(Paperback)

One of the finest hip-hop albums ever made, A Tribe Called Quest's debut record took the idea of the boasting hip-hop male and turned it on its head. This book explores the album's creation as well as the impact it had on the author at that time - a 17-year-old high-school geek who was into hip-hop, punk, skateboarding, and Dungeons & Dragons.

(Paperback)

Being black and male is a serious business, but its absurd contradictions are often too funny for words. This book leads readers on a no-holds-barred tour of the author's masculine development, acknowledging some deep but often hilarious truths about black men.