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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

Maybe because of that Lieberman post...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Nov 21 2008, 4:36 PM ET Comment

...I got to thinking about this joint. Last Emp never got his props. I got a bootleg of his album back in 99. This cut was one of the weakest. It was a great album. Yes I know--TMNT ain't Marvel. And Duke never met the Beyonder. Yeaaaargghhhh! The Power Geekness is overpowering!!!

UPDATE: Added Do You Remember. I used to bang this cut when I was writing my memoir. This is like the black nerd anthem--"In this quiet night of quiet stars\And these quiet chords on my guitar\Kids out there, I know it might be hard\But I realize how live you are." That is just beautiful.






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