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Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:

* Sofia is old–it dates to before 7th century BC–and there is evidence of its history strewn all about the city. (Courtesy: EZ and Sofia)

* Bulgarians know the last-clap game. (Courtesy: Crowd at a National Opera and Ballet performance)

* The interpretive variety and latitude of ballet performances is vast, the details of which I learn more and more about as I continue to explore. (Courtesy: Joan Acocella’s Dance Notes about Swan Lake in The New Yorker)

* Computer-guided matchmaking dates to at least the 1960s. (Courtesy: Nick Paumgarten’s The New Yorker article Looking for Someone).

Hip Hop In Four Albums

A friend asked me to introduce her to the world of hip hop by sending her some music. I imposed a four to five album limit, primarily because of the amount of time it would take me to gather the music and send it to her but also because I figured too much more and she would have trouble digesting it (even though she is into music).

What four or five albums would you choose, and why? My selections are after the jump.
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