Opinion
VICE: Women And The Men’s Rights Movement (Video)
August 7, 2014
Interesting considering child support, domestic violence, & other issues. This VICE expo on the Men’s Rights Movement (MRM) takes a slant that, perhaps until this visual presentation, that we haven’t given serious audience to.
No allegations of rape levied against women who take advantage of drunk men for sex (whew, you can imagine how hard it was to not put take advantage in quotes)… men’s only draft registration, lack of a birth control pill for men… in this age of equality. Is any of this fair in our modern era? Has the pendulum swung to far, or not far enough? The video above may make you think… both. Too far, shifting power/privilege too much from men to women; social positioning for men being weakened so much so that they have to fight (like women have historically) for fairness. AND not far enough, as (taking the stance of this vid) we may not have actually moved very far along the spectrum of unfairness to fairness – with men as a class suffering oppression way more than women in lots of situations.
Consider this: In America, we are pursuing justice and protections for female victims of assault, but what about such for the accused assailant? Didn’t we slam the prison door shut (so to speak) on an athlete that dragged his unconscious fiancee-now-wife from an elevator yet make many, MANY meme pics and spoof videos themed around Jay Z taking many, many blows from Solange. With lots of under-breath commentary hinting that Jigga probably said/did something to provoke the wig out? WHAT? Well, who stands to say, “Hey, why would Ray Rice get that physical with Janay? Was he attacked first?” Hmmm… How can we even ask that of such a big strong football player who could ‘stop her’ without hurting her? Yeah, Ray being assaulted is too ridiculous to consider. But is it really? Discuss…
So… how can we orient the fairness pendulum’s swing back toward a position that allows balance; that gives serious consideration for the man’s rights (like to defend or even escalate, per the example discussed above, for instance)? Maybe it takes extreme measures like what the MRM is employing in its blogs and publications to put forth A Voice For Men (AVFM). So many layers to this onion. VICE starts peel them.
If you won’t hear men’s pain, you will eventually hear their anger.
– Paul Elam, MRM Founder
Watch the VICE video (focusing the lens on the women who support and advocate for the MRM). They’ve done it again.
Opinion: Neil deGrasse Tyson Responds To Uproar About His GMO Comments
August 6, 2014
Well, well. Looks like a lot more folks than me took issue with astrophysicist, Cosmos host and science celeb Neil deGrasse Tyson the other day (see my post here). Given such, Tyson responds to the controversy. Ha! Doesn’t he do that every other day? This time, he responds to the masses of people (pointing to myself) who took issue with some or all of what he said in his widely publicized and criticized “chill out” commentary on blanket opposition to GMO.
His response, in sum… was, ‘Yeah, what I said was right.’ BUT… the way he rebutted the rebuttals is why Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson continues to be one of my ‘you should really LISTEN to this’ guys. And while I must give a shout out to Raw Story (on whose posts I have based my posts here on; because they showed in my stream, even though I follow Dr. Tyson directly on Facebook)
… I am going for the raw feed from the Facebook post of the man himself. Your response to the world’s responses to your response, Dr. Tyson?
In life, be cautious of how broad is the brush with which you paint the views of those you don’t agree with.
Respectfully Submitted
Boom! Dr. Tyson has spoken. Now, let me speak.
You know, reflecting on my last post, it was the “chill out” part that prompted me to do the writeup. So, no issue remains there. And, though its content-lifting was done responsibly for the most part, I got my information second-hand when first-hand content was available. Other bloggers’ Facebook posts have so drowned out Tyson’s that I had to Google his direct response from his Facebook wall (which I should have done before anyway). This is part my striving to be a responsible blogger. Why does that matter? Maybe it doesn’t so much. But how does reading “Neil deGrasse Tyson: GMO producers ‘ought to be able to make as much money as they can’” make YOU want to respond? Yeah, me, too; and Tyson’s response wasn’t really all about that. So I smack my own forehead and admonish myself and all: Get your story from the teller’s mouth, people. That’s another lesson I re-learned.
