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  • A Minute By Minute Breakdown Of Young Dro’s "In Da City"

    I can recall the moment Young Dro became my preferred ratchet music vendor. I was sitting in a strip club off Buford highway, when the bass dropped and I heard a chorus with lyrics both simple and profound: Fuck dat bitch. In three simple words Dro had summarized the cause of and prescribed the solution…

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    Dhiraj Naseen

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  • Florida Evans: Hero Or The Biggest Hater Ever? A Good Times Treatise

    Despite originally airing before I was alive, Good Times was a cable TV staple of my childhood. I tuned in regularly to ponder: Will James Evans Sr. get the job? Will the Evans’ get thrown out? Did shape ups just not exist in the ‘70s? I still watch, and Facebook lets me know that my…

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  • A Ranking Of The Most Awkward Things That Happen In Strip Clubs

    I love strip clubs. My answer to everything is to “go down to the skrippas.” I shit you not, back in 2007 I said “When I die, I want it to be at Magic City.” If I had recorded that … A few months ago, an associate of mine decided that the best way to…

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  • Dear Black People: Stop Spreading The Lie That Music Was "Better" Back In The Day

    I have a confession: Every time I hear someone say music “ain’t what it used to be,” my ass itches. I mean this figuratively but you get the picture: This is, IMHO, a top tier bullshit statement — one of many that have somehow become hallowed communal knowledge. We peddle in many generically “truthy” statements…

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