The Lindsayssance has been building for a few years as the former child star slowly picks up projects, beginning with her latest two-picture Netflix deal that was confirmed earlier this year. The first movie, Falling For Christmas, hits the streamer this week, just in time to kick off the holiday season with a little bit of rom-com fun.
Falling For Christmas follows a wealthy heiress who gets into an Overboard situation while on a skiing trip, and suffers from amnesia from an accident, which puts her under the care of the charming lodge owner and his daughter. Here is the official synopsis:
A newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress (Lindsay Lohan) gets into a skiing accident, suffers from total amnesia and finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner (Chord Overstreet) and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.
The movie features a perfectly snowy backdrop of Utah, as it was filmed in both Salt Lake City and Park City last November. This means the crew got some prime picturesque snowy shots to pair with Lohan’s spunky rendition of “Jingle Bell Rock.” The holiday season is upon us!
Falling For Christmas is now streaming on Netflix.
Marco Rubio stopped by Sean Hannity’s show on Wednesday night to talk about the midterm election results. Despite the lack of a Republican “red wave,” Rubio and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were both big winners with the latter garnering a significant amount of support to claim the top of the Republican ticket in 2024 instead of Donald Trump, who’s getting alive right now.
However, Rubio wasn’t there to talk about the upcoming presidential showdown. Instead, he explained to Hannity that his reelection signified a groundswell of support from “common sense” Hispanic voters in Florida. Rubio then warned that he’s concerned with the rest of the country because Joe Biden and the Democrats are holding up the midterm results as a “license to go out and be crazier than they’ve ever been” because they didn’t get “wiped out.”
According to Rubio, the Democrats are going to be even more “radical” because they think that’s what the country wants. Except the Florida Senator inadvertently supported that argument by essentially admitting that Republicans are wildly unpopular with voters.
But I think we also have to understand something. I mean, literally everything in our society and cultures align against Republicans. It’s a miracle Republicans win anywhere. Virtually every major television and media outlet in America is against us, all the celebrities, all the movie actors. You name it.
So, basically, Democrats shouldn’t look at the midterm results as proof that their policies are want America wants, but at the same time, most of America doesn’t want what Republicans are selling, and it’s really hard for them to win because of it.
LeBron James is not spending a whole lot of time at the charity stripe this season. Through the first 10 games he’s played this year, James is averaging 4.8 free throw attempts per game, which is the lowest mark of his career. He has not registered double-digit attempts from the line in a game this season, and is in the midst of five consecutive games with five or fewer free throws attempted.
It’s a bit strange that this is happening to James, a player whose physicality and style of play has essentially guaranteed that he’ll score at least 5-6 points a night on free throws alone for the entirety of his career. But that has not been the case this year, and after Wednesday night’s loss to the Clippers in which James got up four shots from the line, he was asked whether the physicality of the games is making it harder for him to score.
James said no, but he does have a solution: flopping.
“I love physicality. But I also would like for the whistle to be blown when I get hit…I gotta learn how to flop or something. Seriously, I need to learn how to do that.”
LEBRON: 30 PTS (12/22 FG, 2/4 FT) in 32 MINS before leaving with groin injury
“I’m ok with that, I love physicality,” James said. “But I also would like for the whistle to be blown when I get hit. I mean, four free throws once again. I look at a lot of guys tonight, shoot a lot of jump shots, and they going nine, 13 times to the free throw line. I gotta learn how to flop or something. Seriously, I need to learn how to do that, swipe my head back or do something to get to the free throw line.”
James scored 30 points on 12-for-22 shooting in the Lakers’ 13-point loss, which dropped them to 2-9 on the season.
Ava Max’s greatest weapon is an unwavering self-belief in her new disco-pop bop “Weapons,” out today (November 10) via Atlantic Records. Last month, Max expressed she was “extremely upset” that her forthcoming album Diamonds & Dancefloorswas allegedly leaking online, but there’s no sight of any melancholy on “Weapons.”
“Stop using your words as weapons,” Max proclaims in the opening line, setting up a strong first verse sung atop an infectious beat. “I swear this town’s a battlefield / Can make you feel strong and vulnerable / These empty hearts are made of steel / But underneath I’m not invincible.” And by acknowledging her human fallibility and vulnerability, Max realizes she actually is invincible, with “a bulletproof vest under my dress” and a big heart that makes her a target. “Stop using your words as weapons,” the multi-platinum star reasserts in the chorus. “They’re never gonna shoot me down.”