That said. I’m STILL chill, and there are parts of the GMO push with which I do not agree. But I will keep in mind that my brush and strokes against the GMO work on display should be small and specific. In that, my response is, in sum… ‘Yeah, what I said was right’ (too).
Kudos, NDTyson. Respect due and given.
(Heh, heh… Just realized that Dr. Tyson considers a two-minute response brief. Imagine a casual convo with the brother. Gotta love intellectuals…)
– @ojones1
Posted in Food, Health and Wellness, Opinion, Science | 
Tags: artificial, GMO, Monsanto, natural, Neil deGrasse Tyson, organic, produce, rebuttal, Response, unnatural | 
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Katt Williams Says Dave Chappelle ‘Was Decapitated In Front Of Us’ (Video)
August 6, 2014
“I’ve always been aware of who’s funnier than me. I’ve just also been aware of who wasn’t.”
– Katt Williams
Ohhhhh. Ding ding ding! Love him or hate him, Katt has something to say…always. And whenever he wants to speak, he’s never scared to speak up. Listening to his ‘Dave Chappelle was DECAPITATED in front of us’ testimony above makes me reconsider the positioning of Katt’s brand of ‘crazy’ in my mind (newsflash: we’re ALL crazy; you just gotta find folks who like your brand of crazy and call ’em friends). Makes sense. VLAD TV scored with this interview clip.
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Opinion, Radio, Videos | Tags: Dave Chappelle, Dave Chappelle documentary, DECAPITATED, Katt Williams, Oprah, Vlad TV, Why Dave Chappelle Left | No Comments »
Sports: Why Would Shannon Briggs ‘Attack’ Boxing Champ Wladimir Klitschko? (Video)
August 5, 2014
Watch… Looks staged. But it’s okay. As long as it’s entertaining… “Have some water” (bwaaaahahahaaa).
I know what the video was ‘meant to show’ but I put dots together differently. Truth: We have had no real reason to get hyped about the heavyweight division in quite some time. But… Shannon Briggs? Last fight I saw him in was against Jason Statham in one of the “Transporter” movies. Even Statham has moved on.
But boxing history holds that the ring retires great fighters, especially heavyweights. In other words, a fighter keeps fighting until someone throws him a bonafide can’t-be-denied azz whuppin in the squared circle. Sure, every now and then you get a Lennox Lewis, who retires on high; but most heavyweights who were on top either fight in relative obscurity OR they had that one ‘ewww daaamn someone oughta stop this’ match (ex: Ali v. Holmes, Tyson v. Lewis… and Hollyfield should have been “retired” by the two that Lewis gave him).
To his credit, I don’t think Shannon got his “retirement whuppin” … but this hounding for the champ’s attention is long after what would be considered his career peak. Now, George Foreman had two careers, in essence; winning the title again well after what most would say was his prime. BUT even he had some “retirement” (once from Ali, sorta) and another from Axel Schulz, an German bruiser who was declared the loser that night even after knotting Foreman’s eye so high his shades rose off his face.
Perhaps the Klitschkos (Wladimir and Vitali work as a unit) deserve to work the game as a weakened division and early politics kept them out for a bit. Some (pointing at myself) say Lewis got away with murder …with a VERY controversial win over Vitali (watch the proof here for a few seconds) back in the day and retired without making it right. Maybe the Klitschkos feel justified in leaving like Lennox Lewis, still pretty, pretty healthy, and pretty much in a sound state of mind.
Oooh, @ojones1 are you saying this Briggs rah-rah is a set up to fuel promo for a title fight with he and Wladimir INSTEAD of facing true contenders? Well…I wrote it, huh? Guess I threw the brick. Can’t hide my hand now… It follows that someone would ask/blurt, “Well, who are these so-called contenders, O?” I’m glad you asked, me-acting-like-someone-asking-me-a-question… Allow me to quote Bleacher Report in my response:
“I think so,†said Jennings. “But I can’t do it alone. Trust me. I can’t do it alone. I’m one of the guys. I think that it’s just going to take more than one guy.†Jennings said he and fellow undefeated prospect Deontay Wilder were probably the two most exciting heavyweights in America right now, to go along with the United Kingdom’s Tyson Fury. He said a group of guys like that, which might include other fighters who have yet to emerge, could make the heavyweight division real exciting.
