poetry

Ikey Reigns Supreme; All Hail King Jaffe, Hip-Hop’s New Highness

Apart from maybe Run The Jewels, the most exciting thing about hip-hop for me last year was Ikey. He only released a single track–a debut of sorts–but it was a perfectly chosen debut to serve as the gloves he came out swinging with. Initially elusive as all get out, the now-DC-based, mostly Nigerian-raised emcee seemingly […]

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Selects “The Descendants” As Best Picture Of 2011

The year is winding down and as such, “best of” lists are ramping up. From coast to coast, blog to blog, everyone is feeling the call to let you know what was the best media consumed in 2011. Tonight, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced their year end list and are definitely turning a […]

First Impressions: MewithoutYou – It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All A Dream, It’s Alright

First Impressions is a segment where we let you into our early thoughts on a highly anticipated album, This week, we have our early views on MewithoutYou’s It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All a Dream, It’s Alright . It drops May 19th. I will go on record as being a lifetime MewithoutYou fan. Since […]