Some days are great. Others aren’t. This mix is for the latter.
You’re in your mid-twenties. You graduated college in four years. You’ve made the right decisions in life, yet you watch people less qualified than you find jobs with salaries five times yours. In fact, you don’t even have a “salary.” You make an [...]
Late this year, film critics and music reviewers alike praised the motion picture American Gangster along with Jay-Z’s album of the same name, inspired by the movie. A couple weeks earlier, a Minneapolis hip-hop emcee named Antwoyn Spencer, aka “Twig” and now “Brinks,” was found guilty in federal court of dealing cocaine and laundering money, [...]
As part of their feverish quest to become my favorite hip-hop group, Atmosphere has recently offered a free CD for the holidays called “Strictly Leakage.” The record is just the latest in a string of events that are leading me to the conclusion that Ant Davis and Slug are possessed to impress me with [...]
I wonder if Paul McCartney thought this is how he would end up at 64: a divorced widower and nearly the last living link to The Beatles.
Granted, Sir Paul hasn’t had the best last couple years. Then again, when you’re Paul McCartney and you’re ridiculously fucking rich and you were one of the two songwriters [...]
Before I list the songs from my latest mix, I have to share the background.
Ever since I was a little shooter, I’ve always loved making mixtapes. It started on Sunday nights, listening to the “Shadoe Stevens Top 40,” trying to seamlessly tape songs without Shadoe’s “Holllllyyyywooood Squuuuuares!” voice. The [...]
