TDJ’s film “The Field Trip” hits Youtube to celebrate it’s anniversary!

For my second treat (no tricks), I give you the full version of my homegirl, the infamous TDJ‘s short film, The Field Trip. 2 years ago, she released this and it entered a dozen different film festivals – even earning her a write-up in a few magazines. Today she commemorates the accomplishment by releasing it [...]

New Redhead album – “The Schemata”!!!!!

I got 2 treats for you kiddies in the spirit (he he, get it?) of Halloween. The first being the long awaited album from the kid Redhead, The Schemata. A pretty much autobiographical project, Redhead takes us on a ride thru his journey from birth to the now, in always entertaining and introspective fashion. He [...]

Talking ALL THAT YaYa!!

And she is all that… Say what you say, but I didn’t like models until I saw her. I used to get in sooo much trouble for being just a bit too happy when my ex used to turn to America’s Next Top Model and YaYa DaCosta popped on the screen.  Although I didn’t believe [...]

16 Reasons Why I’m The Greatest Rapper You Never Heard! Or 16 Reasons Why I’m Better Than The Last 3 Freshman Classes!!

16. I’m relatively handsome We can all attest that looks don’t matter half as much as the industry would have you believe. IF they matter at all. The success of some of the biggest rappers in the last 2 decades has hinged more on their personas and characters than their sex appeal. Rappers tend to find [...]

The reason why you like wack rappers…

Most of the rappers you like are not especially nice, nor talented. You don’t think enough about it because you’re too busy listening to the music in the moment. Really now, who told you that it was no longer cool to listen to Ja Rule if you didn’t have too much of an issue bumping [...]

The Industry just got smaller. Labels are Disappearing. Jive, Arista & J records join that list

What makes this ironic, is that I was just at a meeting 2 weeks ago with an A&R in the grand offices of Jive records (which I always thought was a telling name for a label). As I looked around the hallowed walls of the offices in the Sony entertainment building, although this was my [...]

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners make waves for Liberia & liberation!

How did I let last week go by without posting anything about this wondrous and beautiful event? 3 women were bestowed with the prestigious honor of the Nobel Peace Prize this month, 2 of them being from my mother’s home country of Liberia, and the third being a Muslim woman from the east with the [...]

Could you do without the Columbus Day Holiday off??

      A Picture’s worth a thousand words… http://www.reconsidercolumbusday.org/

The 25 Greatest Cartoons Ever!!

Since it is a Saturday morning, It’s only right that I conclude my cartoon list trilogy and present to you my list of my favorite and in my humble opinion, the 25 greatest cartoon series that any 80′s babies should love and agree with!!! We’ll start with 25. Bionic 6  I was tempted to place [...]

Clair Huxtable is teaching a college class, and it’s all thanks to Denzel Washington!!

So besides finding out that the official trailer for the Avengers movie is premiering next week, this is the most exciting news I’ve seen this month! How crazy would it be to be shuffling between periods as a student to get to your acting class only to have it taught by America’s favorite mom and [...]