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To steal.

Music is a complex and live language. Hip-hop’s affinity for sampling has made it famous as the most verbose genre, regularly dipping into the historical lexicon to graft new songs onto old ones or sow whispers of tradition into modern grooves. James Brown’s page in this sonic dictionary has been repeatedly dog-eared. In fact, The Godfather of Soul is the most sampled artist in the history of rap music, and by ‘quoting’ (so to speak) his music directly, producers have given his influence more than a distinct echo in today’s hits—you can truly hear him in modern music.

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An uplifting energy.

Competitive club football is back, and with it, the importance of confidence on the pitch. No group is flying higher than the freshly étoilé Frenchmen, and it showed.  All five outfield players from the World Cup squad that returned to competitive play—Pogba, Kanté, Dembélé, Thauvin, and Mendy—registered goal involvements, with the first four shaking the back of the net and the kinetic City left back recording two assists. Although World Cup immortality often belittles the significance of league games over time, these debuts proved that it also abolishes the great weight of doubt, allowing the game to come naturally.