Tag Archives: C.R.A.C.

“You’re the Best, Around…” (El Keter’s Favorite Albums of 2008, Day One)

Out of all the records I enjoyed during 2008 I chose twenty of them as my favorites.  I put them all in alphabetical order and wrote about them.  Here are the first five… In 1988 poet, teacher, philosopher and metaphysician Lawrence Krisna Parker described Hip-Hop’s talent pool as “a lot of suckers with colorful names.” He […]

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 […]

The OTHER Providence Must Be Working In His Favor

Like I said yesterday, my big Summer “holiday” weekend was pretty uneventful. I certainly didn’t hit the road and travel (unless you count walking around the block) anywhere of significance like American’s are “supposed” to do on such occasions. But if I did, New England (and the Northeast in general) is the area […]

Lunch @ 45RPM’s

I closed out yesterday’s post with a surprise video clip from one of my favorite new Hip-Hop dudes of the year, Saint Louis, Missouri’s Black Spade. When I originally bigged up homeboy’s debut album To Serve With Love I likened my reaction to it to my reaction to hearing the Below the Heavens, the […]

Shuffle Songs

Spending a good portion of the weekend out of doors with my earbuds in (so as to deflect the “how long you been growing that hair” and “is that your real hair” inquisitions) and my iPod on shuffle meant I got to listen to a lot of good music while enjoying the temperate weather and […]