I am fed up with Kanye

I'm sitting here looking at this Rolling Stone cover of Kanye West trying to decipher the meaning of it. I mean, dawg, unless you turned some water into wine at a VMA after party, you ain't Jesus Christ.
Kanye, are we supposed to worship you? Are we supposed to ditch our Gods and religious structures and [...]

Interview: Derrick Martin of The Lucky Bastards

DC's affair with rock music was a long and torrid one. There's a lot of musical history in this city and rock music is no exception. Starting with punk/hardcore bands of the 80's like Fugazi and Bad Brains to grunge rockers of the 90's like David Grohl till it finally gave way to the more [...]

New Music: Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae - “Like A Star”
from Untitled Album
Although the UK has been slipping in the music department lately (Lady Sov, anyone?), my second favorite favourite country continues to produce stellar artists, producers, and MC's.
I was supposed to write about Ms. Corinne Bailey Rae a few weeks ago, after the BBC picked her as being [...]

Bilal: Music Piracy is Wrong, M’Kay?

Someone leaked Bilal’s album, and he has a special message to his fans on his MySpace page:
Unfortunately the new album has leaked.
Having this material floating around puts it in jeopardy of being shelved before it’s scheduled release. Music is my livelihood so I'm fighting to preserve as much of this project as possible.
If you have [...]

I Don't Wanna Be Black Anymore….

This is taken from a Hip Hop Dx feature written by A-Plus of Hieroglyphics…
Callin Out Names
Monday - January 16, 2006
A-Plus
Now that I have your attention??? yes I said it. I don???t wanna be Black anymore. In a time where it???s cool and fashionable to be an African American, I???m hanging it up, throwing in the [...]

Movie Update: Outkast's Idlewild

So we are one step closer to seeing Outkast's “latest” work: Here's the trailer for their upcoming musical film Idlewild
I was really excited to see it, and now after having seen the trailer, I'm actually even more excited. Internet Movie Database (IMDB) is giving the release date as March 10th. Let's hope it's not in [...]

When a sexy voice just goes too far…

Singer Isaac Hayes was placed in the hospital for exhaustion.
Isaac Hayes was being treated at a Memphis hospital Tuesday for exhaustion, his longtime songwriting partner said.
“He's just overworked and had been in Atlantic City performing, the D.C. area performing, and in Tunica (Miss.) a couple of nights ago. He was just overworked,” David Porter [...]

Updates: Keeping Y'all Informed

So this past weekend was CRAZY with all the goings on in the DC area. And it doesn’t stop there. New events are being added to venues everyday.
January 18th (Tomorrow): Well-known area artist Aniekan Udofia (whose work is shown here) is having an art show at Bossa (2463 18th St., N.W.) in Adams Morgan. [...]

Martin Luther King's Birthday

For those of you who are off from work, have a good day. And remember tonight, the at The Velvet Lounge: MLK Benefit featuring Tamu, DJ Ragz, Flex Mathews, Proton and a bunch of other artists.

Interview: Kareem Edouard, Director of “Bling: Consequences and Repercussions”

Ever since Kanye told us not to buy them, conflict diamonds have been the talk of accessory lovers every where. Well sort of. Most people don't even know what conflict diamonds are, and if it wasn’t for songs like “Diamonds from Sierra Leone,” we probably still wouldn’t hear about it.
Except now, thanks to a [...]

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