The album is almost ruined by some muzak-style noddling for strings and keyboards.

The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.

I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigel?

While marijuana was still legal in New York, businessmen wanted to package Mezz [Mezzrow]'s muggle and turn it into a high-powered criminal enterprise. While tempted, Mezz rejected those efforts, as well.