– Bleacher Report
AND Wilder has whupped MUCH azz (29-0, ALL KNOCKOUTS)… AND Wilder is from Tuscaloosa (where we make champions, Roll Tide)… AND Bleacher isn’t even touting him in the above writeup.
Yeah, there are more worthy fights to be made than Briggs v. Klitschko. So I say good try to this ‘smoke screen.’ But I don’t care wither way. For one, no one cares about the heavyweight division now (maybe that’ll change, but not now). But second, I like Pro Wrestling… and this ‘drama’ outside the ring leading to a pay-per-view showdown in the ring… works for me!
So… Who’s bringing the folding chairs? Gotta hit somebody with a folding chair to make it a pay per view, right?
– @ojones1
Posted in Opinion, Sports, Videos | Tags: Boxing, Klitschko, Klitschko brothers, Shannon Briggs, Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko | 1 Comment »
Activism/Education: The NDAA Explained In 3 Minutes (Video)
August 4, 2014
Think all you had to worry about regarding your life and liberty in the United States were possible unknown risks inherent to your food supply, and very known instances of police brutality? Think again. This mini-expo video should give you a quick shake and smack to wake you up to the real dangers of having government-sanctioned arrests, extractions, and detainment without due process (per the National Defense Authorization Act) and nearly no real oversight. This is part of the not-so-beautiful half Homeboy Sandman rapped about America…
Regardless of where on this planet you live, and no matter what your nationality, the fact that the indefinite detention provisions of the NDAA are still on the books, should disturb you on a fundamental level. If not, give it three minutes.
– StormCloudsGathering.com
Opinion: Neil deGrasse Tyson Says GMOs Are A-OK, Okay? (Video)
August 1, 2014
Cosmos host and all-around smart brother Neil deGrasse Tyson recently put the shut down commentary on all the fear-mongering around GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) in our food.
“There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There’s no wild cows. There’s no long-stemmed roses growing in the wild (although we don’t eat roses)…We are creating and modifying the biology of the world to serve our needs. I don’t have a problem with that, because we’ve been doing that for tens of thousands of years. So chill out.â€
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
I’m chill. I just don’t totally agree. I’ve posted on this here. I know Monsanto is so big that we are probably consuming something GMO more often than we know and/or want. But does that mean I give in and give it the it’s-probably-okay thumbs up? Even if Dr. Tyson says so. No! Still American. Still got my sense and sensibility about things. When you go to the fruit and veggie stand on the side of the road, you see hand-picked food – blemishes, bugs and all. Not looking too tasty always; but hey, at least you know what’s up. Monsanto GMOs look real nice in the produce aisle mixed in with the natural/organic fruit and vegetables. Cool. But why is it so hard to get info that tells shoppers what is made from GMOs (esp. when other food producers have been stamping no-GMO on their products). Hmm? Now, if we just agree that it’s so pervasive that we cannot do anything large-scale about all this GMO/altered food now? I can go there. I’m shopping for my food, not growing it year-round. And I’m not rich. So, I have to purchase what is available.
I’m chill.
I respect and will read/listen to Dr. Tyson’s opinion; but remain skeptical. Skepticism does not engender hate. It is characteristic of critical thinkers and free-willed people who are okay with making up their own minds and letting others do the same. They also are able to reevaluate their positions as new information becomes available, if they choose to do so.
(Oh, about that rose thing. Ever smelled a rose from the flower shop? Not really a smell at all, right? Smell one off a homegrown bush. It’s not as pretty, and it will wilt quickly after plucking; but it will smell so sweet!)
