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13174301, Wouldn't that equal 26:64?
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Jul-17-17 01:25 PM
>lol, forreal though Jay's album is not deep at all.
>
>I hate that this is what passes for "woke" or deep, when 47
>year old Jay hasn't hit on concepts that 20 year old Pac
>already had figured out.
>
>The mistake is that everyone can make it with Jay's paradigm.
>Buy the block or buy a Basquiat is NOT empowering. If Jay
>bought Marcy or Dumbo housing and then sold it for $25 million
>that STILL displaces poor people. Yes, he is Black, and
>personally would be rich, but the hood doesn't come up.
>
>A better model for Black excellence would be saying "hey guys,
>pool your tax money and buy YOUR apartment buildings. Use that
>asset to build equity and fund other businesses so all of yall
>can come up".
>
>Jay's whole steez has been "live vicariously through my
>success, and we all can win".
>
>And some of the writing was just Lay-Z. NO ID did his thing.


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