“Rapper’s Delight” turned this future high school band geek into a superstar for the month of October 1979. My boy Aantar became my agent that week, scheduling performances of the song in exchange for snacks or hand-holding with girls in gym class. The next night, I was prepared, with a prehistoric tape recorder in hand and a black-and-white composition notebook. ![]() I said a hip, hop, the hippy to the hippy/To the hip hip hop, you don’t stop. . . . Me and my sister, Donn, were sneaking a listen of the local soul station while washing dishes when an army of percussion and a syncopated Latin piano line came out of my grandma’s JVC clock radio – what appeared to be Chic’s “Good Times.” How was I to know that my world would come crashing down in a matter of 5, 4, 3, 2 . . . on a Thursday, after a dinner of porgies, string beans and creamed corn. I was eight years old when “Rapper’s Delight” made its world premiere on Philadelphia radio. Click to read the full list of voters.Īn Introduction by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson You better believe that if I do form that marvelous band, Angry Rectum, there will be songs about it.Looking for the full list of the 100 greatest hip-hop songs of all time? Check it out right here.Įditor’s note: To make this list, Rolling Stone asked 33 artists and experts – from Rick Rubin to Busta Rhymes – to choose their favorite hip-hop tracks, then crunched the numbers. However, out of everything pregnancy so lovingly provided, hemorrhoids were the absolute worst. I had nausea for 20 weeks, vomited my entire pregnancy, and was in labor for 29 hours. You know what feels awesome? Pushing out a baby over a surgical site. Unfortunately, that didn't fix it, and I found myself in general surgery again three days later. Within 24 hours, I was in urgent care getting the things surgically excised (that's about as fun as it sounds). By the next day, the biggest one was dark purple and the size of a newborn's fist. On my final day of work before maternity leave, I felt a familiar, unwelcome itching in the backdoor of my nether regions. ![]() I thought that was bad, but I had no idea of the fresh hell that was awaiting me two years later. I had my first bout right after I moved home from living abroad and started a new job. ![]() If you've had hemorrhoids before, you're more likely to get them during pregnancy, too. (Angry Rectum, by the way, would be a wonderful band name, in case you're looking.) Think about it: there's pressure from your growing uterus, increased blood flow to the area, and constipation (also typical when you're expecting). A case of the "hemmies" is quite common during pregnancy, especially during the third trimester. They're also called piles, because apparently we needed a heaping side of heinous mental images in order to completely understand the situation. You're welcome.įor the blessedly uninformed, hemorrhoids are swollen and inflamed veins in the rectum or anus that can cause discomfort, pain, itching, and bleeding. I'm here to tell you all the things no one tells you about pregnancy hemorrhoids. ![]() Fortunately for you (arguably), I'm not most people. (Dramatic? Me?) Maybe it's because most people are too prim and proper to talk about buttholes. One thing you won't hear about? Hemorrhoids, also known as a Pain Worse Than Death. You'll be reassured that it's OK to be scared about labor and delivery because everything will be fine. When you're pregnant, you'll hear plenty about the common discomforts of pregnancy like nausea, fatigue, and heartburn.
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