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MGS1 was released in 1998. When I mentioned "anti-nuclear and anti-war" in an interview, the media laughed at me. I was ridiculed by my peers and by the company.
NEW YORK CITY, YOU LISTEN TO ME. IF YOU'RE NEAR A CONVENIENCE STORE RIGHT NOW, ANY TYPE OF 24-HOUR STORE, GO INTO THE STORE RIGHT NOW AND PUT YOUR HAND IN THE CASH REGISTER FOR NO REASON.
Every year on Q-Tip’s birthday, I am legally obligated to post the video of him needle dropping & looping up a beat on the spot that had both Ye and No ID losing it 🐐 (📽️: @ItsTheCons)
There really has never been an album that had as such a monumental impact on me as “Clube Da Esquina.” It’s the only piece of art where I feel there is a defining me “before” and a different me “after” I had listened to this for the first time.
And to think Lo was only 17???
My first time in India, I was 19? I think. Went to the small area outside of puttaparthi. Was there almost a month with my aunt Alice and grandma. Near the end of the trip I randomly met this other black dude out there he offered to get me stoned.. man. Let me tell u. Getting high in this tiny village in India. Deep third world country vibe, seeing people pumping for water. Chickens fighting on the rooftops. He was like..
“Kinda like bedrock huh? “
Then he told me he was originally from from New York, and had been on the run for about 20 years. When I asked him what he did, he didn’t say shit. He just had this blank stare. Looking in the distance.
I’ll never forget it.