A couple of weeks ago Minnesota McGuyver got in my @ss for saying that one of the major distinctions between street dudes and academic/artist dudes is that street dudes are far more likely to be transparent w/ their emotions. (They are also more likely to call you @ 3am talkin’ ’bout can you stash me [...]

The record industry is notorious for operating under quasi legal auspices.
Cannon and Drama need to do two things. Get Gotti’s attorney. If I recall, Gotty had a RICO charge.
Once they get his atty, he/she needs get down the Georgia attorney general and see about putting the record labels on the defensive by requesting an investigation [...]

My girl s.bot put me on to the new Amy Winehouse on Friday. Right now I am trying to get my hands on a copy of Frank, her last sh*t. Please believe I listened to Back to Black ALL weekend.
Damn near 72 hours straight blog fam.
S.bot said that I like “that [...]

Last night, inbetween watching the Saints and sippin some Stella’s, me and my folks West got into the Obama fight.
This fool started calling Obama RFK. Being Catholic AIN’T like Being Black fam.
First of all, his name sound like Osama.
Secondly, charisma & “vision” does not make a president. While it is refreshing.
Thirdly, Middle America is [...]

Last Friday, I was in Whole Foods in Union Square, my Happy Place, w/ S.bot.
I saw this cat go down the stairs w/ a SB RIP hoodie.
I grabbed my camera and raced down the stairs, no jacket, no nothing, to catch this cat and take a flick.
I caught up w/ him outside on 14th street.
I [...]

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There is nothing like waking up and arguing over who is the better emcee.
Trite as the debate sounds, passion is hot, ock.
I spent the weekend in Minnesota and got put on, by my folks JT. His theory is that Jay only went [...]

I have been back from the town for a couple a weeks and I realized that I have not done my typical bay area/town recap.
I was in San Jose w/ my auntie and I came across these hood @ss, ^^^, Mac Dre T-Shirts.
Then there was also the typical hood [...]

The latest installment in White Man/Lady saves the day flicks has arrived to theaters. I have long had a proll’em w/ this genre for obvious reasons, the main one being the fact that hood ‘kids allways gotta get bailed out of their horrible lives by some negro loving white teacher. The kids in the [...]

I have some homies that think that if you work hard enough you can achieve anything. I agree.
However, I also know that having a Montessori Elementary education gives a student an unparalled advantage in our modern world.
I often think about what it means to be a model minority who is interested in education. I [...]

Hip Hop is Dead. But Rap is Alive. By now we have all marinated on the new Nasir.
My favorite song is the new single Can’t Forget About You.
When I first heard it, I gasped and said, this fool done mixed the Boom Bap w/ Nat King Cole. This album is Nas’s [...]