I opened Arthur Baker’s Autobiography Looking For the Perfect Beat knowing I would receive an immersive music lesson. Arthur Baker is a pioneer of both Hip Hop and electronic music. Baker produced Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock. I haven’t listened to Planet Rock for awhile because I…

“ICE is a bunch of pussy motherfuckers who wanna beat their wives. White supremacists aren’t taking over shit. Fuck ‘em. If you support ICE get the fuck out of this show, pussy. This is a Hip Hop show, pussy.” R.A. The Ruggedman - Columbus, Ohio January 26, 2026The 2026 blizzard and ICE slowed…

Minneapolis rap group Atmosphere are playing Columbus, 1-27-2026 with Kool Keith, Sage Francis, RA The Ruggedman, and Mr. Dibbs at Kemba Live. Kool Keith is performing with Ced Gee? Is this an UltraMagnetic MC’s concert? We know Atmosphere is rapper Slug and producer ANT. Atmosphere released an…

I looked into Tariq Ali because the Rolling Stones wrote Street Fighting Man about Tariq. I felt intrigued why a legendary Rock’n’Roll band wrote a song about a revered Pakistani British Intellectual who opposes Colonialist genocide. I wrote about You Can’t Please All, and The Extreme Center…