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Happy 30th Birth-Year, Illmatic: Pt. 6, One Love
One Love, track number 7 on Illmatic was not only a continuation of the great sounding music that is the album, but it was also a landmark in Hip-Hop song concepts. The…
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While Rome Burns, Leaders Play Golf.
There’s a fascinating historical anecdote that many of us know all too well: the story of Emperor Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Although historians still debate the accuracy of Nero literally playing…
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Wild Horses
If you’re familiar with that title, it’s probably because you’re familiar with a song; either by The Rolling Stones or a subsequent recording by another band or artist. If you like the…
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Happy 30th Birth-Year, Illmatic: Pt. 5, Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park)
From the outset, as soon as the sounds from track 6, Memory Lane (Sittin’ in da Park) hit your ear, it was like confirmation that this album’s greatness was ongoing. It may’ve…
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The Opposite of SAD
The Sun’s biggest rays light my sky today. With eyes wide, I gaze; amazed at such beauty. This is undeniable, undiminishable grandeur in which I bask so fortunately. As warmly received as…
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Written For an Unknown Reason on 6/17/23
Certain moments in time somehow make me realize that Soon times will be different Just as they are now different from how they were We will long for these as we now…
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Happy 30th Birth-Year, Illmatic: Pt. 4, The World Is Yours – Halftime
Track 4, and the third true song on Illmatic would be a classic to follow two classics. In my book, The World is Yours completes one of the best three song sequences…
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Dear America
When Mister Brown and I come to A Patchwork to post, the caption in the field where we enter our text asks, “What’s on your mind?” Today I’ve decided to post just…
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Happy 30th Birth-Year, Illmatic: Pt. 3, Life’s A Bitch
Some might find it odd that I’d post this after being in the new year. I completely get that, but technically we are still within the birth-year of the album. Illmatic doesn’t…
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SAD
So, something else had a significant effect on me in the first week of November; the week of the 5th, 2024, a week that will assuredly go down in history. I’ll fall…
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