Tag Archives: Blu

Time Has Come Today

Obviously getting older is cause for a bit of introspection. For some it might even be a source of panic, worry or depression. For others it’s simply a passage of time. For me it’s an across-the-board experience, but the chronology of my experiences has always been important to me. During my relatively short […]

You Wanna Listen to This So Bad Your D***’s Hard -OR- Rock-A-Bye Baby!

Astute Blogareaders have probably noted that there’s been an erroneous announcement on the OKP front-page about a post concerning Left Coast indieground Rap duo New Jack Hustle adorning this blog since last week. The even less canny among you should have observed a lack of posts in general during the latter half of last […]

The Audacity of Hope

My friends and I ascribe to a little known doctrine called “The Dreadlock Theory” which states that any rapper who rose to prominence while sporting dreadlocks will, should they ever cut their locks, lose their artistic vigor. It’s far from scientific, and I won’t name any names, but an examination of the history of […]

You Should ALL Be Riding Blu & Mainframe’s “Johnsons”

Friday night I received a gift from my best friend. It was something I’ve wanted for quite some time too; a home screen-printing kit! While the screen-printing process isn’t rocket science it’s still a bit complicated, so I haven’t busted anything out with it yet. But one of the first shirts I […]

Cool’s NOT Defined By Blog Updates?

It wasn’t billed as a mixtape like those profiled yesterday but Columbus, Ohio-based emcee/producer Blueprint’s Blueprint vs. Funkadelic project from earlier this Summer might as well have been one. Its underlying concept, building tracks on samples from Funkadelic songs, bordered on the sort of mashup-style shenanigans mixtapes are often made of these days. […]