T.I. has ambitious plans for "Paperwork" - so grand that I admire his hustle but also so grandiose that I worry if it will all come to fruition. He talks about... Read More...
The 1972 blaxploitation film, Trouble Man was the story of a private detective that simply went by the name of T. He also does what he can to help people in th... Read More...
"Ay take a good look at me - now picture me unhappyNo cash and outta fashion, not flashinPicture me doin bad even if I wasn't rappinPicture me even breathe on ... Read More...
T.I.P., comin' live from the V.I.P.? Well, not quite—this time around T.I.P.'s comin' live from the penitentiary, a fact lost only on his most inattentive of... Read More...
Hip hop is like "The Simpsons": the more you know, the better it is, because you pick up on all the inside jokes being thrown around. A GangStarr record might b... Read More...
Last year, you may have found me starting off my YIR '07 with a rant at how WHACK hip-hop had been - in regards to albums, not singles. When looking back on 200... Read More...