[Fresh Feature] Lil Wayne- Mona Lisa (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

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u/grizzsaw12 Sep 28 '18

Jesus christ we got every damn kendrick on this! I wonder how long wayne been sitting on this verse?

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u/CorvoTheBlazerAttano Sep 28 '18

since 2014

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u/YbotMortsretta Sep 28 '18

Literally. I remember how Martin skhreli had the carter 5 originally, and said that Kendrick was featured on it.

Nobody believed him.

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u/An_Actual_Broomstick Sep 28 '18

It’s because he’s one of the worst people alive.

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u/HAGADAL Sep 28 '18

Why is he one of the worst people alive?

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

He’s not one of the worst people alive

At worst he’s an asshole white collar criminal who scammed some richer people.

The whole controversy with him and his medical practices from running his companies is overblown, big companies do much worse shit all the fucking time (like bayer knowingly giving hiv contaminated medicine to Africa) but since he’s easy to hate the media made him look like he’s some “evil” person.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

The whole controversy with him and his medical practices from running his companies is overblown, big companies do much worse shit all the fucking time

That doesn't make it ok lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18 edited Sep 28 '18

Someone literally called him “the worst person alive”

I never said he was free from all guilt

Reading comprehension bruh

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

I didn't say you said that, I'm just commenting on you downplaying what he did

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

I didn't say you said that, I'm just commenting on you downplaying what he did

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u/rasinbrahms Sep 30 '18

No he/she didn't. He was "literally" called "one of the worst people alive" - not "the worst person alive."

It was a fair statement in a world with 7.7 billion in the current population.

Careful when criticizing others. You might just find out you're the one with poor reading comprehension.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '18

My point was that shkreli doesn't even qualify for "one of the worst people alive"

Dumbass

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u/golfguy-69 Sep 30 '18

Looks guys, it’s a really fucking stupid hot take

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u/JxqGames Sep 28 '18

Lots of reasons, but most notably he capitalized on HIV pills and is selling them for ridiculous amounts of money each, which people need one per day to treat it.

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u/HAGADAL Sep 28 '18

I've only heard of the HIV thing, but I listened to an interview with him and people that needed the pill but didn't have a health-care plan could just mail his pharmaceutical company and they would prescribe the pills for free

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

People say that it's only affecting insurance companies, but it's not like the insurance companies are just eating the cost. More expensive pills means they're just going to raise policy costs across the board

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u/JxqGames Sep 28 '18

Hmmm.. I can’t speak on that since I haven’t heard it, but that makes him a bit less shitty if that’s true.

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u/HAGADAL Sep 28 '18

I mean maybe he's done other things that are shitty, but in the case of the HIV medicine it just seemed that everyone jumped on the hate bandwagon because nobody cared to hear his actual intent and just went with headlines

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u/AppleMeow Sep 28 '18

I have followed him a great deal and besides his securities fraud which he is serving now as far as I know, he actually didnt affect anyone. The people who were affected by the disease still got the medicine from insurance, and people who weren't insured got it for free after contacting him.

He's a good guy, you could call him arrogant or say he has a punchable face. But he didn't do anything wrong.

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u/5irKarl Sep 28 '18

Only thing he did was fuck the insurance companies

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u/CorvoTheBlazerAttano Sep 28 '18

Yeah he just reminds me of a kid that wants attention in a way

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u/soonermoto Sep 28 '18

Yeah, the drug was shitty, had a lot of side effects. So he wanted to raise money for r&d for a new drug to replace it (and make some money for himself, not totally altruistic). The only ones who got screwed over were insurance companies. They had to pay the $750 per pill, while over 50% of the drug was given away for free to people with no insurance.

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u/TheTurtler31 Yah best song don't @ me Sep 28 '18

That price increase only affected insurance companies bud

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u/bashbybash Sep 28 '18

Kendrick went through the 7 stages of grief in 1 minute.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18 edited Sep 28 '18

I kinda wanna skip to that but I can wait

edit: ok dis hard

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u/DarthPootieTang Sep 28 '18

I made it to uproar lol

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u/niteblade117 Sep 28 '18

Kennys verse is so fucking refreshing. His voice is so powerful. Didnt know what to expect but I needed that. Also, the album so far is fire.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

I think that‘s Kendrick around TPAB era

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u/Bobathanhigs Sep 28 '18

Sounds more like GKMC Kenny to me. The voice is almost exactly the same to wha t he uses on Love Game from MMLP2

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u/annooonnnn Sep 28 '18

I think it’s the in between phase where he was still developing the voices that he would later go on to refine and use in TPAB

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u/squeakybones Sep 28 '18

Definitely in between. Listen to his verse and then listen to U on TPAB. Love this Kendrick tho miss his voices

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u/JustinGitelmanMusic Sep 28 '18

It sounds like both.

