Just like there is a difference between trendy ‘rap’ and intelligent ‘hip-hop,’ these is also a difference between average dudes on the mic spitting rhymes over loops and the thoughtful, even transcendent qualities unearthed when one encounters the four-man collective known as A Tribe Called Quest. It’s been over a decade since Phife… Continue reading Michael Rapaport: “Beats, Rhymes & Life” and His Complicated Place In The Tribe
Category: Stage & Screen
Television and film/play reviews, interviews with actors, directors and others
Laz Alonso: Dreams, Films, and Box Office Blues
First published with the online magazine Black Working Man, here is a look back at one of my favorite and and most educational interviews. Did it help that Laz is extra-easy to look at? But of course! I hope it isn’t our last one and this is a talented brother we ALL need to ‘keep… Continue reading Laz Alonso: Dreams, Films, and Box Office Blues