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I listened to the record. The mixes and tracks aren't bad. (Well I should say as not as bad as people are saying but I did hear it on the net). They are not what make this a not so great album. The blame lies right where people don't want to put it. With Rakim. The topics and the songs just seem like him trying to find a place. The hooks are amateurish. Rakim came out in an era where DJ's filled the hooks so he didn't have to. All he had to do was spit. Now his spit is cool but the concepts/hooks/songs are not great. Makes you wonder how much Eric B had to do with the creative process back in the day.
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When material gain becomes the god before which all must be sacrificed, even one's own humanity, all manner of crimes and pursuant justifications become possible. And when crimes become heinous enough, as in wars of aggression, genocide and enslavement, the perpetrators have little choice but to dehumanize their victims.--Dr. Joy Degruy Leary
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