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Hold Tight
- Author
- Jeffrey Boakye
- Narrator
- Ben Bailey Smith
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 30 July 2020
- Run Time
- 8 hours 37 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- European history
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What to expect
Both a love letter to Grime and an investigation into life as a black man in Britain today, Hold Tight is insightful, very funny and stacked with sentences you'll want to listen to again and again.
“Witty and perceptive, confident and charming—and its flow and timing are flawless.” THE GUARDIAN
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Details
- Author
- Jeffrey Boakye
- Narrator
- Ben Bailey Smith
- Duration
- 8 hours 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 July 2020
- ISBN
- 9781004009992
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- European history
Synopsis
Hold Tight is the book that kick started the 'Grime Library'. Bursting into bookshops in July 2017 to rave reviews and a sold out event at Rough Trade East, Hold Tight paved the way for Grime-related books such as Wiley's Eskiboy, Dan Hancox's Inner City Pressure and DJ Target's Grime Kids. Celebrating over sixty key songs that make up Grime's DNA, Jeffrey Boakye explores the meaning of the music and why it has such resonance in the UK. Boakye also examines the representation of masculinity in the music and the media that covers it.Both a love letter to Grime and an investigation into life as a black man in Britain today, Hold Tight is insightful, very funny and stacked with sentences you'll want to listen to again and again.“Witty and perceptive, confident and charming—and its flow and timing are flawless.” THE GUARDIAN
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