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A revelatory function of nonfiction in one of the very most popular and influential musicians of today: component autobiography, part guidebook to creativeness and part cultural history.

What makes a song function? What element causes us to stop, to listen, to listen again? Could it be a melody? Could it be a beat? Could it be what that are sung, or spoken? Is it what they speak to in us? Could it be a combined mix of all the above?

Wretch 32 is among the most influential music artists at the job in Britain about Rapthology: Lessons in Existence and Lyrics today. He is also a lyricist of unparalleled ability, and an advocate of music as an instrument to educate aswell as to entertain. In a day and time of unprecedented social and political change, Wretch’s music stands being a medium of protest and of progress, helping to explain and shape a new era.

Rapthology is an anthology from the songs which have shaped Wretch, and our culture, over the last thirty years, from gospel music to dancehall anthems to the state-of-the-art emerging little voices. Step-by-step, Wretch explains what each track means to him, why it issues and exactly how it has become so popular, and so powerful.

In Rapthology, Wretch also offers a lesson in lyric writing, taking us through his own creative process, from your initial flashes of inspiration to last edits and improvisation. The effect can be a groundbreaking autobiography, a guidebook towards the music that counts, and an understanding into the creative practises of one of the most motivating artists of the generation.