

Jay also told the crowd, “I got a couple of people.” One of those people was Usher, who’d gone to the show as a spectator. Kelly and that he had enough hits to finish the show himself. This shit is over.” Then he dropped his mic and walked offstage.Īfter a confusing few minutes that easily could’ve ended in a riot, Jay-Z told the crowd that he didn’t need R. Kelly told the crowd, “Two people were waving guns at me. The show was set up for Jay and Kelly to trade off mini-sets throughout the night, coming together as a duo at the end. In late October of 2004, a month in, their tour came to Madison Square Garden - a homecoming for Jay in the exact same spot where he’d held his farewell show. Kelly bailed on a couple of shows, blaming problems with the lighting. Kelly came out with Unfinished Business, their second collaborative album, and they headed out on a co-headlining tour. Less than a year after the release of The Black Album, Jay-Z and R. He secured himself an office job as the head of Def Jam Recordings.

He played a farewell show at Madison Square Garden, with his fake jersey ascending into the real rafters. He released his retirement LP The Black Album.

At that moment, there was nothing that Usher couldn’t pull off. Just before his last run on the top of the charts, Usher found himself faced with the unexpected task of entertaining an unhappy arena crowd, saving another superstar’s night. In the 2004 calendar year, Usher spent a grand total of 28 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 - 54% of the year. It’s sick.In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.Įveryone loves a winner. But Johnny depp is a malignant narcissist, a man, and wealthy as all get out. Vilified and not believed, regardless of what any abuse survivor could recognize as a fellow survivor instantly. While the last thing survivors need is more blame, our society supports a narrative that blames the objectively innocent party because the blatantly guilty party has spent their entire lives fabricating a persona and we’re just being human, and human psychology is quite counterintuitive especially in the context of trauma. Never actually understand, even if they try, because all they see is you, on fire, screaming about the arsonist that no one ever sees, and who has been spreading lies about your alleged mental instability, deceptive personality, etc. Anyways, I especially relate to her midnights becoming afternoons, complex PTSD often leads to this phenomenon, whether due to purposeful sleep deprivation by the abuser, or just hyper vigilance associated with the PTSD, along with the fear of facing people, especially your loved ones, who funny how you say the words domestic violence, abuse, abuse survivor and boom the subject changes. The abuser has no anxieties, no emotional pain, or salience/memory for that matter, so the survivor appears to be the crazy one, obsessed with the abuse and that buzzword that seems to ignite arguments about diagnosing people without a degree, etc. I believe this is another amazingly on point and nuanced commentary on the insanity that follows emotionally abusive relationships. I don't know about y'all, but I know about us and, uh The moment I knew you were the one I could spend my life with

'Cause after we kissed, I could only think about your lips I was in love with you when we were younger, you were mine (my boo)Īnd I see it from time to time, I still feel like (my boo)Īnd I can see it no matter how I try to hide (my boo)Īnd even though there's another man who's in my life I know we haven't seen each other in a while Now another brother's taken over, but it's still in your eyes (my boo)Įven though we used to argue, it's alright (my boo) It started when we were younger, you were mine (my boo) I was the one who said, "Put your lips like this" I was the one who gave you your first kiss I don't know 'bout y'all, but I know about us and, uh See, I don't know 'bout y'all, but I know about us and, uh Oh baby, ooh (yeah, uh, uh, uh) (you gotta rockaway to this one, c'mon) Know that you're that one for me, it's clear for everyone to see You never see it coming 'cause you're blinded from the start There's always that one person that will always have your heart
