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You Know What Really Grinds My Gears Recap

You Know What Really Grinds My Gears Recap

I am proud to announce that You Know What Really Grinds My Gears, my collaboration with DJ Roz of Champion Sounds, was a success. Last Tuesday marked the first open-forum karaoke-style airing of the grievances in the history of..ever. My only fear of hosting what amounted to an open-mic rant session was that there would [...]

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You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?

Please join me January 24th at Cafe Saint-Ex in Washington DC for an evening of great hip hop and random-ass rants. The event is titled “You Know What Really Grinds My Gears” which is an homage to Peter Griffin from Family Guy. If you’re unfamiliar with the reference, watch this video of Griffin’s nonsensical news [...]

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GREATEST. WEBSITE. EVER!!!

Let’s face it; the best thing about rappers these days are their trademark ad-libs. Therefore, a sound board featuring some of the most prominent utterances in the history of hip-hop is automatically the greatest website ever! Well…the greatest site NOT named ListenToLeon.net. Let’s clear that up right now. I am having way too much fun [...]

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2Pac Knew Something We Didn’t

Let me start this off by saying Rest In Peace to Tupac Shakur, easily one of the most influential rappers of all time. 2Pac made many references to an early death in his music, and unfortunately, it ended up be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Only two positives came from ‘Pac’s untimely demise: the great musical legacy [...]

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I Owe The Pharcyde An Apology

I went to Hip-Hop Karaoke last night and had a blast. That said, I feel like I should apologize to The Pharcyde for what I did to their song. In my defense, I did do all four parts by myself as well as sing the hook, so I’m proud of myself in that respect. However, [...]

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Monday Morning Throwback

Monday Morning Throwback

Although Rell looked like Dave Chappelle trying to act sexy, this was my song! I have played “Love For Free” three times, back-to-back this morning. I needed to hear something fun and light, since I’ve already found myself posting my thoughts on Rep. Eric Cantor on Twitter: Then about 30 minutes later, I found myself [...]

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Beats Rhymes and Life Tonight

I’m going to see Beats Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest tonight since it’s opening in DC. I had a chance to see it last weekend in Los Angeles, but well, liquor happened, and I didn’t make it to the theater. This time, I bought my tickets in advance. I hate [...]

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