RIP Guru...

well shit. i think there are many ways to approach an autobieulogy, but i've personally noticed two dominant approaches. one is to talk about the life of the recently departed. the positive impact the person had on life in general. the good things the person did. basically, the happy times.

the other approach is to recognize and verbalize that the fact that the recently departed has in fact recently departed, in fact sucks. no nostalgia. no reflection on the happy times. just a simple recognition that it simply sucks to lose someone who was good people.

i guess i gravitate towards the later approach. i think it's a family trait. at my uncle's funeral (who also succumbed to cancer early in life) , one of his (5) brothers got up to the podium and the only thing he could say was, "well (long pause) this sucks".

well, this sucks.

if you know me well, you know I gravitate towards the jazzy side of hip-hop, to which Gang Starr pioneered. R.I.P. Guru.

I know Gang Starr has been defunct for a while now, but dag, these are a few of my favorite tracks...

gang starr - mass appeal

gang starr - full clip

gang starr - jazz thing