| I Will Lose! Finding Inspiration from the Words of Jay-Z, | | | | that type of environment, he got involved in the street |
| Hip-Hop's Greatest Hustler is a compilation of almost | | | | life; drugs, violence and fast money. Yet he makes it |
| 300 inspirational quotes from the song lyrics of rapper | | | | out to become one of Hip-Hop's greatest MCs (if not |
| music mogul Jay-Z. Jay-Z's lyrics about his past life as | | | | the greatest) and now the kid from Brooklyn is a |
| a street hustler to his present life as the most | | | | music mogul and also successful in other businesses |
| respected and influential rapper in the music industry | | | | like fashion; plainly; he's an American icon..." |
| and successful music tycoon give insight on issues of | | | | The e-book is the first to thoroughly analyze the lyrics |
| the human condition like poverty, wealth, competition, | | | | of Jay-Z and is for all those who love Hip-Hop but it's |
| discipline, risk-taking, pain, love, hate, downfalls and | | | | also for those who don't care much for Hip-Hop music |
| accomplishment. | | | | and may have never even heard of Jay-Z. The street |
| "When you listen to Hip-Hop, you have to learn to listen | | | | hustler principles of Jay-Z can be applied to the |
| to it differently. Don't expect to hear what you want to | | | | everyday man's hustle. "I Will Not Lose..." is a self-help |
| hear. Rappers are not teachers (except for | | | | book; hip-hop style. |
| KRS-One!) trying to explain to you how things work, | | | | Each lyric is translated, if needed (for the Hip-Hop |
| step-by-step. You often have to dig deep into the | | | | impaired) and punctuated with Lawton's insight on what |
| lyrics to find the inspiration that lies beneath the | | | | makes the lyric inspirational. The lyrics spotlighted in "I |
| surface. The problem is we're too busy dancing or | | | | Will Not Lose..." by Jay-Z, one of Hip-Hop's greatest |
| bopping our heads and lost in the beat!" said the author, | | | | hustlers, a young man who is the hero in one of |
| Duane Lawton. | | | | America's most compelling rags to riches success |
| Lawton continues, "Jay-Z's life is an inspiration in itself. | | | | stories, will inspire readers to achieve incredible |
| He came from little, raised in a housing project in | | | | success in their own lives no matter what 'hood you're |
| Brooklyn, New York. Like so many who grow up in | | | | from. |