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Every Time We Ride

Every Time We Ride

Fathers on Wax

Decoded: Jay-Z in Conversation with Cornel West

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Decoded: Jay-Z in Conversation with Cornel West

Song synopsis:

Regulate

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Famous Rappers and Their 20th-Century Literary Counterparts

“Ain’t no such thing as ‘sissy bounce.'”

‘The notion that M.I.A. isn’t politically meaningful because her motives are mixed and her ideas are screwed up is clueless about how pop music works – namely, all kinds of screwy ways.’

Illmatic literature

(Listen to ‘N.Y. State of Mind’ by Nas)

(1994 interview with Nas in The Source)

Diam’s’ veil

(Watch the video for ‘La Boullette’ by Diam’s)