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Thursday, October 7, 2010
A True Band of Brothers
Growing up in the south side of the Chi, he was never included. His parents moving him to suburban
He had just left school where he was on display – the only black student in a school of close to two hundred. Walking the quiet, upscale suburban streets, the cops would stop him "to make sure everything was okay." Arriving at the store and wandering through, he watched the tolerant masses clutch their purses and move away. He was searching for anything that would take him away from his status quo.
He passed the section marked Country, made a right at the Rock, and located a small rack marked "Rap/Hip-hop." Hidden between the Dres, Snoops, and Notorious B.I.G.s was an album titled "Like Water for Chocolate." The cover – a beacon reminiscent of
Vibing, he walked home. He had new music. Something different. Throwing the new disc in the deck, he had no idea what he would experience. The album floored him. He stayed up until
The artists he had heard on the radio, he liked their music. Dre and Snoop brought a change from the monotony. But Common changed everything. Back in the "Rap/Hip-hop" section, he looked for names he'd never heard before. De la Soul, Dilla,