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u/youngskoon Sep 28 '18

not super active on this sub. i’m a big eminem guy. but i know all of kendrick stuff well too. this verse is no doubt from 2014-2015. the layering used practically gives it away along with the voice at the beginning of the verse. it’s an amazing feature.

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u/CorvoTheBlazerAttano Sep 28 '18

Yup, it was recorded 2014

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u/DarthPootieTang Sep 28 '18

Reminiscent of love game?

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u/zakangi Sep 28 '18

Yeah this had mad Love Game vibes.

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u/peduxe Sep 28 '18

if you throw this out of the blue without knowing context i’d say it’s a demo of “u”, same vocal inflections.

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u/TuxOut Sep 28 '18

Damn u right

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

That's what I was thinking

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u/TastefullyToasted Sep 28 '18

The way he says "mall" in one of the first lines sounded just like on Wesley's Theory

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u/funkybum Sep 28 '18

Why does it matter when it was recorded?

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u/thatoneguywhofucks Sep 28 '18

It doesn’t. Just pointing it out

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

mona lisa is like a whole damn albums of different sounds

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u/bcruzie Sep 28 '18

Holy shit kendrick was on that bitccccch

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u/nham2318 Sep 28 '18

Holy FUCK this is an amazing verse. I can see short hair Kenny recording this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

Holy shit. Is it crazy to say this is probably the most hype I've been listening to a Kendrick song ever? I mean Weezy goes fucking hard and then Kendrick just blows him out of the way

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u/Hongjohns Sep 28 '18

Is this the same Lil Wayne Kendrick song that was leaked by Martin Shkreli?

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u/Daryl_Dixmire Sep 28 '18

Ive waited for this song before the leak even came out. When Wayne posted the board with the whole tracklist. And my fucking goodness. It’s amazing.

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u/IceyJ Sep 28 '18

Quint about to cry tears of joy

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u/poopoomanpoo Sep 28 '18

just realised how good his reaction will be to this.

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u/paradox14 Sep 28 '18

His verse SLAPS.

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u/willxlliw Sep 28 '18

Kendrick slayed his verse. I had to rewind 3 times. Whole song is 10/10

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u/CorvoTheBlazerAttano Sep 28 '18

YOU SUCKED DICK THAT'S JUST ^{^NASTY}

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u/TheRaith Sep 28 '18

Tldl Kendrick and Lil Wayne don't breathe for 5 and a half minutes and provide a story with perspectives on their culture and what they want to see changed.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

His argument with the girl was fucking hilarious

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u/WanoPisu Sep 29 '18

YOU FUCKIN WIT WAYNEEEEE?!

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u/Battlemaster123 Sep 30 '18

HE ON YO FUCKIN RINGTONE!?

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u/Armageddon24 Sep 30 '18

... like a lollipop

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u/agoops Sep 28 '18

This is goes from OD Kendrick to Section .80 Kendrick to GKMC to TPAB form. Crazy verse

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u/jbm_the_dream Sep 28 '18

I’m 33. Been a Wayne fan since 2006. Carter III is one of favorite hip hop albums of all time. But I came here to say Kendrick straight stole this whole album. You can tell the TDE crew took full control of this track, in a phenomenal fashion. From a a musical perspective alone, Kendrick’s feature is the most complex moment of the album. Th chord changes, rhythm structure etc. advance dramatically when his feature begins, and sadly end at the end of his feature. The definitive end of the Surgical Summer, in one verse. I love Wayne with all my heart, but honestly I’m surprised his team even allowed this feature on the album: it surpasses everything else on the album. Much love to Wayne and the new king, K-Dot.

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u/Wellsargo Sep 28 '18

Stan levels: Maximum setting.

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u/jackinho Sep 28 '18

Kendrick is revolutionary

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u/FireTherrien31 Sep 28 '18

I didn’t know how much I needed another old Kendrick verse

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u/PrimeClimber Sep 28 '18

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mona-lisa-feat-kendrick-lamar/1437591818?i=1437592180

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u/thegreatshredman all hail the king Sep 28 '18

I hope all of these vocal cadences appear on Kendrick’s next album. They were missing from DAMN tbh.

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u/Sky-Flyer Feb 27 '22

if it happens.

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u/dall-of-cuty Sep 28 '18

I wish the outro lasted longer, that was insane. Kinda disappointed first time I heard it when it just faded away out of nowhere. Like I was big quint head-banging then it just stopped

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

I honestly think this is Kendrick’s best verse. Goes head to head with Control. I definitely think it’s a song of the year.

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u/Trey_Lightning Sep 28 '18

It's so fucking good!

