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Explaining Hamilton in a Crowded Elevator
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I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
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Ashley Gorley
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It’s July 2007. Timbaland drops “The Way I Are” featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E. Grammar ticks aside, the track tops charts worldwide with its catchy confession of connection under financial stress: “ If I have no money, no car, no card to buy you flowers – will you still like me, just the way I are? ” An eerie foreshadowing of the Great Recession ... See more
Recession pop is making a comeback
I thought it was the best gospel song I had heard in what seemed like forever, but it also sounded like an emo song that was crying out for a Ghostface Killah rhyme. I walked right up to Jim and told him that I loved it and wanted to find some way for the Roots to record it.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
