Will Young sits in
Will Young sits in for Jo Whiley with bestselling author Angie Thomas for the latest edition of the Radio 2 Book Club, discussing her new book On The Come Up.
Will Young sits in for Jo Whiley. He's joined down the line in the US by bestselling author Angie Thomas for the latest edition of the Radio 2 Book Club, discussing her latest book, On The Come Up.
Angie is a former teen rapper with a BFA in creative writing born and raised in Mississippi. She released her first young adult novel The Hate U Give to widespread acclaim in 2017. Her story of 16-year-old Starr inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement was a New York Times and Amazon UK bestseller, as well as winning numerous awards. The film adaptation of the book was released in October 2018.
Angie is now back with her new book, On The Come Up, released earlier this month, follows sixteen-year-old Bri, who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri鈥檚 got massive shoes to fill. But it鈥檚 hard to get your come up when you鈥檙e labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral鈥or all the wrong reasons.
Plus Will has handpicked music from all genres of the musical spectrum to keep you company in the evening.
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James Brown
Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Part 1 & 2
- And They Danced All Night.
- Debutante.
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Goldfrapp
Strict Machine
- (CD Single).
- Mute Records.
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Chaka Khan
Hello Happiness
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Crash Test Dummies
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
- Driving Rock (Various Artists).
- Global Records & Tapes.
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Zedd & Katy Perry
365
- 365 (single).
- Interscope / Polydor.
- 1.
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Annie Lennox
Why
- Greatest Hits 92 (Various Artists).
- Telstar.
- 8.
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The Kooks
Pamela
- Let's Go Sunshine.
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Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Dancing In The Street
- Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
- Universal Music Tv.
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Lauryn Hill
Doo Wop (That Thing)
- Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
- Columbia.
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Dolly Parton
Jolene
- Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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Bentley Rhythm Ace
Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out
- Parlophone.
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Aaliyah
Try Again
- Try Again.
- Virgin.
- 1.
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Friendly Fires
Paris
- CD SINGLE.
- XL.
- 1.
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Dennis Lloyd
Never Go Back
- Columbia UK.
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Little Dragon
Ritual Union
- Peacefrog.
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Alekxandr
Tell Jackson
- Tell Jackson.
- Alekxandr.
- 1.
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Yola
Faraway Look
- Walk Through Fire.
- Easy Eye Sound.
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Kelis
Milkshake
- Virgin.
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The Chemical Brothers
Got To Keep On
- Virgin EMI.
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Aretha Franklin
Angel
- Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
- Atlantic.
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The Rolling Stones
Brown Sugar
- The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
- Abkco.
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Mull Historical Society
Little Bird
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Otis Redding
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
- Soul (Various Artists).
- Polygram Tv.
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- Mon 18 Feb 2019 19:00大象传媒 Radio 2