As real as you can get without jumping in, this is the story of Slim’s life as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it. Only he could tell this story and make the reader feel it. If you thought Hustle & Flow was the true pimp story, this book is where it all began. This is the heyday of the pimp, the hard-won pride and glory, small though it may be; the beginnings of pimp before it was dragged in front of the camera, before pimp juice and pimp style. A trip through hell by one man who lived to tell the tale. The dangers of jail, addiction and death that are still all too familiar for today’s black community. Though it is a tale of his times, it will remain current and true for as long as there is a race bias, as long as there is a street life, as long as there is exploitation

在没有跳入水中的情况下，这就是斯利姆的生活故事，因为他看到、感觉到、尝到和闻到了它。只有他能讲述这个故事，并让读者感受到它。如果你认为《喧哗与骚动》是真正的皮条客故事，那么这本书就是一切的开始。这是皮条客的全盛时期，是来之不易的骄傲和荣耀，尽管它可能很渺小；是皮条客在被拖到镜头前、在皮条客的果汁和皮条客的风格之前的开端。一个人的地狱之旅，他活到了现在，讲述了这个故事。监狱、毒瘾和死亡的危险，对今天的黑人社区来说仍然非常熟悉。虽然这是他那个时代的故事，但只要有种族偏见，只要有街头生活，只要有剥削，它就会一直存在，而且是真的。