Hip Hop

In April of last year, Chicago hip hop artist Jelani Lateef released Cold Days and Dark Nights, 16-tracks of inspirational stories, street gospel, offensive optimism and confrontational reinvention. Lateef leaned hard toward the hustle with a 14-track mixtape by the same name in January, which is no doubt a result

A year ago today, local talent and DJ Big J started his new Audio Sound Records label at the same time he debuted this great piece of Hip Hop called Lesbian. Let's celebrate the year of this great debut, by giving this thing another listen, right!?

I'm a bit of an idiot and I'll tell you why. No matter how much of an effort I make to approach everything differently and on its own terms, I end up eating it from time to time and Jon Briggz fed me with the biggest

[youtube=http://youtu.be/cKTrAeZX2vk] If you were listening to NPR last night, you might have heard Wits Radio which featured the very hilarious Paul F. Thompkins but also had Open Mic Eagle. Get into it!

EXXXPO/Big J/LizLow (New Amsterdam/Dallas, TX) 10:54 PM - It's actually nothip-hop appreciation day, week or even month. That shit was in MAY! Oh well. No matter, it's still great. 10:27 PM - OOOOHHHH SHIT! It's Hip-Hop Appreciation Day yes?

Let's give it up for the hip-hop community, since Monday was Hip-Hop Appreciation Day, and last week the Hieroglyphics were in true form with Herio-Day, where they put on a free show in Oakland. What a great fucking way to give back to the community huh? Monday started