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Empire Strikes Back
Continued from page 1
Published on January 27, 2005
Everyone wants to sit on Jay-Z's throne, sip from Snoop's chalice and lord over all they have conquered. They want to build their own empire. Empire has thus far built nothing but paper castles. Together they are stronger than the sum of their parts. The group members have good energy, reasonable talent and uncommon savvy. But how many shows have they actually played? How many hostile crowds have they actually tamed? How many albums have they actually sold?
That's what I thought.
Empire has taken strides to distinguish itself from the other small fish in this small pond. That's step one. But it's going to take a lot more before history remembers Empire's name.
But have patience, fellas. Like the man said, it wasn't built in a day.
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