The dedication is the whole key here. On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the San Diego Padres, only the fourth in franchise history. In 1984 he told a reporter he had pitched that game under the influence of LSD, an account he maintained until his death in 2008, and one that skeptics still question. The cap and ball from that afternoon sit in the Hall of Fame. That context also unlocks the second track, since Ellis wore number 17 in Pittsburgh, making "17th Pirate" a deliberate choice rather than a stray figure. Six tracks spread across five producers: Murda Megz, Slvrbck Lauren, Shade Cobain, FreakShow and Van Gunz, with M.R. Senti and Crotona P stepping in on "Shit Hole". It's a concept built on the exact contradiction Ellis embodied, chaos and precision arriving in the same motion.
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