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The Top 5 “R.I.P. Dead Homies” Songs On My iPod

July 30, 2009 Front Page 6 Comments

So this site is supposed to focus on civic engagement and political issues, but let’s keep it real, music has always been our soundtrack for change. After all, where would the world be without the music of artists like Nina Simone, Bob Marley or even Michael Jackson. Music sort of helps us get through the day, ya know what I mean?

Speaking of soundtracks, a funny thing happened yesterday when I was listening to T.I.’s album King. By the time TIP got to the second verse of “Live in the Sky” I realized that the song was my favorite on the album. After thinking about it for a couple of minutes, I decided that most times my favorite jam on every album is the proverbial “R.I.P. Dead Homies” song ( you know, the song where rappers pay respect to their fallen loved ones). Unlike when MCs talk about their expanding bank accounts or sexual conquests, rappers just can’t fake emotion when they talk about the pain of death. I guess it’s sort of like the blues.

So this morning I decided to put together a list of the Top 5 “R.I.P Dead Homies” songs currently on my iPod. More after the jump.

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Biko Baker

We Were Broke Before the Recession

June 15, 2009 Front Page No Comments

The Recession has indelibly shaped the zeitgeist of our modern American times. The era of the iPod gave way to the Great Anxiety of 2008, and the Era of Change became the Era of Count Your Loose Change.

Park your car and pump up your old bike tires, the new American puritanism is our collective need for atonement, the great big Morning After that suppresses all enthusiasm and motivates us to keep our heads down, work quietly at our desks — if we’re fortunate enough to still have them — and wait for sunshine over head, a blare of trumpets and the pop of champagne signaling the all clear, production levels risen, time to slip a newer, prettier piece of plastic in our pockets and hit the improved guilt-free digital streets of tomorrow.

Right? We’re all in this together? Guess again. … Continue Reading