Common, Eminem, 88 Keys, Q-Tip, Jazzanova. I have gotten my hands on music from the likes of the aforementioned artists recently and have blissfully reorganized my playlist, titled Random Dope. …
Elzhi’s album dropped this past Tuesday and I enjoy that fella’s flow immensely. Just couldn’t cop it. However, I was able to, in its absence, get my hands on Saul Williams’ The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust for the low low price of a utilized gift certificate. …
Well, party people, I’m getting old. A few weekends ago I found myself writhing in pain due to an inflamed knee that I had aggravated while playing basketball. And it’s been a tough few months for me—I’ve found myself being angry, sad and frustrated and the only thing that seems to move me [...]
Foggy, face-suctioning goggles and snorkel tube: check.
Skin-suffocating wet suit on inside out: check.
Pair of rubber flippers (one size 10 and one size 13): check.
Highly anticipated Thirsty Fish album: check.
OK. Now I’m ready to plunge backwards overboard into the saturated lyricism of DumbFounDead, Psychosiz, and Open Mike Eagle—otherwise known as Thirsty Fish—on their latest album, [...]
At work, my iTunes playlist labeled “Random Dopeness” plays tracks from Radiohead, Alicia Keys, Jean Grae and more recently Ghostface and Lupe Fiasco, as I work on my company’s upcoming conferences. In my car, should I feel the need to take a break from Little Brother to hear what hot topics Chicago’s radio DJs [...]
I believe it is Hurricane Chris that has a single gracing our airwaves where he desperately requests for someone to give him the Clap…*shrug*…and somewhere in the song he actually utters the lyrics, “Row row row your boat gently down the stream.” Afterward, he goes on to state something about people in the club [...]
I hate music award shows—ALL OF THEM. Performances usually consist of people who get ridiculous amounts of undeserved airplay already, not to mention the fact that there is an award show every two months for one reason or another. Even so, it’s always the same people performing. How many times have you [...]
Yes. Like a slightly irregular boomerang or a new-release Blockbuster video rental, I have finally returned. Perhaps I was longed for by the masses. Perhaps there was so much distraction due to the controversy concerning the albums of Kanye West and 50 Cent, the VMAs, the start of the NFL season without [...]
I am currently reading a novel by Jonathan Lethem called The Fortress of Solitude. The last part of chapter ten is an exquisitely vivid description of a block party where the best local DJ is going to perform a showcase of scratch talent on the hottest day of the summer. Two other local [...]
I’ve been quite self-reflective as of late. I’ve literally been driving in my car without the radio on. I just daydream my way to my destination. It is peaceful at times, but I just enjoy the sound of, oh I don’t know, a Kanye track with Common lacing it wonderfully. Which [...]