friends

Friendship never ends, the Spice Girls told us on their breakthrough single, and while they went on indefinite hiatus in 2000, seemingly contradicting that super-positive “girl power” message, they’ve since regrouped a couple of times, most recently for a performance at the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. Technically, these gals weren’t lying. Friendship doesn’t end, but it does take breaks.

It’s a fine line between friend and lover, and here, it takes Fiddy two filthy lines to render the thing invisible. He’s not looking for a buddy to fly kites with in the park. He’s looking to fly his private jet a mile high and do freaky things that’ll get commercial planes diverted.

When the drugs run out, and there’s nothing to distract from the fact you’re not 20 anymore, and you can no longer rage into the wee hours — that’s when you find out who your real friends are. Props to James Murphy for realizing this and writing a killer seven-minute party jam about it.