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Pending Write-up: Untitled (Track 2)

Funny thing about this track is that fresh off of purchasing a cpu and keyboard this was one of the first three beats I made.  STOP!!! Before you say to yourself “DAMN Dwayne made that crazy as beat!!?!?” Nah what I created was a deformed stepchild version of the final version.  The homie Lone Monk gave it a complete face-lift.   The core of the beat stayed the same but the sound got sharper.

 

I wrote this verse while listening to a lot of Colin Monroe.  He released a mixtape entitled “Colin Munroe is the Unsung Hero”.  There is a track on that record called “Cannonball” featuring Drake.  It is a really dope record where each describe their musically talents as cannonballs.  When I made the beat I wrote this 16 and got the homie Leftfield Keele on it and it was a wrap!

 

 

 

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Pending Write-up: (Track 1)

I have decided to do write-ups on each track, since the album release on March 28th.

 

“Pending” as a whole is presented as an art exhibit.  Each track is supposed to symbolize an artist’s painting, where the painter is actually the MC.  The record is divided into three different periods: “Bereavement, Introspective and Growth”.  Each section is accompanied by a short intro courtesy of a tour guide.

 

In this first intro the guide explains the artist’s vision for the fore coming tracks.  This intro sets the tone for the first period and gives the listener concepts to keep in mind while listening to the song.

 

 

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Coriolanus, Friends and Politics

Okay while I do realize the average mufucka doesn’t want to learn this post will be pretty dry, but I am confident you will LEARN SUMTHIN’….

My Topic:

My paper was on Coriolanus a play written by William Shakespeare.

 

Read the summary here:

Summary

I analyze a speech made by Tellus Aufidius.  Using Cicero’s (Ancient Rome Scholar) framework from De Amicitia (On Friendship) and De Officiis (Duties and Obligations), I connect sentiments made by Aufidius that exemplify Cicero’s definition of Friendship.  Some of these characteristics I touch on are virtue, flattery and frankness.

 

Cicero’s De Officiis explains how politics cannot exist without high morality (virtue).  I connect that idea with the traits of friendship and argue Cicero’s perspective of politics cannot exist with some form of friendship.

 

*Listen people I am not talking about 2013’s definition of friendship, where bitches is sleeping with their friends man or guys are borrowing money from their dude and have no intent of paying them back.  I am talking about a honorable/virtuous relationship.  This means 100% consistentcy not you being a nice guy on Friday and a dickhead on Saturday. This is something most of us have never experienced. Also debatable whether or not it exists. *

 

Conclusion:

I relate my findings from Cicero’s works and claim that Coriolanus and Aufidius could have never had a true political relationship without being virtuous individuals.

 

Cicero’s perspectives were very enlightening and I realize how full of shit things are now…not to say it was better in the past, but Cicero’s perspectives are interesting to say the least and something to think about