Usually this at this time of year, I like to reflect on all that gone down over the past 365 days and figure out what sort of steps to take in order build upon past victories and successes. I also like to reflect on what sort of steps to take to avoid and recover from [...]

Last night’s  City Council where they were scheduled to debate giving the police power to crack down on anyone trying to shut down the Ports of Oakland  was beyond contentious to say the least…There was a lot of frustration a lot of anger and a lot of finger-pointing. On 3 different occasions an angry, bellowing [...]

I’m loving the way the Bay Area gets down on the dance tip..With so much of the music corporatized and dumbed down its refreshing to see true Hip Hop expression manifest itself through the dancing.. Peep out how these folks Paulie Rhythms & Boy Wonder of Soul Sector get down on the strutting and popping tip [...]

Many of us recall last January when the Arab Spring broke out in Egypt, we cheered as Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted as many talked about how the army was revered. After Mubarak stepped down, most of us here in the US went about our day-to-day lives thinking that Egypt’s darkest days were over.. [...]

Glad to see all the troops coming home, now that the war in Iraq is officially over.. However in a world with No Jobs, Increased Foreclosures & lawmakers pushing to make even more cuts while telling those who’ve fallen on economic hard times to ‘blame themselves‘, do these returning men and women who did 4 [...]

Hip Hop icon, Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers is one of the dopest emcees around.. He’s also one of the most politically astute…. We caught up with him the other day while visiting the August Wilson Center inPittsburgh, Pa to get his take on staying fresh in the emcee realm and what the Occupy [...]

Hip Hop icon, Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers is one of the dopest emcees around.. He’s also one of the most politically astute…. We caught up with him the other day while visiting the August Wilson Center inPittsburgh, Pa to get his take on staying fresh in the emcee realm and what the Occupy [...]

This has been a good week for music, especially on the video tip as we’ve had three stellar offerings to raise your awareness and peak your conscience.  Two of the videos deal directly with police brutality and I’m hoping folks will pay close attention, being that much that is shown happened over the past couple [...]