Q-Tip – “Gettin’ Up” from The Renaissance My guess is that the top contenders for best hip-hop album of 2008 are Kanye West and Q-Tip. I’m inclined to say that Q-Tip’s album is the superior effort, but – then again – I’m a Native Tongues fanboy.
808s & Heartbreak is unsurprisingly easy to love. I say “unsurprisingly” because Kanye West’s weirdness has become an expected pleasure. But I’m getting ahead of myself. This is, after all, another un-review, in which I write about a much-beloved artist who has recently put out an album. Let’s go back. Back to a time when Read More
808s & Heartbreak is unsurprisingly easy to love. I say “unsurprisingly” because Kanye West’s weirdness has become an expected pleasure. But I’m getting ahead of myself. This is, after all, another un-review, in which I write about a much-beloved artist who has recently put out an album. Let’s go back. Back to a time when Read More
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McDonald’s sells 10-pieces now? [Via AB.]
We know. If you’re anything like us, Thanksgivings “back home” are nothing short of surreal. You cross the threshold into your former home and your family, who likely haven’t seen you in six months to a year, either expect you to regale them with stories of your life in the Big City or stories of Read More
Via Politico: Preeta Bansal, a Harvard-educated litigation partner at Skadden, is rumored to be President-elect Obama’s choice for solicitor general. That person argues the government’s position at the Supreme Court (which will still be dominated by conservatives). “It’s making the rounds in New York’s legal circles, absolutely,” says a former colleague of Bansal’s. She was Read More
Just in case your suspicion that racism persists in courtrooms and television news was waning, a TV exec in Fresno makes it explicit. Sitting as a potential juror in Fresno County Superior Court early last week, Hall said he couldn’t be a fair juror in a Hispanic man’s carjacking trial because research by the station’s Read More
The blogging platform we use allows remarks from regular commenters to go up without moderation, but newer commenters’ offerings sit in a queue until they’re approved. Discerning between a comment that should be approved and one that shouldn’t is nowhere near as easy as you’d think. We like differing points of view, and we’d like Read More
