Crucial Track for September 2, 2025

"One of Hardest" by Saafir

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Share a song that tells a great story.

For some reason, the first one that popped up to me was Saafir's "One of the Hardest," specifically the third verse starting at 2:40 where he tells the story of surviving the plane crash of TWA 843 in 1992. He jumped from the plane onto the inflatable slide before it had fully inflated, resulting in a spinal injury that eventually led to a cancerous tumor. It's an intense verse over a relatively light beat.

Saafir passed away last year at 54.