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“Don’t try to claim things I haven’t earned honest, man, Slick Rick and Outkast is on this jam.”

Yeah, dude got a little weird, but he’s still a founding father. Plus, no one tells a story like he does, which is why Slick Rick’s 24 track “The Art of Story Telling” seems so appropriately titled I guess. Track number three; Street Talkin’ features ATL natives Outkast and…YUP it’s beyond dope. As of late Slick Rick has been busy having his attempted murder charges pardoned and avoiding Department of Homeland Security who has been trying to deport him to his place of birth, the UK, for quite a while now…can’t catch him though. Dude’s too slick.

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Hamburg-based photographer Patrick Runte recreates scenes from old school videos games in his Oskar Schlemmer-inspired Jump ‘n’ Run series. Pacman, Space Invaders, Pong, and more are all composed in real life situations where Runte has set up  depictions of the video games. This is what Runte has to say about his real world counterparts he created: “The work is inspired by Oskar Schlemmer and his idea of the ‘Triadic Ballett’ and the term ‘Streetplay’”, Runte explains. “I wanted to compile old video games, which are based on simple geometric forms and make them able to be experienced / felt by the human body.”

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