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Death of the Economy.!

This print is available to view at the Corn Exchange in Lewes on the 7th and 8th of December 2024

It will be part of Lewes Town Councils 50th anniversary celebration.

Cycle Path

The miniature cycle path on Arundel Terrace in Kemptown, Brighton.

Grate Gardener

Cutting the grass growing out of the drain in the garden.

Chinatown

Touching up Cherries

Young Artists Shine at Inter-School Art Fest in Jamshedpur Hill Top School proudly hosted the first edition of ARTWAVE, an inter-school art event that celebrated the creative talents of young artists in the city. JAMSHEDPUR – The first ever ARTWAVE event took place at Hill Top School, where it beautifully displayed the artistic abilities of students from all over the city. The event highlighted…

Upon doing research for the song I discovered that Jay Z says he is embarrassed for these lyrics. But personally as an adult now this, it’s even harder than it did as a kid. I’m in the fact that I was less than 10 years old, running around singing, this explains a lot now. Personally, definitely up there with one of the greatest hip-hop songs, but not one of the most lyrical or hip-hop songs there is. Surprise that I didn’t go number one.

(as written by genius below)

“Big Pimpin’” was the fifth and final single from Jay-Z’s fourth studio album Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter. The track is an ode to the “pimping” lifestyle, that is, sex with girls without becoming emotionally attached to them.

Produced by Timbaland, it is notable as one of the first songs where Southern rap truly broke into the mainstream with the appearance of Texas natives Bun B and Pimp C, known together as the Underground Kingz (UGK).

The track is one of Jay-Z’s most successful singles, peaking at #18 on the Billboard ‘Hot 100’ and spending twenty weeks on the chart. It ranked at #467 on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”. In 2004 the track had a chart resurgence when it featured on Jay and Linkin Park’s Collision Course mash-up album.

Despite the song’s huge commercial success, Hov nowadays seems to be embarrassed by the song. In his memoir, Decoded, he disavowed “Big Pimpin’” and its lyrical content:

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The first time I heard this song my older cousins older cousin came up from Texas. I do really want to say it was 2004 before the music video came out. Only because I remember him saying how he was going to be the next big thing at a Texas. And he eventually did, but what’s ironic about the DEF jam icon video game is I was so excited to play it back then & and honestly I don’t care what anyone says. I like all of the DEF jam games..

The single became Jones’ most successful single to date, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single became a success on both the Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts where it peaked at #6 and 15 respectively, while becoming a moderate hit on the Pop 100 chart where it peaked at number 45. The song was also a moderate success on the Hot Digital Songs chart, where it peaked at number 26 and eventually went Platinum, becoming Jones’ second platinum single.

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