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Complex’s “Best of” Lists Are Garbage
The media company never seems to get their rankings right…I wonder why…
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The Best Hip-Hop Tracks of 2015
It’s tough being a hip-hop fan in your mid-30s. Your formative years took place entirely during the genre’s “renaissance” – roughly 1992-2000, when classics dropped weekly and before ringtone rap, singles-driven albums and J-Kwon came in and stunk up the whole joint. You know what quality and effort sound like. Some hip-hop heads – the…
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An Abridged Guide to White People Shit
Don’t let my Neon Carrot crayon complexion fool you. Both of my parents are Negroes. Mind you, they’re also Neon Carrot Negroes: Pops is Louisiana Creole – a (literal) cotton-picking product of the rural Jim Crow south. Mama was raised around the project housing culture of Detroit in the 1950s and 60s. I was born…
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Maybe You’re Single Because You’re Wack
Perhaps it’s not them and the dating pool isn’t filled with pee…it’s just you.
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This Generation’s R&B Music is Asswater. Stop Paying For It.
A couple weeks ago, while driving to Ann Arbor for the homecoming of my alma mater University of Michigan, Donny Hathaway’s “A Song For You” popped up on the shuffle. He didn’t write the song, but he made the definitive version; much like with Isaac Hayes’ “By The Time I Get to Phoenix” or Luther…
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Dear Jayceon "The Game" Taylor: We Know You're Not Gangbanging Anymore, So Stop Pretending
Hey there, Jayceon. Can I call you Jay? J.T., perhaps? Let me start by saying that I love your music. You’ve been consistent for a decade now, your ear for beats is impeccable, your industry connections are amazing, and I’ve looked past your hackneyed conspiracy theories and the fact that you drop names on wax…
