Dare Olonoh

Here are a couple of songs that you probably won’t hear too much of on the radio but are hot as hell!

This one is from Devin the Dude’s new album “Waiting to Inhale.” It’s called “What a Job This Is” and features Snoop Dogg and Andre 3000 (one of my favorite musicians). 3000’s verse is incredible!

This one is from Talib Kweli and is called “Say Something.” Kweli is easily one of hip hop’s most underrated artists.

Apparently some extremely high-level politicians with a lot of power “symbolically” banned the “N word” in New York City.

I’m sorry, but it seems like a tremendous waste of time and energy to me. In the article, one councilman thinks that this ban is the beginning of a movement. They are also urging the Recording Academy not to nominate artists that use the word for Grammy’s…. YEAH RIGHT!!!

They’re never going to convince a group of artists not to nominate fellow artists for using their rights of free speech. Even Elton John performed with Eminem at the Grammy’s when Em was getting flack from the gay community, to show his support for Eminem’s right to free speech .

And beyond that, couldn’t these politicians be doing something better with their time that could actually make a real difference in the lives of young black youth? It seems like a ploy to get some face time in the press and nothing more… it’s certainly not the beginning of a movement.

March 9, 2007 marked the ten year anniversary of Biggie Smalls’ death. I’m saddened to say that because of my love for Tupac at the time of Big’s reign, I missed out on the Biggie movement. Although, I liked some of his work prior to his death, I didn’t begin really listening to his work until after he passed.

He is now one of my greatest influences and I marvel at some of the things that he was able to do with words and more importantly, through his life.

(the video below is uncensored)