Monthly Archives: January 2007

Before I rest my weary head on the pillow for the first time in what seems like decades… I have not answered your emails yet because I have been chilling in a cozy new spot — and when I say … Continue reading →

RIP, Playa. Positive pimping por vida. You’ll be missed.

My friend Kate Glicksberg is a great photographer. Her new work documenting a protest of the NYPD murder of Sean Bell is featured in the new issue of Current, which is the online magazine of the New York Foundation of … Continue reading →

My brain feels like the friction from two flintstones, even though I got to get somebody over to defrag real quick. Memo to Papito: Don’t you know I’m loco? Like: but i’m “dale” like “pant! pant!” NOT “dale” like “ooh, … Continue reading →

I forgot to tell you that Urge dot com, the MTV digital music service, and my place of employment for just a little longer, is putting on a show tomorrow to celebrate that fact that we/they are selling exclusive Carl … Continue reading →

The vegetarians get a history of our own. Says the New Yorker: “Evidently on the side of history’s herbivores, [the writer] “outs” vegetarians as canonical thinkers who occasionally reduced their meat intake or advised others to do so; he judges … Continue reading →

K Sanneh fleshes out the mixtape game beautifully, as usual, and Noz blogs on the topic for those already in the know. Meanwhile Shaheem Reid interviews Wayne, Duke da God, and an “anonymous DJ” for an excellent piece o’er here … Continue reading →

The RIAA’s recent targeting of DJs Drama and Don Cannon, two of the most respected mixtape DJs in American hip-hop, once again proves the organization is woefully out of touch with its market. It is apparent that the RIAA is … Continue reading →

THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT

In honor of the most banginest Ciara f. Polow da Don collaboration yet, I present to you the lovers of origin, the fellows Polow references thru the track: SILK (prod. KEITH SWEAT) I am really happy about Polow’s invigorating take … Continue reading →