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A Cicada Got Into My House and Tried to Eat My Family
A cicada homie from the Brood X set invaded my home.
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I’m Here for ‘The Bando,’ a Trap-Experience Restaurant in Atlanta Where You Can Get ‘Crack Wings’ (Along With Various Other Food Items, of Course)
The Bando. I actually like this idea of a trap-aesthetic restaurant.
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Does Common Have the GOAT Hip-Hop Career? Making the Case
A few months ago, I was a guest on a podcast that I really enjoy called the 80z Babies Podcast. The show—hosted by Yinka Diz and Outlaw—focuses largely on 90s and 00s era hip-hop and breaks down classic hip-hop albums, and attempts to make good albums into classics (like one of their latest episodes, Jay-Z’s…
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My Washer Broke and I’ve Had to Outsource My Favorite Chore—Washing Clothes. I’ve Learned a Few Things
I always felt like if I at least had clean clothes, I could go anywhere and do anything.
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Bad Poetry, Blogs, Open Mics and Nightclubs: A Story About My Writing Journey on Pass The Peas With Panama Jackson
You know, I think I’ve told the story of how Very Smart Brothas came to be a million times at this point. In fact, Damon and I have done it so much I’m fairly certain I know exactly what he’s going to say before he says it. But what neither of us has spent a…
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Dear Parents Who Struggle To Find Music to Listen to With Your Little Kids In The Car…Desmond Dennis GOT You
Aside from trying to raise good, respectful humans and ensuring that they don’t off themselves in one of a bazillion kamikaze-style endeavors that all babies and toddlers undertake, the most difficult part about raising little children is finding appropriate music to listen to with your kids, especially in the car while traveling to and from…
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An Inter-Generational Convo about Hip-Hop and JCole on Pass The Peas with Panama Jackson
When J. Cole released his latest musical offering, The Off-Season, on May 14, 2021, I knew I wasn’t going to love it. And as most self-fulfilling prophecies work, I didn’t. I maintained my similar stance of being bored with most of Cole’s music. But like any curiously dapper chap in the roaring 2020’s, I do…
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An Ode to Vinia Mojica Because Today Is a Good Day for Flowers
Her voice is so soulful it’s no wonder she was so in-demand from the Native Tongues crew and the surrounding crews.
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De La Soul's Classic Album De La Soul Is Dead Is Turning 30. It Was The First Album I Fell In Love With
You never forget your first love. As cliché as it sounds to say that hip hop was my first love, in my case, it’s actually true. I don’t remember anything else becoming as essential to my being as devouring all of the homemade mixtapes my older sister’s friends made for her. As a military brat…
