There goes the neighborhood…

“Mixed – Income” housing has taken root in major cities all across the country. It’s just gentrification with a smile but is deeply flawed. The general idea is that by placing Ray Ray an ‘em next door to the Huxtables it would inspire them to want to pull themselves up by their bootstraps [...]

IPOD Hustle…

Kissy Asplund

Lalah Hathaway

Eric Lau

Al Green

Ode to the Video Vixen…

a href=”http://www.karrine.com/home/”>Karrine “Superhead” Steffans</a> made a name for herself by utilizing her “talents” and gyrating to hip hop beats on cue. Now she proclaims herself as an advocate to rescue future misguided ladies from the same tragedy she has faced….give me a f*cking break. I happened to catch a VH1 special on Women &amp; Hip [...]

Let’s be keepers of the dream…

30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge…

Check out my girl DJ Diva and take the challenge!

Happy 100th Anniversary To The Distinguished Ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.!

January 15, 1908!
SkeePhi my sisters, SkeePhi!

Coming soon to a theater near you…

The latest from DJ Left-Handed…

Check out my latest Neo Soul Mix!

I’ve been tagged…

My gurl Alisha tagged me a minute ago so here it goes.  The rules are: I am to list 7 random and/or weird facts about myself. Then, I am to tag 7 other bloggers and let them know they have been tagged by telling them so in the comments of their blog.

CBS Correspondent Randall Pinkston is [...]

Heavy Rotation…

These are just a few joints that I’m digging right now.  What are you guys feelin’ these days?

Black is…

If you live in this country long enough you will begin to see the nuisances of true “freedom” unfold.  The older you get the more adversity you deal with and hopefully the mechanisms of survival will soon manifest.  It is well documented and understood that there is a gap that exist between the “have’s” and [...]

Homegoing of Nailah Franklin

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What’s the hurry?…

Everything in life has a certain balance, a natural path or course if you will.  Something’s just can’t be tampered with or hurried along…it could lead to destruction or late nights pacing.  Such is true with relationships…you have to allow it to breathe and mature like a fine bottle of Old English 800 or Coqui [...]

Ursula Rucker

This girl is bad.  I coped a couple of her cd’s…spoken word with soul and grit.

City of “Wind”…A Pictorial Tour of the Southside of Chicago

Leave the man alone…Damn!…

Check out my man Jimi Izrael’s take on the whole OJ drama.

Must be the music…

In prepraring for an upcoming ol’ school jam I’ll be Dj’ing during homecoming this year, my mind became flooded with all the tunes we used to cabbage patch too…Memories of those Alpha & Delta parties in the gym at Fisk circa 89′ - 92′.  The gym was dark as hell and the floor was covered [...]

Holla at ya boy! Click the above link to vote for Verbal Water!  Deadline is August 15, 2007

I Hate Mother’s Day…yeah I said it

Mother’s Day for a married man is a pain in the ass. Those days are gone when you only had to worry about your mother, now you got mothers coming out of your ass and they all want to be treated special. I think it should be some sort of initiation or pledge [...]

I Love Black Folk…sorta

The older I get the more intolerable I become of ghetto sh*t. I can’t stand the sight of dudes on the corner swallowed up in there oversized gear and young girls showing the crack of their asses and tattoos on there necks. WTF? The next brotha I catch who tries to [...]