“Weapons” was co-written by Max, Ryan Tedder, Henry “Cirkut” Walter, Madison Love, Michel “Lindgren” Schulz, and Melanie Fontana. It joins the similarly catchy, upbeat Diamonds & Dancefloors singles “Million Dollar Baby” and “Maybe You’re The Problem.” Max also teamed up with Tiësto for “The Motto” late last year.
Max foreshadowed the tone of these releases as Uproxx’s August 2021 cover star. “It’s like a new wave of pop music, and it was needed. I love it,” she said, reflecting on her June 2021 single “Everytime I Cry.” “Like, yes I can do a song about something like drinking. And I might, because it’s fun. But it doesn’t mean anything. I want to release meaningful songs. New empowering music. I think empowering music is important.”
Diamonds & Dancefloors is out 1/27/2023 via Atlantic. Pre-order it here.
Ava Max is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
As 2022 is coming to a close next month, HYBE is keeping fans of its artists on their toes for the new year.
In a “2022 HYBE Briefing With The Community” live streamed on YouTube held earlier today (November 10), the South Korean music giant presented updates and plans for the rest of the year and 2023.
Spearheaded by the company’s CEO, Park Ji Won, a slew of announcements were made that included the debut of new groups, new music, world tours, and reality shows under its labels.
HYBE Japan will be debuting its first Japanese boy group next month, December 7, and will be named &TEAM.
Popular acts like TXT and rising rookies NewJeans will make comebacks in January respectively. Though a date has yet to be settled for TXT’s fifth EP, NewJeans will release a new single album on January 9 titled OMG. In addition, it was revealed a b-side track off the forthcoming single album will be released next month on December 19.
Meanwhile, BELIFT LAB revealed the second season of its survival reality show I-LAND is on the way following the success of its first season and creating ENHYPEN. An air date for the second season is geared toward the first half of the year. As for the ENHYPEN themselves, a new album will be released following their world tour
PLEDIS Entertainment artists SEVENTEEN and fromis_9 are slated to release new music in the first half of the year, with plans on debuting a new boy group along the way.
On the other hand, SOURCE MUSIC’s very own LE SSERAFIM has plans for a world tour in 2023, with the girl group visiting cities in Asia, North America, and more. However, a date has yet to be settled.
As for BTS, the HYBE CEO emphasized the group will continue focusing on individual projects following Jin‘s enlistment.
Because Donovan Mitchell is so obviously talented, greatness means something different for him. It’s something Mitchell can take pride in, that he’s risen to a level where he is measured just as much by team success and the performance of his teammates as he is his individual achievements. But judging him on that scale, Mitchell missed the mark last season.
Mitchell has said the 2021-22 campaign was one of his most disappointing seasons ever, and it’s not hard to see why. The Utah Jazz won 49 games. He scored 26 points a night. In spite of this, the team flamed out in the first round. The Dallas Mavericks, which did not have Luka Doncic for the first three games of the series due to a calf injury, ended Utah’s season as deep-seeded narratives engulfed the team: Mitchell will not pass to Rudy Gobert, the Jazz chased Danny Ainge to run — and potentially blow up — the team.
This makes it all the more impressive to watch Mitchell now, in his first year in Cleveland after a big offseason trade. Not only is he off to a torrid start as a scorer (with 31 points per game and 50 percent shooting from the field) and as a closer (with the most points in the clutch in the NBA so far), but Mitchell is elevating the team around him to be their best.
Utah was better when Mitchell was on the bench in the two regular season following the 2020 Bubble, per Cleaning the Glass. Through 11 games with Cleveland, however, Mitchell-centric lineups are annihilating the opposition. Mitchell is playing an astounding 39.2 minutes per game, creating offense like few others in the league, and competing like someone who has a chip on his shoulder on the heels of a high-profile trade. Depending on what stat you look at, Mitchell is anywhere from a top-five to top-20 most valuable player in the league through the first three weeks of the season.
