R Kelly Jay Z Unfinished Business Rar
Vilma Steiert
Most of the album's beats are reworkings of Best of Both Worlds tracks, and they sound oddly dated. Like Both Worlds, the entire album was produced by the Trackmasters, a Neptunes-lite duo who peaked around 2001 and who haven't been finding a lot of work since. Their sound-- flanged acoustic guitars, jazz-funk piano plinks, rippling clicks-- is so clean you could eat off it. It's the sound of richer, happier times. Sometimes it's effective; they deploy burbling synthesized flamenco guitars on "Mo' Money" and a bazonkers gospel choir on "Don't Let Me Die" to great effect. But they also deliver "Feelin' You in Stereo" and "Break Up (That's All We Do)", some weak-ass bourgie mid-90s slow jam shit. And in 2004, Jay-Z has no business rapping on a track that could've been a City High remix three years ago.
"I am flattered by the interest of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' organization. I enjoyed meeting with the Glazer family and general manager Mark Dominik but after numerous discussions, I concluded that I have some unfinished business to complete at the University of Oregon," Kelly said in a statement released by the school.
From the monumental disaster that was the Unfinished Business Tour comes this 2004 shirt. Great front graphic with a solid back hit. Anvil Double tagged XL with one small hole by underarm. Business should have been left unfinished.
The past 21 months have been anything but ordinary as the dark menace of COVID-19 that descended in March 2020 has claimed lives of nearly 7,000, seriously sickened 16,800 and infected more than half a million Kansans. The pandemic exposed rifts between Kansans who eagerly rolled up a sleeve to receive vaccinations and those adamantly opposed to government prescribed shots. It created political division and litigation on wearing masks, closure of businesses, social distancing, mass gatherings and use of billions in federal relief dollars funneled to Kansas.
Kelly said she concentrated on realistic state budgeting that left a cushion for the unexpected and on sustaining financial support of public schools. She supported implementation of a new long-term highway and infrastructure program, and worked to make good on highway plans defunded during the administration of Gov. Sam Brownback. She sought businesses development and pressed for job growth in rural areas of the state.
The luncheon event featured remarks from CED Early Childhood Subcommittee Chair James "Jim" E. Rohr, Chairman and CEO of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., CED Trustee Carl Camden, President and CEO of Kelly Services, Inc., and Charles Kolb, President of CED; and a panel of business leaders and experts, including Rob Dugger, Chairman of the ReadyNation Advisory Board & Managing Partner, Hanover Investment Group LLC, Lisa Klein, Executive Director, Birth to Five Policy Alliance among others.
This event is cosponsored by ReadyNation. ReadyNation, a project of America's Promise Alliance, is a business partnership for early childhood and economic success. Its mission is to amplify the voice of business leaders in support of early childhood policies and programs that strengthen our economy and workforce (www.ReadyNation.org).
But Oregon has its sights beyond the Pac-12 title. While the Trojans rattled their saber the Ducks quietly went about the business of finding a quarterback to replace the departed Darron Thomas. Marcus Mariota has made the transition seamlessly.