{"product_id":"book-fx86","title":"This Life","description":"Lil Chris is just nineteen when he arrives at Angola as an AU—an admitting unit, a fresh fish, a new vict. He's got a life sentence with no chance of parole, but he's also got a clear mind and sharp awareness—one that picks up quickly on the details of the system, his fellow inmates, and what he can do to claim a place at the top. When he meets Rise, a mature inmate who's already spent years in the system, and whose composure and raised consciousness command the respect of the other prisoners, Lil Chris learns to find his way in a system bent on repressing every means he has to express himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLil Chris and Rise channel their questions, frustrations, and pain into rap, and \u003ci\u003eThis Life\u003c\/i\u003e flows with the same cadence that powers their charged verses. It pulses with the heat of impassioned inmates, the oppressive daily routines of the prison yard, and the rap contests that bring the men of the prison together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Life\u003c\/i\u003e is told in a voice that only a man who's lived it could have—a clipped, urgent, evocative voice that surges with anger, honesty, playfulness, and a deep sense of ugly history. Angola started out as a plantation—and as \u003ci\u003eThis Life\u003c\/i\u003e makes clear, black inmates are still in a kind of enslavement there. \u003ci\u003eThis Life\u003c\/i\u003e commands our attention with the vigor, dynamism, and raw, consciousness-expanding energy of this essential new voice.","brand":"Highbridge Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49360380068144,"sku":"BDfx86","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49360380100912,"sku":"ZEfx86","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49360380166448,"sku":"ZMfx86","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/fx86-cover.jpg?v=1765863054","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-fx86","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}