If you’re reading this right now, my guess is that you are plain tired and worn out. It has been a hellish week, probably worse for those who are planes flying to Central America, South America, and other parts after being scooped up in ICE raids across this country. Probably more so for all those p...

Anniversaries of albums, when they come around, don't really register until you get into larger amounts. Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of one of my favorite Hip-Hop albums ever, Do You Want More?!!!?! by The Roots. I came across Questlove and Black Thought's post on Instagram marking the annive...

I was grocery shopping when the song playing through the store’s stereo system stopped me in my tracks. “It Never Rains In Southern California”, by Toni!Tony.Tone! It’s back at the center of my mind now because of these wildfires that have been ravaging the hills above Los Angeles all week. Fires th...

I got wind of High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul online - but in a way that was unexpected, and which I would soon come to learn, a little unfair. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that a book about one of the Hip-Hop groups I adore was on the horizon. But the group’s reaction to this book by...

There's always a beginning to these kinds of things. Here's mine.