– @ojones1
MORE:
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON SLAMS FEAR-FACTOR OVER GMO (RAW STORY)
MONSANTO & GMO – WILL WE TRUST THEM WITH OUR FOOD? (JAYFORCE.COM)
Posted in Food, Health and Wellness, Opinion, Science, Videos | Tags: artificial, GMO, Monsanto, natural, Neil deGrasse Tyson, organic, produce, unnatural | 1 Comment »
Rakim Challenges The New School: ‘So Whatchu Saying?’ (Interview)
July 30, 2014
When the G.O.D.M.C. aka The 18th Letter aka Rakim Allah speaks, especially on Hip-Hop, it’s worth taking heed. Well, Keenan Higgins over at Green Label Sounds did more than take heed. He took notes! Wrote up an article chock full of insight.
I just need younger artists to understand the power that they have. What you’re saying, people are listening to. Don’t take it for granted that you just writing rhymes. Young kids are listening. Y’all are influencing a lot of people, so watch what you say.
– Rakim
– @ojones1
MORE: RAKIM WEIGHS IN ON THE CURRENT STATE OF HIP-HOP (GREEN LABEL SOUNDS)
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Tells Stephen Colbert: ‘We Should Go To Mars’ (Video)
July 28, 2014
Elon Musk (aka Marvel Comics’ character Tony Starks come to life) recently interviewed with Stephen Colbert, telling him that he is “aspiring to send people to Mars.” Of course, the billionaire who owns SpaceX has had his eyes on out-of-this-world travel, but his reasoning is intriguing. Worth watching the above clip for.
“…humanity as we know it is likely to propagate into the future much further than if we are a single-planet species…[It’s] life insurance, collectively…It would be the greatest adventure ever…really exciting and inspiring…it’s possible to transform Mars into an Earth-like planet.”
Very cool.
Posted in Celebrity, Opinion, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Elon Musk, Life on Mars, Mars, Space travel, Stephen Colbert, terraforming | No Comments »
A Discussion On The NFL’s “N-Word†Rule On ‘Larry King Now’ (Video)
June 10, 2014
Some say it’s a gray issue. Some say it’s black and white. In a way, they’re both right. To come at the discussion of use of the ‘N-word’ … in all its likely contexts (including on the field of battle in the National Football League) … Larry King sits down with panel of folks with varied points of view on the subject – Ryan Ford, Nipsey Hu$$le, Jimmie Lee Solomon and Chester Pitts.
Posted in Opinion, Series, Sports, Videos | Tags: “N-Word†Rule, Larry King, Larry King Now, N-Word, NFL | No Comments »
Kendrick Lamar’s Home Sweet Home
June 4, 2014
Hey. Let’s go over Ken‘and’nem house for a minute. You know…Ken…Kendrick Lamar. Yeah, you can roll. But respect the man’s home though. It’s nice.
And by nice. I mean nice…and at a reasonable price. Imagine that: Rap putting the pause on rhymes about opulence and dreams of such. To most of us, “making it” is a nice home with a manageable mortgage we can eventually pay off. And we expect rappers to buy their moms houses, then ball out of control in a mansion (rented or, preferably, mortgaged). So, I was more than pleasantly surprised to see Hip-Hop’s Black Hippie really show some sense when dropping dollars and cents on a crib.
If only MTV ‘Cribs’ was around to show this house off. Situated on a 7800-square foot lot an hour east of Los Angeles (California, USA). Just a bit over a half million bucks to get. Flexing, but not too much.
Salute, Kendric Lamar. Real Hip-Hop. Real responsible with the cash while it’s flowing.
