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Mike Tyson vs. LL Cool J

Frank Owen, Spin, January 1991

BOTH WEAR the mask of the invulnerable ultra-man. Both are naked aggressive — one physical, one metaphorical. Both are in a business where the competition is ruthless. Neither of them have ever heard of Morrissey.

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