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24 alternatives to Decoded

Jay Z behind the music

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Decoded launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Decoded▲25

   In depth analysis of every lyric spoken by Jay-Z

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Empire State of Mind: Jay Z's History▲66

   From Street corner to corner office.

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3. 3
   This Business of Music▲62

   The music business Bible

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4. 4
   How We Listen Now▲63

   Essays and conversations about music and technology

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   NPR's Fresh Air - Jay Z▲83

   Jay-Z's life story

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   The Song Machine▲105

   There's a reason hit songs offer guilty pleasure

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   Thug Kitchen▲73

   Eat like you give a f*ck

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8. 8
   Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists▲71

   Encyclopedia of Hip Hop

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   The Book of Yeezus▲90

   The Bible, if Kanye wrote it

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10. 10
    Tablo▲86

    Apple Music for books

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11. 11
    Decoded▲62

    The science behind why we buy

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12. 12
    TIDAL▲142

    Lossless music streaming service, backed by Jay Z

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13. 13
    How Music Got Free▲67

    The end of an industry and the patient zero of piracy

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14. 14
    #MusicTech▲69

    Data science, music discovery, and lots of fun use-cases!

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    The Google Guys▲64

    Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google's Founders

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    A curated library of free music for content creators▲239

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    Bowie: The Biography▲90

    Discover the man behind the myth

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18. 18
    David Bowie Style▲83

    A stunning fashion retrospective

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    Hustle▲71

    A new book about hustling

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    A Life Decoded▲67

    My genome: My life

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    Brand Sense▲63

    Sensory Secrets Behind the Stuff We Buy

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    Ungifted▲63

    Intelligence redefined

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    The Hip Hop Wars▲63

    What we talk about when we talk hip hop, why it matters

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    Grinding It Out▲72

    The Making Of McDonald's

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