Now that I’m free from grad school (for now…) I would like to talk about my song of the year: a twelve minute indie rock song from the nineties. There’s some amazing music that came out this year don’t get me wrong. I loved the new FKA Twigs, Kendrick, and Pusha T records for instance and I’m sure there’s a lot of good stuff released that I haven’t checked out yet… or never will because I simply never learned of its existence or thought to give it a chance. Even so, there is not a single song I have listened to more this year than “Respect is Due”. Not only is it a great song, but it helped me process some stuff in my own life. As such, I would like to give my due respect to this song and discuss it.
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