Small moments acquire the weight of history in Abdurraqib’s mind. Each piece on a band, an album, a concert, a lyric, tells the story of modern America and what it is to be black. From the impact of Ice Cube’s seminal album Death Certificate to the sight of the Notorious BIG’s coffin, from the significance of seeing Springsteen, days after the death of Michael Brown, to the fallout from Fall Out Boy’s career, the music that is the soundtrack to They Can’t Kill Us … is magnetic and poignant, and tinged with heartache. Having written for Pitchfork, the New York Times and Fader, this is his first book of essays. His poetry collection, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much (2016), was an emotional barrage of captured moments. Abdurraqib is a critic who has made his name by dissecting pop culture and music with a compassionate, sometimes cutting tone.
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