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May 2025

Marvels born from artists reaching back into the past
Fake A&R or music dump, you’ll walk away with a playlist either way
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Javaun
Can’t stop I, from drinkin Mai-Tais, wit Ty Ty, down in Nevada, ha ha poppa, word life
Encouraging you to establish traditions/hobbies via my yearly Jay-Z catalogue binge
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Javaun
2
Man, turn that trash music off
Oi, trash to who?
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Javaun
2
If I didn’t smell so good, would you still hug me?
Revisiting a former pastime, good smells I used to collect
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Javaun
Anthony Cruz x AZ
A quick ode to a vocabulary physicist, one of the best to ever hold a microphone
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Javaun
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(Addendum to) Part C: What is Rum? (3/3)
Sometimes, we put our foot in our mouth and misspeak, and that’s okay
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Javaun

April 2025

Barbancourt’s 3 Star/4 Ans (Years)
Easy to get, easy on the palette, (another) easy intro to aged rum
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Javaun
Frederick H. Smith — Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History (Part 2)
African, European, and Asian drinking traditions shaped rum’s profile and consumption-persona – from the get-go right through to today
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Javaun
Hampden’s Rum Fire
This Jamaican unaged, “overproof” rum will put you in your place
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Javaun
2
Frederick H. Smith — Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History (Part 1)
Wild ride through the origin of Caribbean Rum from the 1400s – 1700s (give or take)
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Javaun
Havana Club Añejo Especial Cuban Rum
Easy-on-the-palette introduction to aged rum
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Javaun
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