An overtime game against Boston on Nov. 2 saw Mitchell go toe-to-toe with Jayson Tatum in crunch time before making a winning play that had nothing to do with putting the ball in the basket: a soaring rebound to end a Boston possession late. Mitchell is playing off the ball more, with about as many touches per game as last season while taking far fewer shots per 36 minutes. He’s also getting up the most catch-and-shoot 3s of his career as he adjusts to a tandem with Darius Garland, which is still a work in progress. He can lay off and still make an impact, or he can catch fire and drive the bus home.
It’s clear this team suits Mitchell better than the Jazz did by the end. He and Garland, who missed several games early with an eye injury, can be prone to trading possessions and don’t pass to each other often, but a feeling-out process was to be expected. Both are ball-dominant players, but by all accounts have a solid relationship and have bought into making this work. They are also two of the best shooters in the league and willing passers. They are each the most talented guard the other has played alongside.
We only have to look a few hundred miles south to Atlanta for a picture of how a Mitchell-Garland backcourt can work. While Cavs lineups with both star guards have struggled, the Hawks are outscoring opponents by 13.6 points per 100 possessions when Trae Young and Dejounte Murray share the floor, per Cleaning the Glass. Perhaps Mitchell can learn from Young a bit when it comes to doing more with less. While Mitchell is indeed catching and shooting more and taking fewer shots overall, he is operating largely the same way as he has in the past. Young, on the other hand, is averaging almost 10 fewer touches per game this year than last and isolating slightly less often.
After an ugly night in Sacramento this week in which Garland shot just 1-for-9 in a loss while Mitchell went for 38, head coach J.B. Bickerstaff dug into his team for not playing “Cavaliers basketball,” and demanding “not hero ball, not my turn, not selfish defensively, not executing game plans.” There is a clear-cut understanding of how they want to play, and with two players so gifted and creative leading the offense, the Cavs have time to figure out how to sort things out.
Cleveland also features a number of other guys who can create for themselves, including Evan Mobley, Caris LeVert, and Kevin Love. That’s a luxury that Mitchell has never had on his roster, outside of an older Mike Conley and some intermittent bursts from Jordan Clarkson and Bojan Bogdanovic in Utah. Assuming general manager Koby Altman can sort out the wing rotation by the trade deadline, this Cavs roster is deep and won’t rely on Mitchell to do it all on offense like Utah’s did.
On defense, the Cavs are bringing big ball back to the NBA, with a killer zone defense and the perfect personnel to snuff out the paint and simplify what Mitchell (and Garland) have to do on defense. Still, Mitchell has rediscovered his snappy hands and ability to fight through screens — it is worth mentioning that, coming into the league, he was viewed as a pitbull on the defensive end of the floor who needed his offense to catch up due to his athleticism and 6’10 wingspan. He’s on pace for the best block rate of his career and the defensive metrics love him so far. Even defending next to Gobert while the Frenchman was filling up his trophy case with DPOYs, Mitchell never looked this good.
Mitchell is a unique character in the NBA in that he is a three-time All-Star with no All-NBA appearances. He’s made the playoffs every year but never played in the conference finals. And while the numbers that show Utah playing better without Mitchell reversed during the two pandemic playoffs, that doesn’t change the fact that in back to back years in 2020 and 2021, the Jazz imploded in the postseason on his watch.
Climbing over these hills and to the final level of star status in the NBA isn’t easy, particularly when you join a new team and are expected to immediately raise the ceiling. Mitchell’s former teammate Gobert arrived in Minnesota with similar expectations of transforming an up-and-coming franchise into a consistent winner. Those results have been ugly — as of this writing, the Timberwolves are 5-7 and have lost five of their last six. It’s difficult for a player like Mitchell to hit the ground running individually and with his team, smashing the accelerator on the franchise’s fortunes.
Because of his box score brilliance and the fact that the Cavs were on an upswing when he joined, Mitchell will have to drive winning at the highest level, leading this team to the top of the conference to be properly celebrated for how he’s impacted things in northeast Ohio. He’s done everything short of this already, so winning and winning big are all that’s left.
Now that season one of the soapy and dragon-y Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragonis over, you find yourself in a dark, lonely place without your little, terrible, and hot blonde people to look at every Sunday night on HBO, although there is always The White Lotus. In the tortuous, lengthy downtime between seasons, you might as well become an expert on Westerosi history, including The Sea Snake.
