Jay-Z, then as now, is constantly at pains to remind us that he used to deal drugs. The recklessness of the pleasure-the selfish craziness of pimping-matches the recklessness of the work.” In his book, Decoded, Jay-Z writes, “Even in a song about pushing pleasure to the limit, I can’t help but make the connection between the ‘big pimpin’’ and the work that makes it possible-which takes us from the cars, women, and the alcohol, the sun, the mansion, and Carnival-and brings us back to the streets, the corner of the block, the coke, and the potential for a long prison bid hanging over me like a cloud. Songs That Explain the ’90s is out now on Twelve Books. If you’ve ever listened to 60 Songs That Explain the ’90s and thought, “I wish this podcast were a book,” do we have some news for you. God bless! Buy another Rothko with that check, Jay! I’m unclear what the future, what the innovation, is here, exactly, unless the innovation is Jay-Z: “The future of trash” is just playing Jay-Z songs while you pick up the trash. 1 single as the lead artist? New York! These streets will make you feel brand-new! Big lights will inspire you to invent garbage truck technology that Columbus, Ohio, has been using for many years now! The thing that automatically dumps your garbage can into the garbage truck? We got that already, in Ohio. You see this video from early February, this media demonstration of New York City’s new, automated, side-loading garbage truck next to a giant sign reading “The future of trash is here” and soundtracked by “Empire State of Mind,” the Jay-Z smash-hit single featuring Alicia Keys? Did you hear that very faint applause, for this garbage truck demonstration set to what is somehow Jay-Z’s only no. (Death of Auto-Tune),” one of Jay’s signature Get Off My Lawn moments, “Death of Auto-Tune” is on this record, but you can’t win ’em all. A pilot program is expanding to all of Community Board District 9 in West Harlem. Here’s a demo of New York City’s new automatic side loading garbage truck lifting large on street containers.
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