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For absolutely no reason...

Ta-Nehisi Coates
June 28, 2008

...I woke up thinking about this cat. Talk about dying young and filled with potential. Beautiful, beautiful lyricists. Out of all the MCs who've passed, I think I actually miss him the most. I loved Big L, but Pun was just nasty...

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