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'I'm Already Rich': Jay-Z Scoffs At the Idea That He's a Sellout Because of His NFL Partnership
If it’s really “chess, not checkers,” that chess board is not just the regular chess board, but an expensive limited edition. Jay-Z’s previous line in “Nice” by The Carters has constantly come back to bite him ever since he shook hands with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, sealing a partnership between the professional football league and…
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Jay Electronica's Debut Album Actually Happened and It's an 'Overwhelming Event'
In the uncanny journey known as life, we’ve all frequented a figurative Game Stop and traded in our barely-used innocence as a child for the adult starter pack known as cynicism. At a certain point in adulthood, there are certain things you start to believe will never happen— Nancy Pelosi open-palm-face slapping Donald Trump during…
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'Exhibit C' Is Almost 10 Years Old. Jay Electronica Has Completely Squandered His Career
Illmatic, my all-time favorite debut album and one of my top-five favorite hip-hop albums of all time, celebrated its 25th anniversary April 19. Whether or not Nas ever released another classic album has been the subject of an interminable debate among hip-hop nerds; what isn’t up for debate is that Nas had a largely respectable…
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This Conversation With Erykah Badu Will Make You Wonder if She Dabbles in Hotepery
“I don’t care if the whole group says something; I’m going to be honest. I know I don’t have the most popular opinion sometimes,” Erykah Badu said during an interview with Vulture that left me wondering if years of breathing in incense fumes could cause brain damage, because these opinions of hers are problematic, to…
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Unique Views Podcast, Episode 11: Colin Powell Is Blacker Than Lil Wayne
Who would have thought that we would make it to 11 episodes? We sure didn’t. But nevertheless, here we are, back at it again, and this time I won’t waste your time telling you that I sing a cappella on this show. That’s right—I bring my dove tonsils out of retirement to give you guys…