Abdullah Ibrahim was a difficult man to interview. He spoke in parable. In metaphor. In metaphysics. You could not pin him down. I later found he was a very difficult. Period. The first time I bumped into him walking anonymously on Plein street circa 2003 he literally growled.
J Dilla in his basement studio in Detroit. Records wall to wall, floor to ceiling. The room where Erykah Badu, Common, and Questlove all came to work. Every sample, every chop started somewhere in those crates.
Preemo firing on all cylinders - top 3 beat in his catalog imo.
Guru sets the tone with "I, Self, Lord and Master," then the Rebel INS slides in with one of the most surgical, lethal guest verses ever recorded!! 🗡️👐
The synergy here is Hip Hop at its apex.
My Detroit brother @ApolloBrown came to the crib to press play on a bag of beats. This September makes 10 years since "The Easy Truth" dropped. What better way to celebrate later this year than to spin the block...
The introduction, as well as the magnum opus of my catalogue, the official debut album, produced with genius ingenuity, love and care. If the heavens personifed the mainstream, then "Below the Heavens" is a day in the life of being an underground artist.
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You are smart enough to know that all 55 African Union members states make up the G20. India worked tirelessly with RSA to bring the AU as a member. @GovernmentZA then intentionally made this an AU G20.
You are disengaging from multilateral institutions generally but in this case, it is a captive audience with an entire continent that you are subverting. In no time, you will be threatening African countries for deepening ties with China. They must be loving this.
Your ambitions of being the first Hispanic US President are in tatters because you have joined a crusade without a cause. You are riding a tiger that's already turning on its rider. Your legacy as Secretary of State is presiding over 1)America's isolationist foreign policy posture; 2) a violent, illegal crackdown on immigrants, mainly Latinos and Hispanics. And 3) Designating 2 African powers - Nigeria and South Africa - as enemies, based on disinformation. It's your legacy.
It must be hard waking up for work everyday, enforcing policy positions that anyone who has followed your work knows you do not agree with. Everyday, you pour water into a broken jar. Good luck.
Feels good to know the whole world now feels how we felt when we made Infinite . I know P is watching. The spirit is forever. Yo Hav congrats! i love you . MOBB DEEP OVER EVERYTHING