Get Your Mind Write

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Create your own blueprint for creativity in the pages of this journal pulsing with the style and flavor of hip-hop’s beats, rhymes, and life—designed by an award-winning music journalist, writing professor, and media coach.

The classic feel of your composition notebook, upscaled to align with your luxe and literary aspirations: Get Your Mind Write is a free-flowing, hip-hop-nuanced journal with a place to write casual notes and the beginnings of your own literary masterpieces.

In addition to light-hearted prompts and listicles, Kathy Iandoli provides a creative writing space to nurture your artistic talents as you explore the resonance of powerful and inspirational music in your life. Get Your Mind Write features prompt categories like “Feelin’ It,” inspiring you to write alongside your favorite tracks, and “Lyrical Word Pools,” inviting you to write poetry or prose using as many of the words printed on the page as possible. Iandoli knows how to direct wordsmiths to give crowds and critics what they want to hear and know. Drawing on her expertise preparing new generations of rap stars for in-depth interviews, Iandoli offers ways to dig deep and mine the emotional and mental depths that give rise to great art—and strong bars.

As hip-hop celebrates fifty years, Iandoli invites serious examination of hip-hop and its ethos, with prompts like, “In what ways has the ‘hustle harder’ mantra supported your growth? In what ways has it held you back, or proven to be an obstacle more than a resource?” Get Your Mind Write places the power of the pen in the writer’s hands—a tool for personal growth and deeper self-understanding that helps you channel your love of the music and culture into your own lyrics.Kathy Iandoli is a critically acclaimed journalist and the author of God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop, Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah, The Hip-Hop Queens Oracle Deck (illustrated by Monica Ahanonu), and co-author of Eve’s forthcoming Who’s That Girl, Lil’ Kim’s forthcoming The Queen Bee, and Prodigy’s Commissary Kitchen. She has written for VIBE, The Source, XXL, The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork, Playboy, PAPER, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, The Guardian, and VICE and held editorial positions at AllHipHop, HipHopDX, and BET online. Iandoli is a Professor of Music Business and Writing at New York University and has appeared on television, radio, and panels discussing hip-hop and
gender. She is also the premier Media Coach for top hip-hop artists, incorporating elements of Life Coaching and Mental Health Wellness into her coaching programs.CN

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