Just My Opinion

For years, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was portrayed to the public as the unstable, “crazy,” and volatile third member of TLC. That narrative has always been incomplete, because focusing only on her scandals misses what mattered most: she was a deeply creative artist whose ideas, instincts, and point of view were far ahead of her time.

You can bring in ambitious new talent. You can generate excitement, coverage, and short-term commercial momentum. But if you systematically undermine the systems that actually keep the operation functional, as we are seeing in real time, the entire structure becomes unstable.

I don't typically do disclaimers cause I'm entitled to my opinion, even the one's that no one asked for, however, considering the...

In the words of Joe Budden, 'I love rap beef', the shit gets my dick hard. Of course I don't have a dick, but now you understand my level...

main·stream - the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or...

According to Dexterway on Urban Dictionary, 'the wave' is defined as 'the hype like what everyone is doing', which pretty much summarizes...

Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, the Hip-Hop community hasn't been this amped about a collective of female MC's for a while....

Highlights from the 2017 Billboard awards filled my timeline last month and although I didn't watch, I didn't feel like I missed a thing....

What's beef? Beef is when you...create a marketing strategy centered around the ancient proverb, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'....

Since dropping his highly anticipated album Damn, Kendrick Lamar's new album has been the topic of pretty much any, if not all,...

I fell in love with Hip-hop in 02′. I was 13 years old, walking through the playground of McCosh Elementary (now Emmett Till) listening...

Remember Elroy? Not the Jetson's son, but Elroy from Martin, the mechanic. The one who had the song stuck in his head...' don't you know...

When it comes to stepping outside the box or following your dreams, for the most part, everyone gets that same speech. Real friends...

I've always been fascinated with critics. It started with Siskel and Ebert and then Ebert and Roeper as a kid. As my taste and interest...

One of my favorite things about Hip Hop is the history behind it. Learning the stories behind the music, the beats, the clothes and of...

Round One June of last year, not sure where my head was, but I criticized the lack of epic female rap battles. At 26, I hadn't known one...

If Itunes, Google Play, Spotify, etc. showed you the number of times you've played a song, what would it tell people about you? What...

Not sure what it was, but gossip, speculation, etc pretty much defined 2016. It genuinely was a year filled with Internet trolling. From...

"Elevated my sound, don't hate on me now" -Kevin Gates That line has stood out to me since I heard it. I don't think it's something that...

Earlier this month, December 9th to be exact, 4 Your Eyez Only dropped. Although the world didn't stop, I think we all can agree it...