Two weeks ago, Jay-Z went on Fresh Air with Terry Gross to talk about his new, much-hyped book about his life and music. During the interview, he went into greater detail about the police stop recalled in the second verse of “99 Problems”: GROSS: So, you know, part of that story is that the canine Read More
It’s your birthday. Everything is *perfect*. There are colorful balloons and streamers playing about in the wind, and Memaw came all the way from Bloomington just to pinch your cute widdle cheeks. You’ve got all the trimmings: a magician, cotton candy, one of those big inflatable jumpy bouncy house things, a stripper —everything. And then Read More
I’m wild amped to see this: A Tribe Called Quest was (is?) one of hip-hop’s seminal acts. Midnight Marauders was the first hip-hop album I ever loved, and until they broke up, they were something of a personal musical North Star. I didn’t realize, though, that things had gotten this acrimonious between them.
