3 Feet High and Rising | 1989 De La Soul Is Dead | 1991 Buhloone Mindstate | 1993 Stakes Is High | 1996 Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump | 2000 AOI: Bionix | 2001 The Grind Date | 2004 Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present… First Serve | 2012 And the Anonymous Nobody… | 2016

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De La Soul - " Stakes Is High "

SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT 3.19. Mychal Denzel Smith is the author that brought us, Invisible Man:Got The Whole World Watching and this new offering STAKES IS HIGH is engaging enough to be in the SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT!! My 💭; The stakes are indeed high! And time is running short. Mychal Denzel Smith is writing here with a sense of urgency. “There is a future that is not as grim as our past. But it is a future that depends on a bravery this country has never exhibited. It requires excess honesty and a radical retelling of who America has been. It will mean letting go of our myths and fashioning new selves based around principles we have thus far found difficult to live up to. We will have to relinquish old dreams and replace them with ones that meet the challenges we now face. We will have to do it quickly.” After this quote from the forethought, Mr. Smith takes us through four parts; Delusions, Justice, Accountability, and Freedom. Each part is essentially an extended essay written in searing prose that is intended to singe the consciousness. If America is to survive as a civilized democracy, then change must happen yesterday according to Mr. Smith. Stop with the myth making! Abolish the police! I’m sure he’s in for major pushback on that one. But hear him out on what that could look like. The statement itself, without context sounds incendiary, but that is of course why one reads, to gain a deeper understanding, right? So, all in all, Mr. Smith is challenging “Americans” to decide what kind of country you want to live in. There is no soft shoe, it’s tough love and digestion of these challenges may be tough for most, but you will be a more informed person for sure, from having read Mr. Smith’s ideas. Go get it! I got mine from @kindredstorieshtx #mychaldenzelsmith #stakesishigh #hachettebookgroup #ownvoicesreviews #bookpusher #pushingbooksainteasy #readmorebooks #blackbibliophile #blackbooksmatter #goodreads #readology2023 #bookblogger #bookstagram #bookreviews #bookish (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-aPBELmL7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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