That's another aspect of the tyranny of cool: the idea of the "exclusive" Like in my HS you were the shit if you had the latest Tony Touch mixtape, because those were hard to get down here. You had to have fam in NYC or go up there yourself. And then the tapes of course had the latest freestyles, remixes, etc, so it was like exclusive on top of exclusive.

You still listening to Tony Touch 22? bitch I got 25! it got the Large Pro remix of It's A Boy! step off!

So needless to say this creates jealousy and envy, and some cats thrive off that. This leads to dudes getting shot for their Jordans.


"This town is like a great big pussy waiting to get fucked" -Tony Montana on Miami