REVIEW: Drake —- Nothing Was The Same Kara was 5’9. She was light caramel with a subtly round booty, perky breasts, and thick thighs, but was still somewhere […]
MUSIC: 9-11
After a tragedy like 9-11 it seems most of the things that people recall from that day are the mundane things; what they ate that morning, what the […]
MUSIC: Jay-Z Announces Second Leg Of Magna Carta Tour
Coming off a very successful second year of his curated “Made In America” music festival and making the gossip rags for how he and his wife look in […]
OPINION: Let The Rapper Wars Begin
Kendrick Lamar sent out a missive that echoed across the hip-hop world that even mainstream press covered it; the closest we’ve come to such a widespread call to […]
REVIEW: Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail
Jay-Z is now in his twilight years. The Blueprint 3, which hopefully we all can now admit was a bad album, signified the beginning of the slide. Jay-Z […]
OPINION: Jay-Z’s Latest Hustle the “Magna Carta Holy Grail”
While Kanye seems to waver between claiming godhood and raging against rampant consumerism (that he helps to promote), it looks like his spiritual big brother has decided to […]
OPINION: 10 of the Most Memorable Forgettable Collaborative Fails
One of the most important things if not THE most important thing to do when establishing a music career is to develop an identity that is not only […]
DRINK: D’ussé Congac
We all know that Hennessy has had the congac game on lock for years. Go to any club uptown or in Bed-Stuy and “Henny” is most certainly the […]
FASHION: Brooklyn Nets Debut New Logo
Being as subjective as a born-and-raised Brooklynite can be, it appears that being from Brooklyn is the “in-thing” nowadays. Pop culture has embraced my beloved borough with open […]
OPINION: Drake vs. Common
In XXL’s April 2010 issue, Lloyd Banks filled in the blanks to 20 questions. Question No. 8 was, “ ______ career would have been better off if he […]