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Truth is, I don't know nothin' bout nuthin' when it comes to where Lord Infamous came from, and really don't do him enough honour here as a an imaginative storyteller constructing horror as a means to express whatever compelled his dark side, as well as anyone else in Memphis. Why it would seem easier to suggest where that could come from to the likes of Three Six Mafia but not have the same thought regarding Freestyle Fellowship, who's batshit crazy song "Way Cool" is legitimately unnerving, may all come down to how each group sold itself in the first place-but still doesn't defend me from falling into the type of trap that makes me equate grittiness with some sort of social reality. Would I do the same in discussing Death Metal bands like Obituary? Truth is they both were tapping the same well, a love of horror movies. So, forgive my ignorance, dear readers, it was a fool's mistake, the kind made when someone thinks they're smarter than they really are.

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