Jay-Z EXPOSED

Hov is dropping a book that is appropriately titled Decoded. The book is set to hit shelves on November 16th. Its pretty much a narrative of his life and he breaks down the lyrics from 36 of his most famous songs. Decoded will be released in both hard back and paper back (not sure of the price yet) and has a really cool image of an Andy Warhol painting. I you have an iPhone or iPad you can get some extras like some videos and an interactive application...

Here's an excerpt from "Decoded:"
"When I first started working on this book, I told my editor that I wanted it to do three important things. The first was to make the case that hip-hop lyrics-not just my lyrics, but those of every great MC-are poetry if you look at them closely enough. The second was I wanted the book to tell a little bit of the story of my generation, to show the context for the choices we made at a violent and chaotic crossroads in recent history.  And the third piece was that I wanted the book to show how hip-hop created a way to take a very specific and powerful experience and turn it into a story that everyone in the world could feel and relate to."