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Tone Issues[edit]

This article has serious problems with informality of tone and generally reads less like an encyclopedia entry than it does an abbreviated version of Slim's autobiography. A good example of this is a description of Slim's mother "crying as hard as any person has ever cried" or somesuch. I'll try to put in some work on this, but my focus is generally in other areas and it would be nice if people with more expertise and time would help out. Thanks. -Where Anne hath a will, Anne Hathaway. 09:51, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree - the tone of this article is terrible. It's really biased and needs a lot of work. I'm goign to put a neutrality tag on it. -Russthomas15 12:11, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Expansions[edit]

This article expanded Apr 29 2005 2354 est usa by me anonysmously. I have cookie problems so the edit is anon. I would think that very very much criticism in the form of heated discussion will occur here at this wiki. The written product is unbelievably rich and controversial, and so rewarding and easy to read them that one has a lot of energy to talk about the book afterwords. They are as well written and clear as The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots by Alex Haley and very comparable in their written affect. They are wiki level politically neutral and suitable. As people write about the individual books here at Iceberg Slim, the writing will overflow and a Criticism of Iceberg Slim page will be created and organized. Ice T made a video I saw in 1990 about Slim and he held up a book and read from it, and explained the name connection. As T is on NBC, this video is something that should be found expanded and link footnoted. -McDogmApr 29 2005 2358 est usa

What does 'he always works' towards a politically correct stance' mean? -BScotland

Additional references needed[edit]

I have added a request for more sources on the article page. -Tlatseg (talk) 03:28, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay-ish now?[edit]

A couple more citations; expanded; bridged the gap between birth and publication - removing tag now if okay with all. -110.32.232.94 (talk) 08:12, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Commentary on his writings[edit]

If you ever wanna read something good and satifying you got to read some of Iceberg Slim's good reading books baby.This man nipped it in the bud when he started writing, I knew it was real and I knew he had lived what he wrote. I began to indulge myself with his books, and to this day, I have them here like a library to share with my kids and grand kids when they grow up, I'm telling you Iceberg Slim is the best book I ever read in my life and I'm almost 40 years old. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.163.21.57 (talk) 23:37, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chapelle[edit]

This part is at the end of the article.

According to Chappelle, Iceberg Slim got his name by keeping ice-cold in a shoot-out where he stayed at the bar drinking his drink even though a bullet pierced his hat, a story told at the end of chapter 13 in Slim's Pimp.

There is no reference attached. It sounds as if this is a time that Chappelle quoted the book on-stage. There's no way that Chappelle could have seen the incident, as he was born in DC in 1973 by which time Slim had given up pimping and moved to California. I suggest that this sentence be removed, as it might give the impression that Chappelle had a particular connection to this incident, whereas he actually just read it in a book. -86.10.46.65 (talk) 10:08, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This passage now implies that Chappelle felt he was comparable to Iceberg, while in his most recent special (as of 1/5/18) he is clearly comparing himself to the "bottom bitch" being blackmailed and psychologically manipulated past his "mileage".

Number of children[edit]

The Friedman article says he had four children. Others seem to say three. Which is correct? —BarrelProof (talk) 00:40, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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