The Sea Snake turned out to be one of the most valuable players in House of the Dragon. But who is he? He is many things, and you’re about to find out because you either forgot (there are a lot of characters to keep track of, and many of them have the same names), or you were looking at your phone while you were allegedly watching the show and thusly have no idea who anyone is at the moment.
The Sea Snake is also known by some by his real name, Corlys Velaryon. On House of the Dragon, he is played by Steve Toussaint. Corlys Verlaryon is the Lord of Driftmak, which is the largest castle on Blackwater Bay in the Crownlands. It is a short distance southwest of the Targaryen home of Dragonstone, and northeast of the Westerosi capital of King’s Landing. House Velaryon is of Valyrian descent, which connects them to the Targayrens, who also call the destroyed city their ancestral home.
Driftmark is known for its massive navy, which the Sea Snake leads. According to the ever so reliable A Wiki of Ice and Fire, Corlys Velaryon gained the nickname the Sea Snake due to his many voyages beyond Westeros and across the known world. Corlys also served as master of ships on King Viserys’ council.
Corlys is married the Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, also known as the Queen Who Never Was. Although she was considered by many as the rightful heir to the Iron Throne, a council voted that as a man, King Viserys I should be the heir instead. This has not stopped Corlys from fighting for more power in Westeros, and possibly for the Iron Throne himself. Throughout the first season, Corlys tried to gain the favor of Daemon Targaryen when King Viserys cast him out, leading to a conflict in the Stepstones that resulted in Corlys’ near-death. By the end of the first season, the Sea Snake shows support for Rhaenyra Targaryen in what is about to be the Dance of the Dragons. With his entire fleet on her side, Rhaenyra actually stands a chance against her enemies.
Like millions of other Americans, all Jimmy Kimmel wanted to talk about on Wednesday night was the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections — at least the results that we officially know. From what Lauren Boebert might do if she’s ousted from office (Kimmel’s bets are on “Fox News correspondent, bathroom attendant at a Cracker Barrel, or mannequin at a local Bass Pro Shop”) to the gift that we’ve been given by getting one more month of Herschel Walker talking absolute nonsense, Kimmel weighed in on the country’s biggest races.
But in Kimmel’s opinion, there was no bigger battle — or upset — than the one between TV quack Dr. Oz and Braddock badass John Fetterman. As Jimmy explained:
One of the biggest wins for Democrats was in Pennsylvania, where John Fetterman beat Dr. Oz. And you have to love the fact that the slick TV doctor lost to a guy who dresses like Bill Belichick on Game Day… But on the bright side, Dr. Oz can now go back to doing what he does best, which is analyzing the shape and color of our stool.
Kimmel is pretty sure that Oprah Winfrey — who is essentially the Dr. Frankenstein who created Dr. Oz, yet endorsed Fetterman in a last-minute surprise — is the Lady Olenna Tyrell of the 2022 midterms. The late-night host imagines his daytime counterpart “right now is sitting at home, cackling like a Game of Thrones villain: ‘Tell Mehmet I want him to know it was me.’”
If Dr. Oz had any plans to nurse his wounds in Palm Beach, Kimmel says he might want to think twice about reserving any tee time at Mar-a-Lago. “Trump is said to be livid after Dr. Oz lost,” according to Kimmel. “He was reportedly screaming at everyone when the numbers came in. He was really mad. They say the last time Trump was this disappointed was when Eric was born.”
You can watch the full clip above, beginning around the 5:50 mark.
The Weller line has some of the most sought-after bourbons on earth on its bench. There are seven expressions in the brand with some of those bottles only arriving once per year (with fairly small bottle counts). Other Weller whiskeys are released throughout the year, which means that they’re not nearly as hard to find. Today, we’re going to focus on the three core, year-round releases of Weller and blind taste them to find the best of the bunch.
Below, I’ll be blind-tasting Weller Special Reserve ($24 MSRP), Weller 12 ($40 MSRP), and Weller Antique 107 ($50 MSRP). This is the core of Weller’s main line, representing the majority of bottles from the brand that actually make it to shelves — though, to be completely fair, the Weller 12 is becoming increasingly rare these days.
