Dessa has been recording with Twin Cities-based hip-hop collective Doomtree since 2005, though she didn't release her own full-length until 2010's gorgeous A Badly Broken Code, which landed at No. 20 on our Best Music list that year.
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This song was released as track number 6 on Dessa’s album “A Badly Broken Code”. It was also re-released as fourth track on the album “Castor, The Twin”.
A Chaconne is a type of music originating in the Baroque period, known for its highly theory-based nature and difficulty to master.
Dessa has not been forthcoming about the identity of the musician in this song (perhaps for the obvious reasons).
In fact, she has specifically said that she has never dated a famous violinist, and that the character is fictional, an amalgam of several real-life inspirations.
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Your geography (where you’re born) dictates how your life will be — that is largely true. And “history is fate” references George Santayana’s famous quote:
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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Kings like Akeem and Semmi be
The hottest, they keep talking like they got it I’m like, let me see Shad (Ft. Saukrates) – Stylin
The hottest, they keep talking like they got it I’m like, let me see Shad (Ft. Saukrates) – Stylin
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From Eddie Murphy’s 1988 movie Coming To America. In the movie, Akeem Joffer is the crown prince to the throne of the wealthy African nation Zamunda and Semmi is his friend played by Arsenio Hall.
These other kids (“rappers”) compare themseves to Akeem and Semmi and claim to be the hottest in the game. Let Shad see if that’s true and show them who really is the king of the game.
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And let's not just compare me to the other rappers
Cause I'm better than the Jim Morrisons and Mick Jaggers
Bob Dylan battle me, I'll rip you R.A. The Rugged Man – Complex Superiority
Cause I'm better than the Jim Morrisons and Mick Jaggers
Bob Dylan battle me, I'll rip you R.A. The Rugged Man – Complex Superiority
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He’s too dope to be only compared to rappers, we should compare him to the greatest from other genres, like Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan, too.
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You gassed up, you thought you could just creep upon
The MTV interview that TI was speaking on
You tried to hug her, she pushed off like ''keep your arm''
I've seen that footage when you got curved by Nia Long Papoose – Control (Freestyle)
The MTV interview that TI was speaking on
You tried to hug her, she pushed off like ''keep your arm''
I've seen that footage when you got curved by Nia Long Papoose – Control (Freestyle)
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The track number 3 on Atmosphere’s second album “God Loves Ugly.”
It contains a sample from “Crossing” by Double Image.
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