Hip-Hop is one of those rare venues in American life where being white is not the norm. That's not to say there aren't plenty members of the Caucasian persuasi... Read More...
I've always been a sucker for rappers who go by their government names. In a genre that places a premium on larger-than-life personas, opting to be known by th... Read More...
"Yo, this is for everyone whose life is easily partially or fully comprised of conflicts of contradictions. Including me, so aptly named." The most obvious cont... Read More...
For years I would avoid collaboration albums from the Bay Area simply because I had been tricked too many times by false advertisement. I was done with top-bil... Read More...
ART: If you can't, or simply won't bother... just be someone else. Or, "I is another," to quote a boyish writer who's been yanked by lesser 'poets' to give the... Read More...
The cover of Plies new album "Da REAList" was so shiny I almost thought I could hold it up and use it as a mirror for a shave and brushing my teeth. Plies prob... Read More...