Sam Flores is one of my favorite artists and has held that coveted spot for years upon years.  Anyone who knows me knows that almost everything I can have an avatar or icon for is some sort of Sam Flores painting that I have cropped (and probably don’t do justice ... Continue Reading

Forbes recently released its list of the most well-paid movers and shakers in hip hop in 2009... Here are the top 10.  The full list can be viewed here and includes Common and Andre 3000 (damn, maybe it has something to do with Erykah...?).  It's obvious that building a mogul ... Continue Reading

By now, the whole world is aware that Michael Jackson has passed away - leaving his friends, fans, and family with an extensive discography full of classics.  A product of the 1980s, I can honestly say that Michael Jackson was truly the first artist that I liked myself - without ... Continue Reading

Enough said.  See ya'll in the 09/10 Season... proper.  Sure, I cried a little bit on the inside... but 8th row seats on the hookup for the final game in the Western Conference Finals against the Lakers isn't anything to shake your head at.  Big ups to Nickro. Bonus Game 6 ... Continue Reading

So I'm rolling around in the whip with the iPOD on random, which is a pretty typical  siutuation... That's actually how I hear music most of the time, a random occurrence letting the Apple gods control what flows into my ears.  Along comes 'Triumph' from the Wu LP Wu-Tang Forever, ... Continue Reading

LARD Clothing.   Big ups to the D/LARD for the conversation & multiple shots the other weekend... Dudes are putting in work for their Summer line.  I'm excited, quite frankly... anyone that supports a women's line whole heartedly deserves every ounce of shine I have. Watch out now. Their blog is killer ... Continue Reading

At some point in the late 1980s, rappers transformed from the smooth, Run DMC look into the suave, Cross Colors Fresh Prince steez, and as soon as the West Coast invasion took over ala Dre, Snoop, NWA style, the influx of rappers who delved into the body art genre expanded ... Continue Reading

On a random mission up north last night, I decided my 30-something minute drive wouldn't even remotely be okay unless I had some Lucy Pearl in the deck.  Why?  I don't know.  Scratch that... I do know.  Lucy Pearl was the fucking shit (not to mention the Dilla remixes that ... Continue Reading

Let's face it - you don't have to be pretty to be a rapper.  Since I have claimed the ever so sexy Drake as hip hop's next messiah, I thought a shout out to those emcees who may be less than pretty was well deserved.  My top 10 ugly emcee ... Continue Reading

The Queen was one of the most quintessential role models in my early years.   Being a young doll at the playground, screaming "Who you calling a bitch!? U.N.IIIII.T.Y!" before I really even knew what she was spitting about or the gender issues that she so eloquently addressed.  She transformed herself ... Continue Reading