(OK, so this is something that often doesn’t happen–an artist with the balls to openly review his own work with the same scrutiny as he does others. So, let’s get into it. This is to be taken seriously and somewhat tongue-in-cheekily as well) Speed on the Beat “No-Fi King” Speed on the Beat’s second album […]
Read moreDawn of the Post-Racists
(If you’re wondering why I’m using WWE gifs, it’s to keep from completely destroying my computer screen as I type this; this is something I’ll discuss, in a sense, later on) It seems that, in our post-Trayvon Martin society (where Trayvon Martin exists as both a human being and an image of a larger problem), those who […]
Read more@SpeedontheBeat – #BornSinner Freeverse
I don’t like to doing these, but I had to. Sorry Cole.
Read more#SEPT5SOTB and what it means.
So, you’ve been probably wondering what in the fuck does this #SEPT5SOTB nonsense have to do with anything. A lot. So, let me take you through some history. On September 5, 1920, my father was born. So, that’s why I want to announce these things on this date versus some random day. Everything that I […]
Read moreThe Road to Songs For…, Part One (#FiveTilFOR)
(This series of blogs fleshes out some of the incidents that led to the creation and finalization of the no-fi masterpiece Songs For…) July 24, 2012Hyattsville Circuit CourtHyattsville, MD10:30 AM I just walked out of a courthouse in Hyattsville, family in tow. Holding a paper with the two words that secured my freedom, “Nolle Prosequi,” I […]
Read moreThe Speed on the Beat GoFundMe
Greetings, all. So, as you may’ve seen, I started a GoFundMe for my “I want to donate to charity and raise money for Jovanni’s College Fund, but want to do it directly and kind of in a grassroots type-of-way” initiative. In short, I know that there are people out there that may want to aid […]
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