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Unknown - 2008
Unknown - 2002
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A song about mental health, suicide, and anxiety.
A song about mental health, suicide, and anxiety.
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Streaming Music - 2004
Music CD - 1987?
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Music CD - 2012
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Unknown - 2000
Streaming Music - 1971
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There are certain MCs who function more like journalists or ethnologists than entertainers, and Scarface is one of those. Even for him, “I Seen a Man Die”...Show more
There are certain MCs who function more like journalists or ethnologists than entertainers, and Scarface is one of those. Even for him, “I Seen a Man Die” is a pretty deep dive. The third and final verse is especially striking: It’s basically Scarface coaching a young man through the process of dying.
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Streaming Music - 2014
Unknown - 2011
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A brooding gothic folk tune with a funeral dirge brass arrangement that probably should have landed on the Boardwalk Empire soundtrack at some point. This...Show more
A brooding gothic folk tune with a funeral dirge brass arrangement that probably should have landed on the Boardwalk Empire soundtrack at some point. This one really only has a vague narrative, but I believe it. A small-town undertaker singing “all my enemies come back to me” gets me every time.
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In "Poor Bastard," when he springs from his coffin, he announces, “I’m feeling so much better now, I want to thank you all for coming out—though...Show more
In "Poor Bastard," when he springs from his coffin, he announces, “I’m feeling so much better now, I want to thank you all for coming out—though premature, it truly means the world.” It’s a darkly funny tune, but the arrangement is deeply melancholy.
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Unknown - 2009