![]() ![]() ![]() In the intimate, terrifying, and deeply alive story of Abdul's journey, we are witness to an artist's birth by fire. ![]() A testament to the ferocity of the human spirit and the deep nourishing power of love and of art, The Kid chronicles a young man about to take flight. In a generational story that moves with the speed of thought from a Mississippi dirt farm to Harlem in its heyday from a troubled Catholic orphanage to downtown artist's lofts, The Kid tells of a 21st-century young man's fight to find a way toward the future. Left alone to navigate a world in which love and hate sometimes hideously masquerade, forced to confront unspeakable violence, his history, and the dark corners of his own heart, Abdul claws his way toward adulthood and toward an identity he can stand behind. Only bundling Live Intro feels a little on the cheap side. We meet him at age nine, on the day of his mother's funeral. Push finally lives up to Ableton’s vision of controller-as-instrument, and standalone mode is a great new way to use Live Transfer of sample/Drum Rack presets is a little clunky. A story of body and spirit, rooted in the hungers of flesh and of the soul, The Kid brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones. In The Kid, best-selling author Sapphire tells the electrifying story of Abdul Jones, the son of Push's unforgettable heroine, Precious. Fifteen years after the publication of Push, one year after the Academy Award-winning film adaptation, Sapphire gives voice to Precious's son, Abdul. ![]()
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