1999 was my senior year of highschool. At that time I felt like the world was my oyster. The previous year I had just moved to Racine, WI from Milwaukee and started attending J.I Case Highschool. By the time my senior year rolled around I had it made. I had good friends, I was popular with the ladies, my clothes were on point and hell...I was just pretty popular all around! Life had it's rough patches, but all around it was good.
I remember working at The Finish Line (a shoe store located within the mall) the night before the Jay Z "Vol 2..Hard Knock Life" album dropped and wondering how I was gonna be one of the first to get a copy of the album when I had school the next day. In 99 there was no itunes so if you really wanted an album you had to get it yourself. I had made up in my mind that after fourth hour or so I was just gonna skip class and go to the mall to get the album. Well, while I was on my way out I ran into a girl who had just come from getting the Jay Z album and she said that she didn't like it! So instead of skipping school and going to get the album I just bought her copy off of her right there in the hallway. So actually SHE was the first person to have the album, but seeing that she sold it to me...I was! This was a BIG deal! Anyhow, I took the album home and had my time with it. Even though I didn't have the satisfaction of opening the plastic and taking in the scent of a new cd I still enjoyed every bit of the album. This cut "It's Like That" was always one of my favorite cuts! Jigga's flow was razor sharp! Take a listen. If your from where I'm from maybe it'll take you back to a much more innocent time also.
OneLove & BlaxLife
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