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Tweet“You don’t have to love the product but you have to understand it, believe in it and work toward making it progressive and authentic to its audience.”
I was just verbally sparing with my girlfriend about the value of Muhammad Ali as an individual outside of his boxing ability and political statements. It’s no secret that I look up to him, so does my reverence make me biased? Read the rest of this entry »
Tweet1. Very remarkable; extraordinary.
2. Perceptible by the senses or through immediate experience.
100 Years ago a Fraternity was created,
96 years later they let this guy in
He’s gained weight and grown his hair back since then, but hasn’t forgotten his lessons, or the value of the Bond
Thank you.
-Mutaurwa “The Kronicle,” Theta Omicron, Fall 2007 The Kurse, 2 Card.
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I still lament the loss of this show, so many legendary moments and verses. This entire style of rap is more or less dead, I don’t get the feeling that rappers today write rhymes specifically to show out in forums like Rap City or the Mixshow Circuit.
I just love how looking at these clips shows you how many big personalities were running around the game in the late 90′s/early 2000′s. The fact that all of them were given the same assignment gave them all a chance to show how unique they were, from Fab’s bottomless well of laconically-delivered punchlines, to Eminem’s precise and unexpected strings of multiples to Twista’s compound speed raps that actually sound more complex when slowed down, there was just so much talent on display.
And let’s not even talk about fashion…#XXXLTallTeesFTMFW!!
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I’m no stranger to the feeling of culture shock. As the son of a diplomat I moved across the world at a young age and I often found myself having to deal with norms, mores and attitudes that I found at times strange, unusual and sometimes offensive. Those seminal days taught me that cultural relativity wasn’t just a useful skill during intercultural exchanges, but sometimes also a survival mechanism.
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