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R.I.P. Biggie!

17 yr. old Biggie on Fulton St. in NY, via Talib Kweli via twitter.

Lyricism and Capitalism.

Random Midday Hotness: Climax.

Day 4 – and probably the final day – of J Dilla Appreciation Week.

Word to Slum Village, Dilla’s former group and a criminally slept-on hip-hop collective based out of Detroit:

It’s hard to put into words my appreciation for the music of Slum Village, particularly Dilla. I don’t want this post or this series to come [...]

Random Midday Hotness: Stakes is High.

Day 2 of J Dilla Appreciation Week. And Posdnuos murders his third verse:

Yo, it’s about love for cars, love for funds
Loving to love mad sex, loving to love guns
Love for opposite, love for fame and wealth
Love for the fact of no longer loving yourself …

Enjoy the rest:

A few years ago Kelley L. Carter, formerly of [...]

Ice Cube: Your Favorite Black Panther's Favorite Rapper.

First, I should shout-out the dude on Urban Dictionary who already said this better than I can:

One of the greatest Mc’s of all time. I dont know what you fuckers are talkin about. You think you’re funny with your little acting jokes, but the truth is, if his acting were half as good as his [...]

Random Midday Hotness: Grindin' feat. Black Thought.

I’m getting tired of saying it, man.

Thought @ work!

Random Midday Hotness: 'History'.

Where Is Hip Hop?

Culture blogger extraordinaire Alyssa Rosenberg was recently on Bloggingheads with Matt Yglesias (the Grape Drink/Juicebox Alliance continues apace) talking pop and hip hop.

Matt and Alyssa’s conversation touched on the dominance of hip hop in mainstream pop music — it seems like you can’t have a pop song these days that doesn’t have a [...]

Andre This Is Andre/Y'all Is Just Gon' Have to Make Amends.

Alyssa on  3000:

I continually struggle to describe what I think makes flow near-perfect, but when I think about how herky-jerky Lil’ Wayne’s delivery would be on this, it makes me cringe.  Eminem probably does the delivery of echoy lines a bit better than Andre, but Andre’s up there.  I’m so absurdly envious of that skill [...]

Your Monday Random-Ass Roundup: The One Where We Don't Talk About Tiger Woods.

Happy Monday, everyone! I’m here to take care of you all this week, since Blackink is on his way down to Louisiana. And speaking of Louisiana, here’s James Perry, NOLA mayoral candidate, in a recent campaign ad.

It seems things are a little different down south.

And by the way, if you’re looking for links to thoughtful [...]

Random Midday Hotness: Spit Hot Fire.

I was listening to an interview recently with Kweli, and he was asked who was the best MC currently doing it. Without hesitation, he said Thought. Now, obviously, I’m incredibly biased. But he ain’t lyin’.

Random Midday Hotness: Back Again.

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Like I was saying to my homie blackink12 not long ago, Talib Kweli has really come along way from the days when he would try to cram way too many syllables into a bar. He’s always been nice, but he’s much easier on the ears now as his flow has gotten more economical. [...]

More on Roxanne Shanté.

With all due respect to Jeff Chang and Wayne Marshall, their argument about the impure motives of Ben Scheffer, the journalist-cum-attorney who wrote that Slate piece exposing the Roxanne Shanté  thing as a sham, is kind of a reach.

But what of her education? Sheffner makes a big point of alleging Shante did not receive her [...]

Random Midday Hotness: Swine Flu Infections? Homie, We Off That.

Dr. Jerome Clark, the medical director for the Long Island Railroad, spits 16 on preventing H1N1 infection.

Random Midday Hotness: The Jay-Z Ouevre.