Uptown Notes

So you all know that I’m a hater of Drake (here’s a partial explanation offered by Marc Lamont Hill), nothing [...]

I told ya’ll to stop using the word swagger back in 2008. See you didn’t listen, now we have the [...]

So I like watching sports highlights. Over the years I’ve seen a number of trick plays that have impressed me. [...]

I love Hip-Hop. I love battles. I hate the same tired themes and references in them. I love this translation. [...]

I’ve been running around so much for the past week I forgot to post my reaction to the NAACP Image [...]

I’ve recently penned a piece for Centric’s new Culture List blog on the Pants on the Ground video. While the [...]

I love hip-hop, love some reggaetón too, I love the youth, but I’m pretty sure I don’t love this! How [...]

As 2009 draws to a close, let us not forget that we celebrated two cultural phenomena: 20th anniversary of Do [...]

It’s been a minute since I dropped a Friday Funny on ya’ll, probably because I’ve been traveling the Diaspora for [...]

Times are tough but thankfully the iphone is providing some relief. Here’s a brotha who takes Falling Down to a [...]