Customer Reviews

Pimpnosis

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I loved this book. Don't get me wrong. Pimps are not heroes and they aren't victims of society either but this picture book is gorgeous. The photography is awesome. You may not want to keep this book on your coffee table or you will have some explaining to do when company comes over but it is fascinating.

The photography alone makes this book worth buying. It's a wonderful coffee-table book. But, I also found it to be surprisingly educational. The use of photography combined with compelling text, allows for an intimate look into a sub-culture not easily understood and one that is quickly disappearing. It is both timeless and thought-provoking.

I must say that this book had me fooled. I almost thought it was the story of a real pimp. The pictures are better than the story however and one should be very careful about trying to "gain game" from this book. Great for living room display.

What really saves this book is its artistic photography. Don't get me wrong, I mean the story is pretty decent. However I don't think the book would stand on its own merits without the photos. Though the photos are sort of unrelated to the storyline, they do provide readers who are perhaps inexperience with the pimp lifestyle real world visuals. The book is only about 174 or so pages, subtract pages with photos on them and you have a short essay, not really a novel. Without the photos the book would be half its size and about 50 pages of story. I don't recommend buying it at full price if you are just a causal reader (like myself), but if you want something cool to have on your coffee table to keep your girl (or whoever) busy then purchasing it might seem more desirable.

This book together with the photography could had been more. Other authors like Robert Beck (Ice Berg Slim) and Donald Goines paved the way for so-called pimp books to be written seriously and Pimpnosis misses the mark.

Two stars for the photography, one star for the story.

very enlightening and in depth and take you into a journey you probably will never understand great read and full of that old skool game that is now lost unfortunately

this book makes no apologys for what it represents&that is a breath of fresh air. I'm not Championing it, but it is a interesting trip&viewing to say the least.this book captures what it was intended to do.