Exit the Wu Alright, friends, in honor of attending the (alleged) last-ever Wu-Tang show at Madison Square Garden, I thought it appropriate to tell the story of the time I...
Have the Hip Hop BBQ I keep having to explain a principle I arrived at a few years ago when I realized the modern conservative movement is grounded almost entirely in a contrived s...
Set Adrift: Beneath the Surface of P.M. Dawn Today, P.M. Dawn exists as a faded memory for most music fans, if they’re remembered at all. But Attrell Cordes made songs like nothing that came before. Beaut...
The Busta A few months ago, I introduced a blogroll on my site , making me probably the first person in more than half a decade to get excited about a blogroll. But my...
First! Jay Smooth, “ Please stop calling everyone and their mother ‘The First Rapper’ “: U-Roy may be one of rap’s predecessors, and among the influences that lai...
On Vox: The Jay-Z of Blogging As the Jay-Z of blogging, I feel obligated to share this HP commercial featuring the Jay-Z of hip hop. � Read more on Vox...
That's my everyday uniform At last! The Kris Kross website , rediscovered! Thanks for the link, Jay ....
R.I.P. O.D.B. When "The W" came out, I got to see all 9 members of the Wu-Tang Clan on stage at one time. Even that night , I knew we’d never see them all togethe...
Please Don't Hurt Hammer I find it oddly comforting that MC Hammer’s wikipedia page is not only completely updated, but clearly written by a fan who’s only papered the thinnest venee...
jay-z to head up def jam? Well, that raises the bar from “has his own sneaker line” in the rapper-as-mogul sweepstakes: Jay-Z’s in the running for president of Def Jam . 50’s gonna wan...
all hail the queen I’m listening to the (12 years old!) track “Latifah’s Had It Up 2 Here”, and my mind is thoroughly boggled that the interceding years have left the Queen as an...
Crazy In Love I suppose it should just be a music TypeList so I can mention it, but holy crap the hook on Beyonce’s “Crazy In Love” is working. It’s a sample from the Chi-Li...
Hip Hop Hindi? My cousin in California sent me the following email, but I haven’t kept up enough with our local hip hop stations enough to know if we’ve had the same trend on...
hip hop makes you understand fair use I don’t think it’s coincidence that most of the people who don’t understand the drive to protect rights of fair use and to limit the absue of copyright aren’t...
R.I.P., JMJ I wasn’t going to write about it, but I can’t seem to stop thinking about it, so maybe writing it out will get it out of my head… I’m surprised just how affect...
Get rid of these discs It’s funny because it’s true ! This list of One Hundred Albums You Should Remove from Your Collection Immediately only includes 3 or 4 that I have. Overall,...
Russell Simmons, politico It’ll be interesting to watch this develop…. Russell Simmons has been making moves to enter the political arena for years, having hosted Democratic fundraise...
Another thing that I have Another thing that I have observed, and this is a very high compliment, is that Snoop Dogg is the Mick Jagger of hip-hop. I love both those guys, and see them...
I saw Wu-Tang Clan last I saw Wu-Tang Clan last night, and it was predictably entertaining, even though I didn't know every song. But the reason I think it will turn out to be quite m...
Today I learned that the Today I learned that the Gza’s kids are really well-behaved, and that he is really good at chess....
