“Euphemisms are misunderstood as mistakes/ But it’s a by-product of the ghetto music we make/” —Canibus, “Poet Laureate II,” Rip the Jacker, 2003. Of the many reasons Hip-Hop music dogged for, one of the most unremarkable is that it teaches bad English—broken English—Ebonics. Critics argue that it celebrates anti-intellectualism, with an emphasis on rhyme rather […]

 Jay-Z must respond to The Game with force to this barrage of disses   I won’t dilute the point with a bunch of over-intellectual ramblings in an attempt to complicate so simple. So, above you have this editorial in a nutshell, but if you want, read on.   Jay-Z is at a proverbial fork in […]

What about your friends will they stand their ground Will they let you down again What about your friends are they gonna be low down Will they ever be around or will they turn their backs on you   -TLC (1992)   Friends.   Sometimes I hate them, I swear I do.   I am […]

It is pretty common knowledge that it is high time that the recording industry re-evaluate its practices and business M.O.   This is a direct result of the digital era, however I have an archaic response to the resurgence of the new indie and internet movement.   Record labels need to make the record deal […]

TODAY WAS almost A GOOD DAY! On Wednesday, July 8th I got out of bed feeling a little bit better than good! IntelligentSeedz were finally going to interview Mr. Rodney Lofton – Superintendent of Trenton Public Schools. We were happy that we had been granted the interview and it was finally about to happen. Mr. […]

“Half these rap lyrics ain’t thought-provoked/ Just a lot of beef till they get caught and smoked/” —GZA, “Illusory Protection,” Grandmasters. “If I rhyme about home and got descriptive/ I’d make 50 Cent look like Limp Bizkit/” —K’Naan, “What’s Hardcore?,” The Dusty Foot Philosopher.  Nowadays, nothing seems to annoy this writer more than the fecklessness […]

I took a bit of a break from writing. Life is real and some of my previous editorials had some people after me. I have been running in fear of my life. The thugs…The E-Thugs. I’m petrified of all these E-Thugs roaming the Internet Superhighway terrorizing everybody like they own the ‘web or something. If […]

Def Jam and Adidas; two disparate companies sharing innovative pasts and futures. The former holds place as the essential Hip-Hop label, built on acts like LL Cool, Slick Rick and Public Enemy. The latter is a bedrock in sportswear, and inadvertently or not, Hip-Hop fashion harking back to the debut of ubiquitous Pro Model/Superstar (aka […]

Perhaps I’m not surfing the dark corners of the Internet closely enough, but I haven’t come across any amazing conspiracy theories in a while. I’m sure paranoid people are still out there telling anyone who will listen that Prez Obama is the anti-Christ, the government flushed drugs into the hood (are they still doing it? […]

“Now, I’m sure that some of my “post racial” Black and liberal White friends will say that I need to calm down…   Back in the late 1800’s a Scottish woman wrote the controversial book “Little Black S####.” Although, the story was about a dark skinned Indian child with exaggerated Negroid features who liked to […]

“Hey young world, the world is yours/” —Slick Rick, “Hey Young World,” The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.  “Do we sell our souls to the Devil/ For yellow pieces of metal/” —M.anifest, “Wahala,” Coming to America. You’re between the ages of 9 and 16, reading this. All your life, you’ve been told that the world […]

“I am a nightmare walking, psychopath talking/King of my jungle just a gangster stalking”-Ice T on “Colors”Back in ’94 Dr. Dre and Ice Cube did a video for “Natural Born Killaz” that gave the viewer a glimpse into the mind of a psychopath. While Hip-Hop fans were bobbing their heads to the beat, little did […]

Known as “the first Dominican Male Supermodel”, Miguel Perdomo sort of “fell into” modeling about five years ago.    Miguel Perdomo   After repeatedly being stopped and asked whether he was a model, he decided to try his hand at it.   Chris Collins, a Ralph Lauren model and friend of Miguel’s, helped the aspiring […]

Born in New York City, Dres was raised in North Carolina where he met fellow NYC native Mista Lawnge. The two became the 90s hip-hop group, Black Sheep. The duo was part of NYC’s Native Tongues hip-hop movement, which also included De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest.Black Sheep’s 1991 debut album A Wolf […]

Beyond his incredible force as an entertainer and philanthropist, Michael Jackson is one of the most crucial fashion icons of our time. Countless celebrities and fashion designers have replicated Jackson’s distinct looks. Many people in general, fans or not, probably don’t even realize that they own pieces that were inspired by the legendary star.As his […]

I’m going to take a moment and keep in so real, I’m not sure how people will take this admission. I own a Michael Jackson jacket.    That’s right. I own a Michael Jackson Jacket. Remember when 50 Cent said, “I’ll leave you like them Michael Jackson jackets – with all them zippers.” That’s the […]

That Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which just opened this week, is a narrative and conceptual mess is neither surprising nor the greatest of its blames. That it is, at critical moments, visually incomprehensible—and this from someone who considered the faceted clatter of the first film’s shifting multiplanes, at moments, symphonic—is the least of its […]

Brave the wind in style with this season’s nylon stylish windbreakers.If you’ve been killing the cardigans and hoodies, a windbreaker is a stylish way to change things up this season. They give you an effortless breezy look as they provide you with just enough warmth for summer nights, with some being waterproof. Pick one with […]

“I’m Ready to Die, Tell God I Said Hi”  – Notorious B.I.G.America is known for many things but breeding martyrs isn’t one of them. Sure we have innocent people lose their lives everyday. Good people, be they parents, honor students, teachers. Thing is, they lose their lives by a stray bullet, jealous exes, hit and […]

“Could you riddle me this—you pay for the Range but take the Isuzu?/ You do if the music you coppin’ is doo-doo/ I got a bridge out in Brooklyn to sell to you/ ‘Cuz ya’ll cool with being bamboozled/” —Marco Polo & Torae (Feat. Saukrates & S-Roc), “Crashing Down,” Double Barrel, 2009. “We’re trapped, and […]