pop system. Breihan also ponders great artists who have never hit the top spot, like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and James Brown. Breihan illuminates what makes indelible ear candy across the decades—including dance crazes, recording innovations, television phenomena, disco, AOR, MTV, rap, compact discs, mp3s, social media, memes, and much more—leaving readers to wonder what could possibly happen next.
Download or read book Atlanta Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region. Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region.
Download or read book Bedroom Rapper written by Rollie Pemberton and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bedroom Rapper is a book for obsessive music fans who are looking for the definitive take on what’s happened in the last two decades of hip hop, from Cadence Weapon, aka Rollie Pemberton: Pitchfork critic, award-winning musician, producer, DJ, and poet laureate. Tracing his roots from recording beats in his mom's attic in Edmonton to performing with some of the most recognizable names in rap and electronic music—De La Soul, Public Enemy, Mos Def, Questlove, Diplo, and more—Polaris Prize winner Rollie Pemberton, a.k.a Cadence Weapon, captures the joy in finding yourself, and how a sense of place and purpose entwines inextricably with a music scene. From competitive basement family karaoke to touring Europe, from fights with an exploitative label to finding his creative voice, from protesting against gentrification to using his music to centre political change, Rollie charts his own development alongside a shifting musical landscape. As Rollie finds his feet, the bottom falls out of the industry, and he captures the way so many artists were able to make a nimble name for themselves while labels floundered. Bedroom Rapper also offers us a wide-ranging and crucial history of hip-hop. With an international perspective that's often missing from rap music journalism, he integrates the gestation of American hip hop with UK grime and niche scenes from the Canadian prairies, bringing his obsessive knowledge of hip-hop to bear on his subject. Rollie takes us into New York in the ’70s, Edmonton in the ’90s, the legendary Montreal DIY loft scene of the 2000s, and traces the ups and downs of trusting your gut and following your passion, obsessively. With a foreword by Gabriel Szatan, music fans and creators alike will relate to the dedication to craft, obsessive passion for what came before, and desire to shift the future that is embodied in every creative project Rollie takes on.
Download or read book Love s Call written by Jala Summers and published by Summers Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kyle Jones, recovering from a messy split from his ex-wife, is convinced by friends to enjoy a singles' cruise to take his mind off of his recent divorce. He is prepared to take his friends' advice to live it up and enjoy his new bachelor status. That is, until he meets Liana Harris. Liana Harris, whose only reason for attending the singles' cruise is to accompany her friend, is not interested in finding love on her vacation. With her own past relationship issues, she has lost faith in the elusive ideal of love, and avoids anything that bears any resemblance to it. But Liana and Kyle soon discover that the defenses and walls they have erected don't stand a chance when love calls.
Download or read book My Heart Beats for an Atlanta Boss written by D. Nika and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After surviving an abusive relationship, Nautica realizes she needs a fresh start where she can feel safe. Taking a leap of faith, she moves to Atlanta to be with her cousins, Amaris and Ahnais. Ahnais is in a relationship with the love of her life Dravien, everything was going perfect for them until Ahnais finds out that Dravien betrayed her in the worse way. Can Dravien prove that his intentions were not to hurt Ahnais? Is there something deeper behind his secret? Amaris has dated a few guys here and there but none of them where "the one". When Jaysun enters her life will he be able to prove that he is the one to change Amaris' cold heart or will it be a failure like all the rest? When Dravien's best friend Majik sees something special in Nautica, he's ready to change her view of men but there's one problem standing in the way, CoCo, his worrisome baby mama. Can Majik get CoCo out of the way and focus his love on Nautica?
Download or read book The EXchange written by Nikki Rashan and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What's done in the dark eventually comes to light." When delivered by his pastor, those words stir up memories of guilt and shame for Jerome Thomas. In the early years of his marriage, Jerome made several mistakes—neglecting his family, struggling with bouts of alcoholism, and wasting money. But the one mistake he regrets the most is cheating on his wife. Every morning before she opens her eyes, Taylor Belle says a quick prayer for forgiveness. The guilt of the affair she had and the lives of the people she hurt weigh heavily on her heart. She knows that she needs to settle things with Jerome before God will lift her burden. Several years have passed since the affair, but there is still unfinished business between Taylor and Jerome that could destroy their families. What will happen when the repercussions of their last intimate encounter catch up to them? Will God mend old wounds and restore the love and peace they once knew, or are Jerome and Taylor destined to suffer the consequences of their past sins for years to come?
Download or read book Greater Atlanta written by Derek C. Maus and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions by GerShun Avilez, Lola Boorman, Thomas Britt, John Brooks, Phillip James Martinez Cortes, Derek DiMatteo, Tikenya Foster-Singletary, Alexandra Glavanakova, Erica-Brittany Horhn, Matthias Klestil, Abigail Jinju Lee, Derek C. Maus, Danielle Fuentes Morgan, Derek Conrad Murray, Kinohi Nishikawa, Sarah O'Brien, Keyana Parks, and Emily Ruth Rutter The seventeen essays in Greater Atlanta: Black Satire after Obama collectively argue that in the years after the widespread hopefulness surrounding Barack Obama’s election as president waned, Black satire began to reveal a profound shift in US culture. Using the four seasons of the FX television show Atlanta (2016–22) as a springboard, the collection examines more than a dozen novels, films, and television shows that together reveal the ways in which Black satire has developed in response to contemporary cultural dynamics. Contributors reveal increased scorn toward self-proclaimed allies in the existential struggle still facing African Americans today. Having started its production within a few weeks of Donald Trump’s (in)famous escalator ride in 2015, Atlanta in many ways is the perfect commentary on the absurdities of the contemporary cultural moment. The series exemplifies a significant development in contemporary Black satire, which largely eschews expectations of reform and instead offers an exasperated self-affirmation that echoes the declaration that Black Lives Matter. Given anti-Black racism’s lengthy history, overt stimuli for outrage have predictably commanded African American satirists’ attention through the years. However, more recent works emphasize the willful ignorance underlying that history. As the volume shows, this has led to the exposure of performative allyship, virtue signaling, slacktivism, and other duplicitous forms of purported support as empty, oblivious gestures that ultimately harm African Americans as grievously as unconcealed bigotry.
Download or read book Posthuman Rap written by Justin Adams Burton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Posthuman Rap listens for the ways contemporary rap maps an existence outside the traditional boundaries of what it means to be human. Contemporary humanity is shaped in neoliberal terms, where being human means being viable in a capitalist marketplace that favors whiteness, masculinity, heterosexuality, and fixed gender identities. But musicians from Nicki Minaj to Future to Rae Sremmurd deploy queerness and sonic blackness as they imagine different ways of being human. Building on the work of Sylvia Wynter, Alexander Weheliye, Lester Spence, LH Stallings, and a broad swath of queer and critical race theory, Posthuman Rap turns an ear especially toward hip hop that is often read as apolitical in order to hear its posthuman possibilities, its construction of a humanity that is blacker, queerer, more feminine than the norm.
