30 years ago today, Nas releases his sophomore LP, It Was Written, on Columbia Records. Illmatic is the gold standard for a lot of heads, and I’m not mad at you if that’s the case, but I’m also lowkey not mad if you think It Was Written is better. the only shit I don’t like on here is "Nas Is Coming", and that’s because the beat on there (Dr. Dre) is mega trash. Nas style was rawer on Illmatic, but on here, he’d become a more well-rounded MC. if Illmatic is the rap bible, It Was Written is the New Testament.
Africa tu kubali tu for now tuna 🇲🇦
Morocco!
I know North Africa hawatupendi nywele ngumu
But geographical demarcations already made us part of Mother land
Wapende. Tusipende
Wakitolewa tutaona which imperialists their leg game thrills us more
Sorry Côte d’Ivoire
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🚨 Wayne Rooney on Declan Rice's set-pieces that inspired England's 4-2 victory:
🗣️ “For the whole of last season, people mocked Arsenal's set-pieces. They called them boring, said they were ruining football and claimed they could never win the biggest trophies playing that way.
Now look at England.
Declan Rice is delivering those same quality dead balls and they've played a huge part in a 4-2 win.
I've watched this World Cup closely and one thing stands out: Arsenal players have consistently produced dangerous set-pieces, with several leading directly to goals.
Maybe the issue was never the set-pieces.
Maybe people were simply frustrated because their own teams didn't have players capable of executing them at that level.
Football fans love effective set-pieces when they're winning games. They only complain when someone else is better at them.”
In 1957, Kenyan freedom fighter, Dedan Kimathi, was executed by the British. He led the KLFA (MauMau) revolution against the brutal British occupation of his country, Kenya.
"I don’t lead terrorists. I lead Africans who want their self-government and land.”—Kimathi