Original Game

By Darryel A. Woodson

A riveting telltale account of urban street life rarely documented (accurately). This book has it all: check writers, con men and women, counterferfeiters, credit card scam artist, drug dealers, identity thieves, killers, numbers runners, old and new players, pickpockets, pimps, prison life, prostitutes and short change artists to name a few. The writer promises he has given his readers, "everything you ever wanted to know about the ' The Game' but was afraid to ask...Or didn't know who to ask." This author tales from the hood are based on his fourty years experiance as a player and life lived on the hard streets of America's big cities. If you enjoyed the works of Donald Goines ans Iceberg Slim you are going to love "Original Game"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977085546
• ISBN13: 9780977085545
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Players Publishing
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Only the real will recognize how much game this book contains!

Great book and a good read! Folks gives up a lot of good, old school, game in this book. Many will question some of the events that take place, however, that's the difference between real Player's and those who think their players. Those who know and understand will appreciate this, the unaware and uninitiated will not! It also let's the general public know that these clowns, caricature's, child molesters, rapist, and violent extortionist are not Pimps or Player's. True Pimp's & Player's are ultimate gentlemen who play game to separate lames from their money without the use of violence. They deal with, and help, woman whom choose to be in that life style. Real P's don't abuse woman and children, or force anyone to participate in that arena. Parts don't reflect the whole. A bad police officer or politician is just that. They are criminals in disguise and don't represent the entire legal system. Don't let the media fool you into believing Pimps & Players are child endangers and domestic abusers. It's just not true. P's don't participate in these types of behavior, it's beneath them. And before any one decides to reply to this review, do your research. Check out our forefather's, presidents and politicians as they relate to woman, children and slavery for that matter: John Adams & Charles C. Pinckney, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland, Jackson, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Bush, Clinton. As well as the fathers of industries: Rockefeller's, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, and the list goes on. All these people were considered respectable business men and law makers, however they were smugglers, drug dealers, extortionist, rapist, adulterers, child endangers, slave masters, illegal child labours and the like. So before you look down on so-called Pimps & Players, know your history and who you look up to! Great job Folks! [...].

My friends birthday gift....

my friend showed me this guy on youtube.com and said he wanted his book, but didn't have the cash. so I gave it to him on his birthday and he said it was great.

This is the REAL DEAL here!

I had to write a review out of sheer respect and give propers where they're do. My collection of "pimp & player" books encompass just about every title released and this book by far has the most substance, bar none. I felt like I was sitting down in the presence of a true player being schooled about the in's and out's of a variety of game while reading this book. I hope the author writes more because this is one of the best books in the genre to date. I highly recommend this book, it's worth more than what they're selling it for.

Very Good Read

White Folks has done a very good job defining what the game is. He paints an accurate and vivid picture of a pimp and pimping. Clearly surpasses books of the same genre in definition and style. This book is a must read for anyone who breathes air.

"IT IS WHAT IT SAYS"

This is a must read for Players and wanna be playa's. It wAS VERY GOOD TO REMEMBER THE GOOD OLE DAYS WHEN BEING IN THE GAME WAS REAL. HAVING A "MACK CARD" WAS AND STILL IS TOP NOTCH, AMOUNGST TRUE PLAYA'S, BUT LIKE MR. WHITE FOLKS STATES NUMERIOUSLY, ITS JUST SO FEW OF US LEFT, AND THE SAD THING IS THE NEW JACKS DONT EVEN WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME OR HOW ITS SUPPOSE TO BE PLAYED AND THE RESPECT THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.I'M GLAD HE CLEARED UP WHY HIS WRITTING MAY RESEMBLE THAT OF THE MASTER PIMP WRITER "ICEBERG SLIM" AND DONALD GOINES.I'M GOING TO GIVE THE "ORIGINAL GAME" TO EACH OF MY SONS AND DAUGHTER BECAUSE THE GAME MUST GO ON,MR. FOLKS IS DOING HIS PART MOST ASSURELY. CONNECTICUT "ICY"