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I remember Dre saying that 2Pac would record 100+ songs at a time and when it was time to drop an album pick the best however many songs. I’m not sure if all artists work like this, but I imagine you’re right about them always recording.

I never understanding people thinking this way. I’m not Beyonce stan but have followed her career since DC; and if you listen to Lemonade, it was way to personal for her for that to just be a producer thing.

If anyone else wore what Beyoncé is wearing, people would think we were crazy. On me that would look as if I’d draped myself in a shower curtain, pulled on some stuff from the box of cleaning rags, and swiped cheap shoes from Ross.

Whiteness sounds awesome.

I just think we need to be gentle with each other and not assume bad faith at every turn. It only gives further wind to our lingering prejudices in all directions.

Are you, by any chance, an upper middle class white person?

Hey Patrick. How’s that rock you’ve been living under?

In what way is driving people out of the neighborhood to replace perfectly decent homes with condos and coffee shops NOT a negative thing?

Still not sure it’s inherently racist or classist.

I take it you haven’t been on the internet since 2010.

My jaw literally hit the floor reading your comment.

Maybe you should read the definition of the word?

To be honest, before this article I never gave any thought to the idea “gentrification” being taken as a negative thing.

Well, there’s a reason so many people make fun of hipsters.

A child rapist and child sex-trafficker. Prison inmates have standards, and this monster is not going to meet them. I imagine he will be spending a lot of time isolated for his safety.

Likely to do with the statutory penalties. Relatively few crimes are eligible for “life in prison,” so they stack up multiple counts, each with possible long sentences. Sometimes it will impact eligibility for parole or a shortened sentence as well. Depending on the jurisdiction, “20 years” might mean far less than

“Backpage” is an international dot-com. It’s got nothing to do with the alt-weekly mentioned in the story, or any alt-weekly for that matter.

The sentencing guidelines factor in time off for good behavior. If this guy keeps his nose clean, he could be out as early as 2217.

the US has consecutive sentences. So, for example I’m from Canada so in Canada you might be sentenced to 1 year per charge and have 5 charges = 5 years. But in Canada you serve those sentences concurrently. So in reality, it would be 1 year. In US, they don’t do that. You serve your time for each crime in succession -