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Nine Books from Questlove

  1. 1

    Prince and the Purple Rain era studio sessions

    Duane Tudahl · 2018

  2. 2

    Dreams of Africa in Alabama

    Sylviane A. Diouf · 2007

  3. 3
    BookHungry EarKevin Young · 2012

    Hungry Ear

    Kevin Young · 2012

  4. 4

    They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

    Hanif Abdurraqib · 2017

  5. 5

    Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

    Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton · 1999

  6. 6

    The potlikker papers

    John T. Edge · 2017

  7. 7

    Rakim Told Me

    Brian Coleman · 2005

  8. 8

    Silver Screen Fiend

    Patton Oswalt · 2015

  9. 9

    Beneath the underdog

    Charles Mingus · 1971

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  1. Prince and the Purple Rain era studio sessions — Duane Tudahl
  2. Dreams of Africa in Alabama — Sylviane A. Diouf
  3. Hungry Ear — Kevin Young
  4. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us — Hanif Abdurraqib
  5. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life — Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton
  6. The potlikker papers — John T. Edge
  7. Rakim Told Me — Brian Coleman
  8. Silver Screen Fiend — Patton Oswalt
  9. Beneath the underdog — Charles Mingus

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