Some time ago, I wrote What ever happened to headphones? in reaction to the declining appearance of headphones on peoples heads. Fast-forward 2 years and the onslaught of Beats by Dr Dre gracing the heads of athletes and celebrities traveling has had a huge impact on the how people listen to music. Slowly the fad […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve come to know that I see things with different eyes than the rest of the world which often leads me to different conclusions than most people expect so when this video came across my screen I had to watch it a few times. The first time I watched, I was curious to what they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
UPDATE: It appears that the link to the bill is very busy so you may have some trouble getting through today. You can either view the breakdown from Mashable or check out the Wikipedia article. Imagine if you when can to this site that the lyrics on the right weren’t displayed. Imagine if you […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nas shares his passion for how things used to be.
It’s around 7:20 AM and just like any other morning I hope into my car, turn the key and the radio comes on. As always while getting situated, the sounds coming out of the speakers don’t register as intelligible at first. A few seconds pass and I recognize what is going on; a phone prank. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A couple years ago, I had a few conversations with my friends about how to assemble the best album, crew or label. Thinking about it now, the ideas seem pretty odd but the principles we came up with were reproduced by many and a small few were largely successfully using them. Maybe we were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I turn on the radio and I hear rappers singing about who they know, what they have and what they’re going to do someone for whatever reason. And then I turn on the TV or pick up the newspaper and I see the result of it. Yesterday in Chester, PA, a 2 year old boy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I actually got a surprise while researching this topic. Typically, I look for an image using Google Image Search and it took a couple pages before I reached an image of a black person. This is contradictory to how the word is typically used. Only when using the keywords Urban Youth did I get my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First off let’s get some things straight, I don’t condone nor to I condemn dog fighting. I’ve never witnessed or been a part of it. I believe there are far worse atrocities going on in the world that need attention than this. Second, dog fighting is not a product of Hip Hop, black culture or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some mobs are good; Mobb Deep, Goodie Mob. Some mobs are bad; Capone, Giancana. And some mobs are just plain our wrong; lynch, flash. Most of the examples above are debatable (with the exception of lynch) except the flash mob. Here in Philly, teens have started to massively gather in an area for no other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Depending how you look at it, first Tavis Smiley went on the Tom Joryner Morning Show and said: [Source] to which Rev. Al Sharpton called into the show to respond: [Source] and then the two spoke together: And yet again it continues… Things like this is the perfect introduction to a future article coming soon. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Growing up up the ghetto I always knew what it felt like to be ostracized. Times were different than they are now back in the 80's. It wasn't the overtly racist era of the 50's and 60's but this was definitely before being black was popular. Black celebrities weren't as plentiful on TV unless they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s face it, radio as we know it is on its last legs. Portable media is giving people what they want; access to the music they want, when they want it. Satellite radio was the last ditch effort to save a dying format. When HD Radio is finally enforced as the standard for broadcasting, I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Facebook is now built on HipHop, but not the way you may think. HipHop is a customized version of the PHP programming language of which it is built on. Facebook hired a team of engineers to optimize the language to deliver better performance for itself and a better experience for its users. A win-win in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Natural disaster are, well, disasters. Recently there have been many; Hurricane Katrina in 2007, Indonesian Earthquake in 2009 and Tsunami in 2004 and now the Haitian Earthquakes of 2010. As technology progresses, we now have easier methods of donating as well as finding out who has donated. Everyone wants to know if you donated to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I’m sure many of you all heard, there was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. Tune into your favorite news (real news not gossip) sources for coverage and details. I just want to point out for those that want to help to investigate the charity or relief organizations carefully and thoroughly. Not only are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Baby mom(s) and baby dad(dy) are relatively new. I can't put an exact origin on them but that doesn't matter. What matters is their usage. In short, the terms are disassociation's from a parental roll and relationship to the other parent. What does that mean? It illustrates that the relation to the other parent is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For the next installment of this series, I present to you a curve ball. You may be wondering why this word is on the list. Of course this article is here to explain it but first let's educate ourselves a little: Af·ri·can?Amer·i·can Pronunciation: \?a-fri-k?-n?-?mer-?-k?n, -?me-r?- also ?ä-\ Function: noun Date: 1855 : an American of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You’ve heard it several times in your life about someone’s kids; "They have no home-training." Do something stupid and someone may say; "You have no common sense!" Say or do something rude and very quickly; "You have no manners!" All are usually followed by "Didn’t your parents teach you?" Hopefully they did or will if […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Preface: While working on this series, Jay-Z appeared on Oprah and they had a short discussion about this topic. This brings about a great time to introduce this topic since it is in the always in a topic of interest for many. Incase you missed it, here is the interview. If not, scroll ahead or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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