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Barack Obama and Me
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Little Bitty Burger Barn
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Barack Obama and Me (256)
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
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All This Useless Beauty
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The city's skuzzy alt-rock scene thinks it is dying
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Live-Action Role-Players Get Boffed in Amtgard (5)
Amid flailing swords and flying shields, these modern-day knights fight on
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Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge?
All This Useless Beauty
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What's the Problem Houston?
The city's skuzzy alt-rock scene thinks it is dying
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Rap's Rapidly Vanishing Female MC
The Why Chromosome
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A New Official State Song for Texas?
A case for a new — or different, anyway — state song
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Marilyn Manson's celebrity dating club
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Secret Crimes of the Characters from "Gilligan’s Island"
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Canine Crusaders
That drug-sniffing dog up ahead? He may not be your best friend.
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The Muscle Men
Thanks to a string of Florida "anti-aging clinics," baseball's steroid scandal isn't limited to superstars.
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Miami New Times
Picked On
Farm workers earn nada in America's green-bean capital.
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Village Voice
"Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal"
An election-season essay from one of America's greatest playwrights.
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X-Clan's Brother J Drops Some Knowledge
Continued from page 1
Published: February 28, 2008Marcus Garvey taught us to link with black businesses, you know what I'm saying? Reach out to others of the same mind. I'm not going back to become a slave to the wheels of corporation. If people want to support me, I can give back more. If not, I'll struggle, but it's no big thing. We live in the struggle.
HP: Last thing, and you may be kind of surprised to hear this, but race is a sensitive topic for some people.
BJ: (laughs)
HP: You wrote one of the most discussed lines in hip-hop history back on To the East. What exactly was going through your mind when you wrote the famed line, "How can polar bears swing on vines with gorillas?"
BJ: I'm glad that that comment causes so much controversy, but it wasn't written like that. It was made for people to understand that you had to play your position, you feel me? At that time it was very deep for white kids in hip-hop to imitate us. My whole thing was, people have built careers on that, and I was trying to make a nice statement. Not like, "Step outta hip-hop! You're not invited!" It was more like, "Be you."
X-Clan is the truth for anyone looking to elevate their mental on Unity, Social Responsibility, and Knowledge. No matter of what ethnicity, religion, or culture you come from, if you love HipHop Culture and are in search of a higher intelligence the new album will fulfill your needs. Everything from lyrical content, rhyme scheme, delivery, breath control, production, recording quality, and the live show is outstanding. Support the Culture and cop the album.
Peace and Blessings,
-DJ Arkitek
Comment by DJ Arkitek — February 28, 2008 @ 03:48PM
X-Clan is the truth for anyone looking to elevate their mental on Unity, Social Responsibility, and Knowledge. No matter of what ethnicity, religion, or culture you come from, if you love HipHop Culture and are in search of a higher intelligence the new album will fulfill your needs. Everything from lyrical content, rhyme scheme, delivery, breath control, production, recording quality, and the live show is outstanding. Support the Culture and cop the album.
Peace and Blessings,
-DJ Arkitek
Comment by DJ Arkitek — February 28, 2008 @ 03:48PM
WOW!!! We are not worthy of what this Brother is saying!!! I would love to hear more about how this group got back together and about members of the X-clan and what they have to say about this generation. I would also like to know where I can hear X-Clan on the radio!!!
Comment by Oni — February 28, 2008 @ 07:51PM
Peace,
i am glad to read articles such as this one. It helps to remove the negative stereotypes about conscious hip hop. This is protected by THE RED THE BLACK AND THE GREEN!!
Comment by DJ 360 DEGREEZ — March 18, 2008 @ 03:51PM