How Long to Read 24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth

How Long Does it Take to Read 24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 24 minutes to read 24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth by Zach Schonfeld

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 1973, the musical collective 24-Carat Black released an unheralded masterpiece on Stax Records-and then disappeared. Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth, a soul-funk concept album primarily written by the ex-Motown arranger Dale Warren, was too bleak, ambitious, or just outright bizarre to reach mainstream audiences. 24-Carat Black collapsed when Stax went bankrupt, and the group's only completed album sank into cultural obscurity. With deep reporting elucidating an untold story full of cinematic details, this book traces how Ghetto went from commercial flop to enigmatic underground classic embraced by the hip-hop community. It also chronicles, in infuriating detail, how the music industry of the 1970s systematically exploited soul musicians and then left them struggling to get paid-and where 24-Carat Black fits into this broader injustice. This is a fascinating and multilayered story about a remarkable album nearly lost to history. It's also a rare glimpse into what it's like to have your music resurrected by rap samples decades after your career fell apart.

How long is 24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth?

24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth by Zach Schonfeld is 139 pages long, and a total of 36,001 words.

This makes it 47% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read 24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 16 minutes to read 24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth aloud.

What Reading Level is 24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth?

24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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