Part of the brand’s sheen is due to Weller technically being the same base whiskey as the Old Van Winkle line (as in Pappy Van Winkle), which is the most after bourbon there is. While Weller has its own flavor profile, it is made from the same recipe and aging process as Pappy — so some have been known to call it “Poor man’s Pappy.” Fast-forward a decade or so through the bourbon boom and that idea of Weller being cheap enough for a “poor man” has gone the way of the dodo. Weller is now a very hard-to-get and often very expensive bourbon whiskey to buy. The suggested retail price (MSRP) for every bottle in the Weller line is often exceeded by a factor of 10 or 20 (or more) on the aftermarket.
Luckily, those high markups don’t always affect the three main, year-round releases. So while Weller Full Proof, Weller Single Barrel, Weller CYPB, and William Larue Weller only drop once per year in limited runs and are almost always only available at ridiculous markups, Weller Special Reserve, Weller 12, and Weller Antique 107 are more commonly found for their actual suggested retail prices.
Okay, let’s dive in a see which year-round Weller is actually worth hunting for!
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There’s a tannic sense of old oak next to sweet cherries, vanilla cookies, and that Buffalo Trace leathery vibe with a hint of spiced tobacco lurking underneath. The palate has a creamy texture kind of like malted vanilla ice cream over a hot apple pie cut with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and walnuts next to Frosted Raisin Bran with a hint of candied cherry root beer. The end takes that sweet cherry and apple and layers it into a light tobacco leaf with a mild sense of old musty barrel warehouses.
Taste 2
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
The nose hits softly with bruised peaches and old pears next to fresh wool sweaters, vanilla pancake batter, and moist marzipan next to orange oils, worn-out wicker deck furniture, and old Buffalo Trace leather with a faint hint of dried roses. The palate kicks around cherry bark and apple-cider-soaked cinnamon sticks with spiced cranberry sauce over buttermilk biscuits and gingerbread. The end leans into the sharp brown spices with a mild sense of vanilla cake with apple cider and cinnamon frosting, a touch of burnt orange, and more of that moist marzipan covered in salted dark chocolate.
Taste 3
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
The nose opens with a lovely sense of vanilla pods and orange blossom with a hint of old saddle leather and cedar bark next to wild sage, cinnamon and caramel apple fritters and salted black licorice with a bundle of holiday spices and barks tied up with burnt orange and pine. The palate is lush with a cream soda float with malted vanilla ice cream cut with cherries, dark chocolate chips, and espresso flakes next to cinnamon cherry bark tobacco on the mid-palate. The end dives toward a thick braid of cedar bark, sage, and blackberry tobacco with a thin line of sweetgrass and vanilla pods woven in there.
Buffalo Trace doesn’t publish any of their mash bills. Educated guesses put the wheat percentage of these mash bills at around 16 to 18%, which is pretty average. The age of the barrels on this blend is also unknown as well. Overall, we know this is a classic wheated bourbon, and … that’s about it.
Bottom Line:
This is really good bourbon for $30. It’s not amazing or life-changing. This is for mixing good Manhattans and old fashioneds and maybe pouring over a rock on a lazy weeknight.
This is the expression that’s theoretically the closest to Pappy. The whiskey rests in the warehouse for 12 long years, in the same barrels and warehouses as Pappy. The difference between this and Pappy 12 — good ol’ “Lot B” — is pretty simple actually. If the barrel doesn’t hit the exact flavor profile needed for a Pappy, it’s sent to the blending house to become a Weller (as long as it hits Weller’s flavor profile, of course).
So yes, this could have been a Pappy 12 had the flavor profile been slightly different in the barrel.
Bottom Line:
This is really nice bourbon. Is it worth the markup? Maybe. There’s no reason that this whiskey couldn’t cost $69 or $89 at retail. There are plenty of similar age statement bourbons that do.
Overall, this feels like a really nice and easy sipper with a deep flavor profile. It’s really good.
This is a non-age-statement bourbon that’s called “Old Weller Antique” (OWA) by those who love the old-school vibes of the expression’s previous iteration. The ripple with this expression is the higher proof. The barrels are vatted and barely proofed down to 107 proof before bottling (the entry proof is 114).
Bottom Line:
This had the most depth by far. There was no sense of lightness or proofing at all. It was well-rounded and deep with a nice playfulness. Overall, this still feels like a great cocktail bourbon that’s worth sipping around a campfire in a very casual setting. I guess that makes it perfect for this time of year.
