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Jose Vilson is a teacher, poet, blogger, speaker, graphic designer, and writer. He currently lives in New York, NY. For more information, please visit his website.
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Theater Review (NYC): Lemon Andersen's County of Kings
County of Kings sets a standard for the one-man show and for urban spoken word as a whole.
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Dead and Alive: Why Biggie Deserves to Still Be In Your Top Five
I proffer five reasons why Biggie should be in everyone's top five greatest MCs, dead or alive.
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DVD Review: Classic Albums - Reasonable Doubt
This documentary gives Jay-Z's greatest album its proper due.
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Music Review: Common - thisisme then: The Best of Common
Common's raw rhymes mixed with that earthy backpacker aura still emanate from this pristine set, and yes I do mean pristine as uncorrupted.
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Music Review: Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds - Playlist
Babyface's latest album is really two of them - a compilation of covers and a self-contained album.
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Music Review: J. Holiday - Back of My 'Lac
J. Holiday's album shows an artist with much promise, but can he surpass his thug image?
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It's About Black History, Not the Month
Everyone has had a stake in this country, and that stake is not fully recognized except in back pats and head nods.
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Music Review: Talib Kweli - Eardrum
Yes, it's really that good.
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Common Isn't So Common
As far as Common's concerned, he's definitely not Common.
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Rock the Bells Tour: Fight the Power? Really?
Rock the Bells: not just a concert, but a space to reflect on the socioeconomic conditions in this country.
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