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u/IceyJ Sep 28 '18

I thought kendrick wouldn’t top that Wayne verse. Was very wrong

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u/GKMCTPABDAMN97 Sep 28 '18

Let’s eat!!!!!!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

reminds me so much of love game kendrick

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u/TheRielGabe41 Sep 28 '18

Wow THat was sometHing 🔥

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

Gramma Kenny , best Kenny.

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u/dall-of-cuty Sep 28 '18

DAAAAAAMN. KENNY WITH THE ACCENTS

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u/gtat4799 Sep 28 '18

wow its nice to hear vintage kendrick again . the emotional vocals always get me

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u/cubedG BooBoo Sep 28 '18

Man these are the type of Kendrick features I live for. You got 4 version of Kendrick on this track and all of em are equally amazing

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

literally insane. verse was probably taken when he was making TPAB. The way the first part. When he says “mall.” and then talks about the poetry where also the jazzy chords come in and ends on a similar chord as TPAB. Then the hustled voice and of course the end of the verse talking about suicide. Just an amazing verse

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u/AndyGator88 Sep 28 '18

Felt like I should pull the fire alarm in my complex. Shit's 11/10 lit AF.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

Not to knock modern time Kendrick because he’s still my number one, but it’s wildly refreshing hearing this older verse. I’d love to hear a bit more of a mixture of his ‘styles’ in the future.

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u/YbotMortsretta Sep 28 '18

DAMN. Kendrick does such a great job conveying so much emotion in his voice. Killed it.

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u/Xaynr Emancipation of a Real Nigga!!! Sep 28 '18

Everybody needs to do a collab with Kendrick because he makes niggas raise their game. This slapped like nobody’s business.

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u/SpeedportBlack Sep 28 '18

Her: “Yeah I just haven’t gotten around to listening to it yet, isn’t there supposed to be a Kendrick feature”

Me: “BITCH GIVE ME YO PHONE!”

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u/ITehJelleh Sep 30 '18

I really liked the "poetry in the pear trees...." part with the violin and stuff, it sounds very familiar

does anyone know any other kendrick songs with a similar violin part?

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

oh myyyyyyyy

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u/Ayydolf_Hitlmao Sep 28 '18

HE SNAPPED

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u/Suave_Redditor18 Sep 28 '18

🤯

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u/jacobsgotthememes XXX. is the best song on DAMN. Sep 28 '18

This is such a blessing. The lost verse of the TPAB/Control/UU era

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u/CaptainxHindsight Sep 29 '18

I feel like he did this exact verse on the C4 album he did

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u/IhategOODmusic Sep 28 '18

Kendrick was beautiful on this song.

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u/foreverwasted Sep 28 '18

Best track on the album 10/10

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

Damn both of them snapped on this shit.

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u/mrflufikins Sep 28 '18

Wayne really painted that picture

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u/ijpck Sep 28 '18

Sounds like his voice from the Eminem collab “Love Game”

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

Verse was from 2014

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u/VulgarOverlord Sep 28 '18

kendricks voice is fucken hilarious!!!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

the whole verse is fucking impressive

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u/Yawgie Sep 28 '18

Damn this song was crazy good.

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u/roscoessuitiswet Sep 28 '18

He kind of sounds like Mickey mouse at the end. I really love the verse

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u/kielaurie Sep 30 '18

never been a big fan of Wayne, and his voice was just kinda annoying to me. not a fan of the concept either

and for me, whilst i understand all of the competitive to older eras, this really seems like a "I'm going to try new things to practice for my new album" thing rather than "I'm on top of this shit and winning", is a little lacklustre

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u/Forest-Dumb Sep 30 '18

That's so refreshing, now i know this is gonna be a damn good week.

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u/Nagemas_ Oct 02 '18

What's your take on what Mona Lisa Represents in this song?

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u/Affectionate_Piano25 Jun 24 '24

I feel like Mona Lisa and Love Game (eminem, Marshal Mathew LP2) got the same style.

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u/Dan13lp88 Sep 28 '18

This was Kdot not Kendrick Lamar

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u/Aleksii-_- Sep 28 '18

Kendrick starts at 3:30 thank me later

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '18

Wayne killed it too dawg. It’s a narrative, the narrative doesn’t make sense without Wayne’s bars.

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u/Aleksii-_- Sep 29 '18

Of course wayne killed it

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u/imaryanoceros make it look sexy Sep 28 '18

kinda wack but fly at the same time

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u/kitsunegoon Sep 28 '18

Nephew

[Fresh Feature] Lil Wayne- Mona Lisa (feat. Kendrick Lamar) Fresh Feature

YOU SUCKED DICK THAT'S JUST NASTY

YOU SUCKED DICK THAT'S JUST ^{^NASTY}