Part 3: Final Thoughts
Zach Johnston
Look, even Weller Special Reserve and Weller Antique 107 are going to be very hard to find unless you have a great relationship with your local liquor store crew. Weller 12 is going to be one of those blind luck situations at MSRP, or you’re going to pay a premium. I never said these are going to be easy to find, especially outside of the Ohio Valley, just… easier.
If you’re looking to get into the wheated bourbon game, then grab a bottle of Weller Antique 107. It’s the best of the mix of what’s still hitting shelves these days. Plus, if you can get it at MSRP (which you can!), you’ll be in for a killer Manhattan, Sazerac, or old fashioned this month.
So far, Fresh Pair‘s star-studded first-season guest list has included Redman, El-P, T.I.., The Game, and Jadakiss. This week, that last guest’s partner-in-rhyme, Styles P, comes through to collect his Katty Customs kicks and talk The Lox, being a rapper-turned-businessman, and his health-focused lifestyle. Since we already covered a lot of his best songs with The Lox in our Jadakiss list, we’ll focus on his solo career here. Also, for what it’s worth, these are my favorite kicks of the season so far. Look at those things and look at Styles’ reaction. It’s great.
10. “Araab Styles”
In 2012, when Styles dropped The World’s Most Hardest MC Project, he wasn’t quite as evolved as he is now. “Araab Styles” exemplifies the “old” Styles, who was more gangster than gentleman. This was also the height of the popularity of Providence producer AraabMuzik, whose Halloween keys offer the perfect complement to Styles’ serial killer bars.
9. “Ghost Vibe” feat. Dyce Payne
A standout from 2020’s Ghost Your Enthusiasm (what a title) that captures the essence of Styles’ precise, unhurried flow. His detached outlook on the chilling content is both awe-inspiring and heartbreaking.
8. “Time”
Another Ghost Your Enthusiasm release, “Time” is a reflective, super lyrical freestyle-esque track that finds The Ghost dropping references to MF DOOM (RIP) and playing the wisened OG. As he drops knowledge and admonishes the youngbloods on the block, he sounds more like a tough youth coach than a grumpy old man — which is exactly what we mean by “aging gracefully.”
7. “Nightmares 2 Dreams” feat. Havoc
I’m a sucker for organs in hip-hop beats. Havoc is (still!) one of the best beatmakers hip-hop has ever seen and deserves more attention. Fortunately, Styles and Havoc’s project Wreckage Manner dropped last year to highlight both of these underrated hip-hop elder statesmen, while also unnearthing the truly unexpected and jaw-dropping chemistry between them.
6. “Friends” with Jadakiss and Nino Man
Technically, Jada and Styles are just features here, but the throwback beat (shout-out Whodini!) and timeless subject matter warrant mention. Also, these verses are liable to get your face stuck from the helter-skelter wordplay — “Violate my friend and get a kiloid” is an all-timer.
5. “Never Fight An African”
Styles doesn’t experiment sonically very often but when he does? Bruh. Part of the reason this Dime Bag cut stands out so much is because it’s so different from his usual but the reason it holds up is because it displays a versatility to Styles’ flow that longtime fans might not have recognized before but that shows how seriously he takes the craft.
4. “Hit Different”
A little more upbeat than we might be used to from The Ghost, but with a haunting horn loop that fits oh-so-perfectly with his gritty, smoke-laden voice. A prime example of his latter-day output (it appears on 2021’s Ghosting), which has only gotten more polished with time.
3. “We Gonna Make It” with Jadakiss
Okay, I know, this song is already in the Jadakiss list. Look… It’s just that good. We bend rules for greatness (like how LeBron never gets called for a travel), so I’m letting this one fly. It really is the best example of the pass-the-mic flow that these two were the very best rappers in the game at. Also, a best Styles list with no Jada is like a pizza with no cheese.
2. “Good Times (I Get High)”
So what if it’s an obvious pick? Styles’ debut solo single is still his best-known and deserves all the appreciation it gets. What other song had dyed-in-the-wool gangsters reaching for the hook’s high notes despite being pitched beyond human vocal range? Also, relatable content.
1. “The Life” with Pharoahe Monch
Uproxx publisher Jarret is gonna love this placement. One of the best songs ever from the Rawkus Soundbombing series, one of the most succinct summations of hip-hop at its rawest and most emotive, and one of my favorite songs. Look no further for proof of its impact than the fact that J. Cole basically remade it last year on The Off-Season and it still goes hard.
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