Another one of my all-time favorite emcees, P.E.A.C.E. of Freestyle Fellowship passed away at somewhere around 55 years of age. When I was 17 watching the video for "Bullies Of The Block" on BET's "Video Vibrations" for the first time, P.E.A.C.E. was in his early 20s. Wild to me he's an ancestor.

Biggest “Krush Groove” mysteries: Where was Larry Smith—the originator of the Krush Groove himself? Why did Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde replace Whodini in the film? Did Galaxy Records represent Profile or Columbia Records? Why was Sheila E added to the cast? The death knell of the Disco Fever

@dartadams.bsky.social In light of the passing of P.E.A.C.E.s passing. youtu.be/hD1FUOAtwzg?...

IMPERIUS REX! (c) Namor

This World Series is going to be interesting.

Sad day for Poseidon, Aquaman, Mer-Man & Trident gum…

Feel bad for the Seattle Mariners… Give that city the Sonics back!

Random thought. Why don’t someone smarten up and fly a drone or two over an area where ICE agents are pouncing on folks?

October 14 2025 can’t be no other day than for George Floyd & D’Angelo.

As a Gen X kid obsessed with Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson & Prince who had Jazz and Blues playing all around but was drawn to Funk, we immediately identified with D’Angelo and clocked his influences… He became OUR version. And now, he is one of the ancestors. Rest in eternal peace.

Phillies win.

Yankees eliminated

Making this the new logo has to be part of the CBA negotiations.

Knicks season just started...

FINAL: Blue Jays 5, Yankees 2 The Toronto Blue Jays are headed to the American League Championship Series. Eight pitchers combined to shut down the Yankees, and a balanced offense overwhelmed New York all series. Game 1 on Sunday at Rogers Centre. The Yankees fall short again.

the blue jays are beating on the yankees so hard that i'm out of war of 1812 analogies

Yankees are eliminated from the postseason are six words I’ll never tire of reading.

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

🗣️Tell me why you came here, was it just to sit and stare? Happy Birthday, Freddie Jackson 🎉🎂🥳 I can see my parents "cutting a rug" to this one 🤣🔥

This is your reminder that doing a top 50 best HipHop albums list without having any 80s albums or independent albums on it is asinine at best. My homie Jamaal told yall stop cheating on your tests. An album shouldn’t even be on a list if it doesn’t have liner notes.

So…uhmm…is America great yet?

You can’t say “Patreon” on Instagram…

The Last Poets/Gil Scot-Heron/Gylan Kain/Lightnin’ Rod/Felipe Luciano, etc. all have their place alongside radio jocks like Jocko Henderson, Jack The Rapper & Pigmeat Markham’s 1968 song “Here Comes The Judge”

…Also, unlike New School acts Run DMC, Whodini, Fat Boys, LL Cool J, Ice T, UTFO, Mantronix, T La Rock, Salt N’ Pepa, Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew, Stetsasonic, Boogie Down Productions, Just-Ice, Skinny Boys, Eric B. & Rakim, Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane, etc. Kurtis Blow never made a classic LP

To highlight the significance of this shift? Kurtis Blow was the first emcee signed to a major (Mercury) in 1980. He was the undisputed King Of Rap between 1980 and 1985. He was the first emcee to have a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th LP. By 1992, HIS entire back catalog was largely out of print too!

Give me a movie featuring a friend group of Gen X White folks where the mom is driving with her kids in the back and they’re all like “MOOOOM! Not Mic Geronimo’s “The Natural” again!” when she starts playing music…

To this very day, there’s never been a Rap /Hip Hop equivalent to “The Big Chill”, “Almost Famous” or “High Fidelity”… Closest we ever got is “Brown Sugar” or maybe “Big Words”.

We were two micro generations removed from the 1st Golden Era and we already had Rap fans who never heard JVC Force’s “Doin’ Damage” LP from 1988 & “Force Field” from 1990. Masters Of Ceremony LP “Dynamite”? They never even knew it existed… The industry kept old Rock “alive” for younger fans

Imagine not being able to go into a record store and find a Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Derek & The Dominos or a The Velvet Underground & Nico album? By 1992, you couldn’t even find a copy of Just-Ice’s “Back To The Old School” from 1986 in that same record store. Just sayin

Motown was absorbed into that, leading to the possibility of a “Motown 25” & “Dreamgirls” play adaptation. You couldn’t even buy a copy of Stetsasonic’s “On Fire” anymore 5 years after it first dropped on Tommy Boy!

Rap was a single based genre between 1979 and 1985. The first Golden Era coincides with major labels investing in signing acts. The first wave of multiple “classic” Rap albums was between 1986-89. The overwhelming majority of early “classic” Rap albums were out of print by the mid ‘90s! Seriously.

Difference is Rock had the protections of the RIAA so it could have its classic albums stay in print. Classic Rock stations were set up early. Hollywood films had Classic Rock soundtracks. “The Big Chill”. “Almost Famous”. “ High Fidelity”. Rap never had that same level of advantages. Still doesn’t.

Black Sheep’s “The Choice Is Yours” is a Venmo ad now…

I pray those aid ships make it to Gaza.

Everything is happening so much faster than it did in Germany because all of our institutions are either complicit or barely putting up a fight and capitulating.

Jams that you love that don’t be getting any airplay in the mix. hiphopphilosophyradio.mixlr.com/events/4565639

im not gonna say it im not gonna say it im not gonna say it

I had just now thought about if you did a piece on this on Medium. I remember when you did this on twitter.

Method Man w/ one opaque contact in “Bring the Pain.” Keith Murray on top of the Lexus in “The Most Beautifullest.” Clipse and the whole state of VA in “Grindin.” Just to name a few. An integral figure in my HS + college years. Diane Martel was a masterful architect, a visual genius and an icon. 🕊️

Bucky Chrome for those who know. A true cinematic legend.

#They definitely skip this one....

“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”-Voltaire

The Wake Up Show was my thing in the mid to late 90s. youtu.be/Rz1Dxl-CfDU?...

Robert Redford 8/18/1936-9/16/2025 Yeah,I found out today that the gif that used this footage was indeed the RR and not Zack Galifianakis. youtu.be/8K_eDzecqVg?...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...