Someone or some higher is putting these songs in my life for a reason. I’m convinced. Last night, new Goodie Mob hit the scene in which every member decided to rap; Cee-Lo included. Read the rest of this entry »

Beware’s exceptional piece chronicling a sample of his favorite motivational songs was actually my motivation for penning this. That and the new Killer Mike album. A Tribe Called Quest, Faith Evans and Raphael Saadiq’s “Stressed Out” has always been a record I’ve revisited over the years when musical therapy was needed. Read the rest of this entry »

“Boy your money and my money ain’t the same damn kind
I can live your life and my life at the same damn time
See my riding out money that’s yo’ “buy yo’ house” money
I got that “I can build a mall right by your house” money Read the rest of this entry »

Upon hearing D.C. legend Chuck Brown was battling pneumonia two weeks ago, the thought of the “Godfather of Go-Go” not making it was always in the back of my mind. Today, probably the biggest icon D.C. has ever known – music-wise, at least – passed away at the age of 75. Read the rest of this entry »

Loud packs. Strip clubs. Liquor, liquor and more liquor. Travis Porter isn’t exactly rocket science to figure out and such is the exact reason those three amigos are just fine in my book. Read the rest of this entry »

For all the flack the “worldwide leader in sports” catches for a variety of reasons, by far one of the best initiatives ESPN has ever taken on has been their award winning, magnificently produced 30 For 30 documentary series. And in an announcement today, expect for the project to be extended well into 2014 returning this fall. Read the rest of this entry »

Jazmine Sullivan has plenty of songs in her catalog more than capable of planting the fear of God in any man. Busting windows out of cars is deranged or giving her worse-half 10 seconds to explain himself with a bomb strapped to his chest is two miles beyond crazy. That being said, “In Love With Another Man” may be the most gut wrenching of them all. Read the rest of this entry »

May 14 is a national holiday, or at least it should be.

Ten years ago today, Cam’ron laid forth to this great country a modern day masterpiece, otherwise known as Come Home With Me. The album marked the biggest turning point in Cam’s career and – what we’d later come to recognize it as – the most controversial free agent acquisition prior to some professional basketball team acquiring a semi-popular player Read the rest of this entry »

During the summer of 2006, the period of time between my sophomore and junior year in college, the marquee southern artists were T.I., Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne. All three littered the radio with monster hits, yet DG Yola presented all the makings of a budding underground star. Read the rest of this entry »

As it relates to Stevie Wonder turning 62 years young today, I hold these three truths to be self evident: Read the rest of this entry »

“Never been a gimmick, just a young n*gga with lyrics…”

To quote every hood Hip-Hop analyst in America, Jon Connor be rappin’ y’all. Read the rest of this entry »

“I take this very seriously, so you guys calling me old, that number defies, you have no idea what you are doing when you say those old comments. I appreciate that. I don’t read your column but it gets back to me.”

Pending you’re new to the program around here, yours truly has a lot riding on the 2012 NBA Playoffs. And Kevin Garnett’s Boston Celtics present themselves as a marquee reason it’s hard for me to get any sleep at night. Read the rest of this entry »

For a case that seemed like it took forever to get underway, Lil’ Boosie’s fate has already been delivered. A Baton Rouge jury, after a rather speedy deliberation, rendered the verdict of not guilty on first degree murder. Read the rest of this entry »

“Not time for no good girl/They hold on and cling too much/I just want a hood b*tch that tells me that I sing too much…”

So much for that friction between Future and Drake stemming from the latter’s no-show at the “Tony Montana” video shoot, huh? DJ Drama plays peacemaker getting the two to provide a new look to his current single, “We In This Bitch.” Read the rest of this entry »

Birdman’s cool in my book. He’s at the head of arguably the most consistent label of the past 15 years. He’s got the handrub game on lock in music videos. His tweets are funny. But why oh why are we still allowing Stunna to get away with having three verses on a song? Read the rest of this entry »