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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Change Has Come, Now History is Ours: Jay-Z, Obama, and the Hip-Hop Community’s Next Movement

Editorial By Michael Partis

What is Hov talking about on his new track “History” ? Is it about more than “History” and “Victory?”

There is always the tendency to feel as if we are thinking too much; that we are taking it too far. It becomes a feeling we have when looking at all forms of art: music, paintings, poetry, dance, etc.

But the great artist is the one that legitimates our search for something more. They make you see further, think longer, listen closer—they make you believe there is meaning to their work; beyond the surface; beyond the first encounter; beyond the first layer.

Jay-Z - History
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