Tag Archives: Wale

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

They’re the best around; the fourth and final day of El Keter’s favorites of 2008.

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 […]

Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: DLake, Diplo & Santogold and KiD CuDi

When I started slipping posts about mixtapes into my blog repertoire last year I felt it necessary to point out that I had been turned off by the whole mixtape subculture for a number of years. Regardless of my reasons (and if you really want to know what they were, you can go back […]

Portrait of the Artist as a (Neighbor)Hood

Yesterday afternoon I spent a couple of hours engaged in discourse with fiber artist m. Cody and her homegirl, visual artist Christine Hajjar. Topics of discussion included art, music and all sorts of other good shit. Both ladies have recently set up shop in new locales, so the conversation turned to the communal […]

Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: Wale The Mixtape About Nothing

The other day a guy on regional news claimed that temperatures in the northeast over this past weekend and the first few days of the week were going to be under the influence of “the hottest airmass of the year.” Seeing how Summer has only just recently gotten under way unofficially and is still […]