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1. 
   On September 24, 2009 @ 23:11 jjf3 says:

   speak for yourself, umlaut! Hope can sway me with nothing more than that smile…easily!

2. 
   On September 24, 2009 @ 23:15 ebullientfatalist says:

   Hope spring eternal.

   /shows self out.

3. 
   On September 24, 2009 @ 23:15 jjf3 says:

   and, yeah, I don’t get it either. But she just “does” whatever “IT” is…

4. 
   On September 24, 2009 @ 23:32 ebullientfatalist says:

   Since I’m a few Bush Blacks deep, I’ll treat Backpasses as an open forum.

   First order of business: I can’t believe I’m buying a new Raekwon AND new Ghostface album in the same year.

   Second order of business: Lorrie Fair plays for Chelsea, hence I’ve lost all interest in her.

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   On September 25, 2009 @ 00:13 ü75 says:

   You needed to end your 1st order with “, and it’s not 1997.”

   2nd order: I looked up recent Lorrie Fair pics. She no longer does it for me. Might just be the Chelsea blue. YOU’RE MY NEW GIRL, HOPE!

6. 
   On September 25, 2009 @ 01:19 Georger says:

   She looks like if Lucy Liu and Sarah Chalke had a baby. Not sure how that would work.

7. 
   On September 25, 2009 @ 02:22 ebullientfatalist says:

   @Umlaut: I will add the “1997″ caveat, because you’re right. Late-90s rap remains my favorite era of music: “It Was Written,” “Reasonable Doubt,” “The War Report,” and “Uptown Saturday Night” all released in a two year period? Please. Absolutely phenomenal.

   I’m also looking forward to The Black Keys new rap project. And Arsenal winning the league.

8. 
   On September 25, 2009 @ 08:06 The NY Kid says:

   call me crazy, but I think Hope Solo is a very attractive woman.

   oh, you were all thinking that too?

9. 
   On September 25, 2009 @ 08:36 Nathaniel says:

   So was that a man or woman in the GettyImages pic?

10. 
    On September 25, 2009 @ 09:12 ü75 says:

    Man, I think.

11. 
    On September 25, 2009 @ 09:37 Keith says:

    ef- “Ason Jones” and “Kiss the Ring” are my two favorites on the Rae album, by far.

12. 
    On September 25, 2009 @ 10:44 phil says:

    @ ef: completely agree. Fantastic music back then. Wu-Tang solo project that too many people have forgotten about: GZA’s Liquid Swrods, which contained maybe the greatest Method Man verse ever.

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    On September 25, 2009 @ 12:42 ebullientfatalist says:

    @Phil: I’m unfamiliar with this “Liquid Swrods” of which you speak. I keed, I keed. I was at a GZA show last August in Seattle where he performed Liquid Swords all the way through, in song order.

    @Keith: “Gihad” and “Canal Street” for me.