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What do Willie Nelson and Nas have in common?

Every once in awhile, I get the urge to bump some good ole fashioned country music.  I don't know where this urge comes from.  I didn't grow up listening to country music, and sadly, I've never been to a live country concert (this is something that I gotta work on). But, for whatever reason, there are days when I really enjoy listening to Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Jr., and a bunch of old 1960s-80s country musicians popularly linked to the "outlaw movement." Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson: Two Badass Country Singers Today was one of those days.  Sarah and I came back from seeing 21 Jump Street (which, by the way, is surprisingly funny and raunchy), and I had this urge to hear Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard's classic duet, "Pancho and Lefty."  Wow! What a great song!  One thing I love about Willie Nelson is that his voice evokes such pain and emotion. After listening to "Pancho and Lefty" a num...