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six — like flags or sigma — weeks in to this nice little tradition of wait what wednesdays. this one comes to you from jay-z and nas on an introspective tip, shouting from a pulpit in a cavernous cathedral while emancipator directs the orchestra to create father king’s success.

it’s been a fun week — finished up fall quarter at stanford with a total of 75 pages of group and individual papers, on the plane back from New York now after playing the delancey last night (thanks to everyone who made it out, awesome times), seeing a bunch of friends, and splitting time between my old columbia stomping grounds and the LES for a couple days. lots of good catching up.

the cover art is of my dad rocking a dope wait what shirt that he created, and found it only fitting I feature him given this week’s track title. let him know you think he looks fresh on twitter.

been fan of jay-z and nas since I was in seventh grade, and this particular track is often slept on, but I dig it. just found out about emancipator this summer with his awesome mashup of sigur ros and mobb deep — one of my favorite mashups of all time, he did a phenomenal job. this track, father’s king, has been on the study rotation, and I thought it’d provide an awesome backdrop for jay and nas.

I’ll put one foot in front of the other one,

charlie