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Deric Hollings
2 days ago5 min read
All the Years
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 2024, lyricist Joell Ortiz and production team The Heatmakerz released the album W.A.R. (With All Respect) . The...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 810 min read
Life-Downing
[ DISCLAIMER ] The current blog entry is intended to serve as a threequel to recent blogposts entitled Self-Downing and Other-Downing...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 59 min read
A Question of How
[ DISCLAIMER ] When attending military police (MP) training at Fort McClellan, Alabama (AL) in 1997, a high school friend of mine who...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 2, 20247 min read
Go with the Flow
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Although the above-featured image was generated using artificial intelligence, the scene reminds me...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 11, 20245 min read
Goin' Thru a Thang
[DISCLAIMER] A month after I graduated high school and had no idea what I’d do with my life, rap group The Dayton Family released an...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 8, 20244 min read
Building Sandcastles
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In elementary school, I looked through the pages of an encyclopedia collection and came upon an image...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 27, 20246 min read
Genocide
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I recall being in high school when hip hop collective Bloods & Crips released the album Bangin on...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 11, 20244 min read
It's In the Past
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, The Walt Disney Company, fair use One of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) films I most treasure is The Lion...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 5, 20247 min read
U Don't Know Me
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Of all electronic dance music (EDM), I’m most fond of the house genre. Unlike many trance or...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 22, 20234 min read
Right Here, Right Now
[DISCLAIMER] On his 1998 album You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, electronic dance music (EDM) artist Fatboy Slim released a song called...
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Deric Hollings
Sep 19, 202310 min read
Unconditional Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] DT The most influential person in my lifetime was my late stepmom, “DT.” Although we disagreed on the timeline, I was...
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Deric Hollings
Sep 14, 20239 min read
War is Coming
[DISCLAIMER] In the opening scene of The Fifth Element (1997), a member of an alien race that is friendly to humans, known as the...
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Deric Hollings
Sep 13, 20237 min read
Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] On their 2018 album entitled Delivery, French producers Zoom & Rectape featured the vocals of Dominique Larue for the song...
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Deric Hollings
Jul 3, 20237 min read
Tunnel Vision
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Kodak Black On his 2017 album Painting Pictures, rapper Kodak Black featured a song entitled “Tunnel...
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Deric Hollings
May 3, 202319 min read
Want vs. Need
[ DISCLAIMER ] ** Unique disclaimer : If you desire a short post—the kind of TikTok-esque content that delivers unhelpful advice which...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 27, 20239 min read
Crossroads
[DISCLAIMER] Tha Crossroads During the year I graduated from high school, hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (“Bone”) released their...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 25, 20238 min read
Good, Better, Best
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In adolescence, I was given a book of quotes and enjoyed one catchy citation in particular. Though...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 8, 202312 min read
2-Nice
[DISCLAIMER] (My high school friend, “1/2 Ton,” with me in the late ‘90s, as “2 Nice” was stenciled on my jacket) Shame attacking When...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 3, 20235 min read
Kermy-Kerm
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use When I was young, I enjoyed watching The Muppet Show, as my favorite Muppet was Kermit the Frog. Now...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 11, 20238 min read
Unconditional Life-Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] Horseshoes In my youth, I enjoyed playing the game of horseshoes. This lawn contest was usually played by two people, or...
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