Timbaland was giving rappers beats that left absolutely nowhere to hide. You had to really know how to RAP to ride production like this. JAY-Z floated on it. We don’t get enough beats like this anymore.
Remember when HBO made the best basketball show of all time about the Showtime Lakers with the best casting you’ve ever seen and Adrian Brody as Pat Riley and they just fucking canceled it
I finally understand what Machiavelli meant when he said, "Never play fair in a game where others cheat." It doesn't mean become evil. It means stop being naive. Stop bringing honesty to people who study manipulation, stop giving access to people who weaponize closeness, and stop expecting clean hands from people who already showed you they'll throw dirt. Sometimes wisdom is not revenge. Sometimes wisdom is learning the rules of the room before the room uses your goodness against you.
Eve had zero respect for anyone else’s contributions to this record —zero lol 🔥🥵
She said, “ok..I heard yall, but I’m taking this one” 🥹 and she WALKED! 😮💨
Your relationship with yourself cannot be built entirely around improvement. At some point, you have to become someone you are allowed to enjoy being. You get to be proud of who you are. Present tense.