If you weren’t able to make it out to the Brooklyn Public Library last year to check out the 40,000 square-foot “The Book of HOV” exhibit honoring the legacy of Jay-Z, high-end publisher Assouline has the perfect stocking stuffer for you.
The Book of Hov: A Tribute to Jay-Z is available to order now in a $120 classic edition, as well as a $2,000 ultimate edition and a price-upon-request version for five limited-edition copies. The 432-page book with more than 675 illustrations commemorates the six-month exhibit that drew more than 600,000 visitors, which made it one of the largest public installations in U.S. history.
A description promises that the coffee table book, “commemorates and immortalizes the immersive installation, showcasing in one place the thousands of archived objects from every facet of JAY- Z’s professional life — including original recording masters, stage wear, interviews, videos, awards, and unseen photographs. Readers will find it all, from the guitar JAY-Z played at Glastonbury Festival (the first rapper to grace that rock-and-roll stage) to Daniel Arsham’s sculpture ‘HOV Hands,’ (the iconic gesture, made famous by JAY-Z and seen at his concerts across the globe), to his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame award (JAY-Z is the first solo hip hop artist inducted) to hundreds of paper planes (created schoolchildren across NYC wrote their dreams inside).”
The eight chapters, with titles drawn from the 24-time Grammy winner’s lyrics, cover Jay’s influence, from his artistry to his prison reform activism and entrepreneurship, with in-depth essays on each chapter’s theme. “More than a multi-hyphenate, JAY-Z has broken new ground in an astonishing number of arenas, both figurative and literal,” reads the description from the bespoke publisher of equally hefty tomes Apple Music: 100 Best Albums, James Bond Style, Las Vegas Magic and Rare Cars: The World’s Most Exclusive Rides. “The Book of HOV uncovers how JAY-Z demonstrates — with his whole being — that you can set your intention and create your own story.”
The post “Jay-Z’s ‘The Book of Hov’ Is Now An Actual Coffee Table Book You Can Buy” by Gil Kaufman was published on 12/04/2024 by www.billboard.com
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