I was always a Public Enemy fan as a teenager. This whole book shocked the hell out of me! Basically Flav is saying that he was a crack-head long before, during, and long after P.E.'s peak. This is the band that sung "Night of the Living Base Heads"! I guess Chuck was really talking about Flav that whole time... (A guy at work said to me, "We all knew - he was skinny and always acting all messed up, of *course* that guy was on crack!!" Shows what I know...)
But, I also read this book in about 3 hours, which is suspiciously fast. He tells quick little vignettes of touring with Tupac and Slick Rick, but that's all you get, little quickies, and he's out. The entire book is this way. I'm not a fan of reality tv, so I never watched any of Flav's shows. But, a reality series based on Flav looking for love, when it turns out he already HAD a true love somewhere else...? I'm sensing a pattern here.
This man is *ALWAYS* running game. That's the bottom line. And he's likable for that reason, but this book is kind of like watching a Jerry Springer kind of show - those people always start out affable and reasonable, but talk to them for 20 minutes, and the story starts morphing, and new things are added, and suddenly they're asking to borrow money, etc.
Not to hate on Mr. Flav. But he's running game 24/7, that's how it is, and this book is evidence. Its NOT satisfying, its not fullfilling, its like a reality TV show, or a Star magazine, you get shocks and oohs and ahhhs, but then its over and you're just as empty as when it started.
What is IS though, is honest. I hope he does another one someday, with the same honesty, but more depth.
Or, maybe there's not any more depth to Flavor Flav? I personally doubt that...