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Marcus Dowling: Kanye West Is Culture

“He’s sucking the marrow out of the most dramatically creative forces in the world. From emotional synthesized sounds to Takeshi Murakami to live orchestral backgrounds for Unplugged performances, and so many more examples, Kanye West lives only for the extremes of this universe, and in doing so is one of the most polarizing figures of this, or any generation.”

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Lil Wayne's "Rebirth", black rock, and modern music

by Marcus Dowling If he could, Chuck Berry would slap DeWayne Carter in the face with his dingaling for this one. It "leaked." And it damn sure doesn't make me think of Lenny Kravitz. Or Jimi Hendrix. Or Rick James. Maybe it made me think of Eddie Murphy. But "Party All the Time" even laps [...]

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What’s Race Got To Do With It?

The antidote to the country’s first black president

Why Is The N.Y.P.D. After Me?

A 23-year-old New Yorker talks about having been stopped and frisked by NYPD at least five times.

The Rise of the New Confederacy: How America-Hating Right-Wingers Took Over The GOP

Those on the extreme right are different. Here’s how and why.

Christian Wikane’s 10 Reasons Donna Summer Belongs In the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame

10 reasons NOT including Donna Summer is a HUGE oversight.

TOUR DATES: Saul Williams’s “Volcanic Sunlight Tour” 2012

Catch Saul when he hits the road in North America in 2012!

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