I originally posted this on the site a few months ago when the Queen of Soul passed, but I did some house cleaning on the blog and had to re-post it. Please excuse any dated references. R.I.P. Aretha Franklin. A few weeks ago I wrote that Tariq Trotter (a.k.a. Black Thought) is the GOAT MC. […]
I originally posted this on the site a few months ago, but I did some house cleaning on the blog and had to re-post it. Please excuse any dated references. My buddy Tyson texted me the other day and we were going back and forth about our favorite TV shows. I talked about how my […]
I originally posted this on the site five months ago, but I did some house cleaning on the blog and had to re-post it. Please excuse any dated references. My buddy Tyson texted me last weekend and suggested I tell the story of how we used to find hip hop music when we were in […]
I originally posted this on the site six months ago, but I did some house cleaning on the blog and had to re-post it. Please excuse any dated references. My buddy Tyson texted me the other day with a question: What’s your most underrated album of all-time? Damn good question, Ty. Worthy of another ICYMI […]
I originally posted this on the site six months ago, but I did some house cleaning on the blog and had to re-post it. Please excuse any dated references. My buddy Tyson just texted me a few weeks ago to tell me that Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back […]
Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice” is far from my favorite, yet somehow no song captures the fun times I had in the 90’s quite like it. Every time Snoop utters the phrase, “With so much drama in the LBC…” I’m immediately taken on a trip down memory lane. I’m on Third Street in the MQT […]
With three of Prince’s albums from the mid-2000’s getting a vinyl reissue in February the time is ideal for me to compose my long-overdue love letter to Prince’s most underrated work: 3121. Allow me to meander a bit first with a story to lend some perspective. I first heard Prince when I was six years old. […]
