Kris Kross is the reason I rap. Easily. I don’t know too many people in my age range that CAN’T cite them as a major influence. They were just a little older than me and I and my friends idolized…
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It’s A Shame: RIP Chris Kelly
Tagged with: chris kelley, da brat, death row, doggystyle, dr. dre, jermaine dupri, kris kross, snoop doggy dogg, soso def, the bomb, totally krossed out
Frank Ocean “Channel Orange” & Synesthesia
Everyone has and will continue to write about Frank Ocean’s sexuality and it’s affect on Urban Music and his record sales. None of which I really care about that much. I mean, I care, and I’m really proud of Frank.…
Tagged with: channel orange, frank ocean, ill poetic, jimmy fallon, synesthesia: the yellow movement
Kathy Wilson “(Not) Your Negro Tour Guide” Back at Citybeat
In keeping with the Cincinnati nostalgia run we’ve been on with the “Gone” video, I had to post this. For anyone who used to read Citybeat in the 2000′s, you may remember a column titled “Your Negro Tour Guide”. Written…
“A Piece of our Soul in the Road” (A Behind-The-Scenes Look at the making of “Gone”)
A couple weeks ago, we premiered the video to my song “Gone” on Citybeat.com. The response we received for the song & video was more than I could’ve hoped for. I got so many phone calls, texts, FB messages, blog…
Tagged with: cincinnati, david damen, dj apryl reign, dj pillo, DJ Rare Groove, gone, ill poetic, kathy wilson, Mr. Dibbs, selectas choice, synesthesia yellow
“Gone” Official Video
Nearly a year in the making, here is the official video to “Gone”, directed by David Damen// of Arris Productions & Walter Nini, and Premiering through my friends over at Citybeat. This is the first definitive release for my new EP…
Tagged with: arris productions, cincinnati, Citybeat, david damen, gone, ill poetic, synesthesia yellow, walter nini
“The Hip-Hop Unseen” Read-In-Full
…Kinda like “Paid-In-Full”….or not. Ok. Since I’ve retired this column, and the last one got such an amazing response, I figured I’d like to present a link to every column written over the past couple years. Start at the…
Citybeat Column # 20 “Life After Death”
One Final CityBeat Column: Enjoy and Farewell to my journalism career:)
Citybeat Column: The Hip-Hop (Un)Scene #19 “Ready to Die”
My (second to last) Citybeat Column. When I wrote it, I thought it would be my last. But a couple days ago, I wrote the actual finale. So here goes part 1:
Citybeat Column: The Hip-Hop (Un)Scene #17 “The Listening”
New Column Citybeat Column: The Hip-Hop (Un)Scene #17 “The Listening”
Justin Timberlake Playboy Interview
This is just a really good interview. Always love hearing from this dude, and Playboy always gives really insightful questions. Just a really nice read.
