Young Berg fails 3 times! What a loser!

By Shahendra Ohneswere via Giant

Young Berg fails three times. When he’s not out getting his chain snatched, Young Berg can often be found trying to fit not one, but two of his feet in his mouth. First his Berg-ness caught the wrath of the Internets and very specific cross section of women when he told radio show [...]

I’m Not Going to Justify This With A “No Homo”.

A furor has broken out over this show of affection between Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip and the only feeling it has produced in me is disgust…at all the gay baiting hip hop “fans” that are so sexually insecure that any show of affection between males is homosexual.  This disturbs me as a straight, African American [...]

What is Wrong With Aftermath Records?

I have some serious love for Dr. Dre, but he seriously needs to get his record releases together.  Dre as a producer is great, but his abilities as a record company owner does hip hop a disservice.  Yeah, I said it… I’m seriously tired of the not hearing the best hip hop I’ve ever heard [...]

The Assassination of Hillary Clinton Exhibit: Freedom of expression or racism?

A controversial art exhibit was raided and shut down before it could be viewed in NYC (June 2008).
According to the NY Times blog: Cityroom, Boston-born performance artist, Yazmany Arboleda, tried to set up a provocative art exhibition in a vacant storefront on West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan with the title, ‘The Assassination of Hillary [...]

The Assassination of Barack Obama Exhibit: Freedom of expression or racism?

A controversial art exhibit was raided and shut down before it could be viewed in NYC (June 2008).
According to the NY Times blog: Cityroom, Boston-born performance artist, Yazmany Arboleda, tried to set up a provocative art exhibition in a vacant storefront on West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan with the title, ‘The Assassination of Hillary [...]

Why Does Soulja Boy Keep Giving Us Ammunition?

If you’re even at this site, there’s a chance that you probably aren’t that big of a Soulja Boy fan. But a lot of people, me included, tried to write off his lack of talent, coonish demeanor, and silly baiting of hip hop legends (who really wants it with Ice-T, the original OG) as [...]

They’ve had us all wrong! Hip Hop must win! Vote Obama Today!

(Should we be afraid of history repeating itself?)
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presidents have led our nation. The one who takes the 44th position is up to us. We have seen what can happen to our country when its led by a selfish, uncultured, ill informed and ignorant president, and we don’t have to stand for it again. Today is [...]

Shawn Chrystopher: I Wear Glasses Mixtape

I have a slight confession to make:  I’m the living embodiment of the Source’s East Coast bias.  My misspent youth was spent literally hating on West Coast rap, with the possible exceptions of Ice Cube and MC Eiht.  The success of Dre and Snoop literally made me break out in hives (true story) and I [...]

Charles Hamilton obviously has never watched the L-Word-Mixtape Download

DJ Skee and Charles Hamilton have joined forces to release the “L-Word”, Hamilton’s love letter to the Sapphic sisters. Now it’s obvious that Hamilton has not watched the show, or he has and just dismiss the whole point of the show. You can download it here ( big shout out to TSS) and [...]

The Intersections of Hedonism and Politics: Introducing Lee Harvey Oswald

The best music recommendations come when you are skeptical of the group that’s being recommended and then the group absolutely blows you away.  My skepticism surrounding the group Lee Harvey Oswald is a case of guilt by association or even mistaken association with the group or crew Dixie Mafia, which I didn’t exactly take a [...]

The End of “Wiggers”…Thank You Asher Roth

At one point in my life I attempted to make a documentary on wiggers, which endlessly fascinated me at that point in time. The most fascinating part of this whole process was a segment i was trying to put together where I looked into their CD collections or Winamp playlist of about 18 of [...]

Some More Reflections on VH1 Honors…by Mick Boogie

It may sounds slightly idiotic to have a favorite mixtape DJ, since these guys are everywhere, but if I had to pick one it would definitely be Mick Boogie. A through some association with The Smoking Section he has deigned to give us a mixtape that honors the music of this year’s VH1 with [...]

BET needs to take notes from VH1

Urban culture has always gotten a bum rap on TV, with almost all of the venues screwing the pooch. But about five years ago, a shining example emerged on that station that used to be for old folks, VH1. VH1 Hip Hop Honors is the best hip hop event on television, with the [...]

Here’s One For Experience

If there was any time for hip hop to try to adopt a radio format similar to classic rock, this would be it. The generational divide within hip hop just continues to widen and this would be the step that would make everyone in the hip hop nation happy. But unlike say , [...]

Obama takes hold with HOPE–words by Joshua Stohl

Some people are concerned with Kimbo Slice’s 14s KO, but i could give a shit about that dude. I’m feeling the heat between Obama and McCain. In a month, this nation will either receive all-city-stamps of HOPE plastered left to right, top to bottom promoting change in blockbuster letters, or feel the war-tainted-noose of DOOM [...]