If a song is essentially an audible story, then “Spike Lee Was My Hero” is a story within a story within a story. Clearly, I’m not doing a great job…keep reading →
“Ms Fat Booty” is a modern twist on the old school sexist party jam. The story starts of as usual: meeting a beautiful women in the club, etc, etc. However,…keep reading →
Every superstar started somewhere, no one becomes successful overnight, even in the fly-by-night world of mainstream hip hop. The MCs that dominate the conversations of today were newjacks at some…keep reading →
Talib Kweli knows how to socialize. He is all over social media sites like Twitter, interacting daily with his fan base, updating the masses on upcoming shows, getting into it…keep reading →
Exile is a robust white man in his 30s from Italian descent, whose grandfather played polka and in Mariachi bands decades ago in Echo Park. This man is also responsible…keep reading →
Most often, hip-hop covers bring to mind images of indie bands rapping something that could be found on one of those Now Thats What I Call Music compilations, with their…keep reading →
In May, we lost a musical and cultural luminary. Greg Tate already eulogized Gil Scott-Heron publicly better than anyone, or at least I, could. It suffices to say that Gil…keep reading →
A few years ago, Lupe Fiasco seemed destined to be rap’s next superstar. His first two albums, 2006’s Food & Liquor and 2007’s The Cool, were successes among pop radio…keep reading →
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