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Author of 8 books. Seen at various spots online. Finance MBA. Hip Hop scholar. Batman loyalist. Wu-Tang disciple. Book reviewer.

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Article Nov 12 2020

Nineteen Ninety-Sex: The Year Of Rap’s Femme Fatales

“I used to be scared of the d*** / Now I throw lips to the s***, handle it like a real b****” Lil’ Kim was 22-years-old on November 12, 1996, when she uttered those lines, the first lyrics on her debut album, Hard Core. Just one week later, 18-year-old Foxy Brown released her own debut, […]
Article Mar 17 2020

Hey, Look! I Found the Worst Rap List of All Time!

“Every time I stepped into madness of the crowds, I longed for the wisdom of the loneliness.“ — Mehmet Murat Ildan “Why don’t you write about rap anymore?” It’s a question I’m often asked and my cute answer is that I’m too old for it. That’s partly true, as I just can’t get into the new […]
Article Feb 18 2020

Still ‘Supreme’ After Two Decades

With his sophomore disc, Ghostface Killah threw the Clan on his back and reached his apotheosis “Walk with me like Dorothy” It was over. Three years after the Wu-Tang Clan had stood astride the music world with their sprawling and complex double album — the culmination of a half-decade of rap dominance in which five solo albums […]
Review Dec 4 2019

Rakim’s “Sweat The Technique” Reviewed

In most cases, progress and evolution happen slowly, over a period of time marked by small, incremental changes. Occasionally, however, a seismic shift occurs and a culture transforms overnight. That is what happened in 1986 when a young man with a voice that sounded like it was from outer space came in the door and […]