Review: A Reckoning — De La Soul @ The...

Pho­to­graph­er: Aimee Val­in­ski Much like an adolescent’s quiet accept­ance of cor­rec­tion admin­istered by a respec­ted par­ent, I felt deeply humbled after what was a most… Read more

Poetry: ‘Black In America’ By Eric J...

Amer­ica my dear.. Keep our souls near. Too many shirts say­ing Rest In Peace You see me as a less­er me. How can that be?… Read more

Lyrics: 0–100 by @TheOrator_UK

  <strong0-100 In my city unem­ploy­ment is kinda high, Thus we hustle to get by, wheth­er by day or wheth­er by night, and you can… Read more

Talib Kweli ‘PRISONER OF CONSCIOUS’

Close to a year after the release of his “Attack The Block” mix­tape, Talib Kweli deliv­ers his per­son­al fifth stu­dio album, “Pris­on­er of Con­scious” orite… Read more

Knowledge Session: Democracy is Hypocris...

Demo­cracy is Hypo­crisy Mal­colm X You don’t scare Negroes today with no badge or no white skin or no white sheet or no white… Read more

Knowledge Session: History of Prison Cam...

From the very early times, war­ring coun­tries have had pris­on­ers of war. From the early B.C. eras to middle ages and today, there’s a con­stant… Read more

Review: Breakin’ Convention Park Jam

So to cel­eb­rate 10 years in the game, Breakin’ Con­ven­tion put on their first free Park Jam. A out­door event cov­er­ing all aspects of hip… Read more

Avante Garde Hip Hop Constant Deviants (...

Q. What does your name “M.I.” stand for and what is your back­ground in terms of  who were your lyr­ic­al influ­ences, what made you start… Read more

Video: Angela Davis on Assata Shakur

One day after the exiled former Black Pan­ther Assata Shak­ur became the first woman named to the FBI’s Most Wanted Ter­ror­ist List, ‘Demo­cracy Now’ are… Read more

Lauryn Hill’s Open Letter

Lauryn Hill Writes A Let­ter Explain­ing Her Sony Deal & More Check out Lauryn Hill’s let­ter: “It has been repor­ted that I signed a new record deal, and that… Read more

Review & Quotes: Assata: An Autobiog...

Assata Shakur’s auto­bi­o­graphy – first pub­lished in 1988 and newly repub­lished this year by Zed Books – has lost none of its rel­ev­ance. It remains… Read more

New Album: Zapatista by eMCee Killa &...

Zapatista – Sup­port­er of the Mex­ic­an revolu­tion­ary force work­ing for social and agrari­an reforms and which launched a pop­u­lar upris­ing in the state of Chiapas… Read more