Trade

Trade

An exchange.

Go to youtube and watch Kendrick’s first listen through Jay-Z’s verse on his Don’t Kill My Vibe remix. His eyes reflect both reverence and calculation—an artist poised to raise a now elevated bar. Given that the rhyme scheme in his second verse picks up where Hov left off, Kendrick clearly turned that twinkle in his eye into a response, finishing the song with another 32 bars of twisting lexical acrobatics. Rap is a conversation where inspiration doesn’t wait for single or album, it strikes the moment the previous rapper closes their mouth.

Trade

A vocation.

Tahiti’s participation in the 2013 Confederations Cup foreshadows the complex dynamics of a 48-team World Cup. The timeless image of a nation celebrating its first ever goal at a major tournament makes a strong case for an expanded field—for 270 minutes, delivery drivers and tour guides became actors on the world stage. Unfortunately, they still looked like tradesman for the majority of the three-game campaign, setting a tournament record by allowed 24 goals (almost one every ten minutes). Can FIFA facilitate these small national triumphs without boring the top teams? We’ll see in 2022.