– @ojones1
READ MORE: KENDRICK LAMAR’S CRIB
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Human Interest, Opinion | Tags: Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick Lamar House, Un-Rappiest Crib in California | No Comments »
Dame Dash Speaks on Black Businesses Not Sticking Together & The Jay-Z vs. Solange Incident (Video)
May 29, 2014
Dame Dash speaks to Hip-Hop Motivation. Still tongue in cheek comical while sharing street-level wisdom. Check out his commentary above about how to handle the Jigga-Solange elevator incident and fallout. Back in the day, Dash and The Roc fam would have laughed the whole incident off (or laughed at Jay if he couldn’t find humor in how silly the whole thing was).
“If he was still hung out with us, we would’ve been roasting him.”
– Dame Dash
Kind of brings the phrase, “Small things to a giant,” to mind, doesn’t it? More after the jump, as Dame speaks on ‘the trouble with Black folk.’
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Opinion, Videos | Tags: Black Business, Dame Dash, Jay-Z, Solange | No Comments »
Opinion: Accused Of Being Racist? The NAACP Can Help. Bring Your Checkbook Though (Like Donald Sterling Did)
May 22, 2014
Y’all, Businessweek is some good reading. I get tons of info from just skimming, and when I want more I read more closely. Case in point: The writeup the mag did on the recent ‘quick public relations makeovers’ the NAACP appears to be helping out otherwise hated entities with.
Help The NAACP Help You…Like Donald Sterling Did! Now that’d be a winner of a tagline, right?
And maybe not that far from the truth. The NAACP was happy to recognize Sterling as a ‘sterling’ supporter (yup), until he got in too much trouble. Now, I am not saying the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) cancelled its second award ceremony for embattled (read: racially challenged) NBA Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling because they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar… But Donald, and the mega-rich that donate to the cause as he does… have some nearly irresistible cookies. Cause-driven organizations like the NAACP have always had to balance responsibilities regarding ethics and image while keeping the funding coffers full. The NAACP, therefore, can ill-afford to turn down too many quarter-million-dollar (or way more) donations… even from the likes of Sterling… even when folks had been calling him out as ‘less than appreciative’ of Black folk long before ex-girlfriend V. Stiviano bugged him while actually bugging (e.g. recording his racially insensitive remarks) him.
Hey, his views are his own business, right? Can’t let that influence fundraising, right? Ignore it, NAACP. Your reputation will probably be okay. Money is money. Sterling’s. Wal-Mart’s. Bank Of America’s. FedEx’s… Yeah, pretty much anyone at-risk or already entangled in discrimination-related litigation… can drop some (big) see-what-I-do-for-the-Blacks dollars off to the NAACP. Such investments donations go pretty far in helping clean up even the dirtiest situations and reputations (oops… I mean… go far in helping … um … you know … folks the NAACP helps and stuff).
Interesting. Check out the Businessweek article like I did; and just imagine if former Governor Mitt Romney’s people would have had him drop some money here and there with the NAACP before his whole 47% comments got out and put some of the final nails in his presidential campaign’s coffin.
– @ojones1 (former Communications Officer, NAACP, University of Alabama Chapter)
READ: THE NAACP CAN HELP REPAIR DONORS’ SULLIED REPUTATIONS (BUSINESSWEEK)
Shots Fired: Rush Limbaugh Disses #BringBackOurGirls And Jon Stewart Slams Him For It (Video)
May 16, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, pressured into action by ‘hashtag activism’ on Twitter recently, now has help from several nations to save more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by Boko Haram terrorists. #BringBackOurGirls our girls has been trending worldwide, bringing and maintaining attention on the issue. Good, right? I mean, the terrorists are the bad guys; but you MUST be a genuine azzjack of a bad guy to hate on the movement, right?
Enter Rush Limbaugh, azzjack. On his radio show, the conservative host ripped the effort, even calling a photo of First Lady Michelle Obama with a #BringBackOurGirls sign “pathetic.”
Oh…my…damn! Did Limbaugh just slam a humanitarian movement AND diss our beloved First Lady? Sure did. But don’t worry. Jon Stewart got him; as you’ll see in the Comedy Central ‘Daily Show’ clip above. In fact, by the show’s end, Stewart had set off a Twitter trend of his own – a message for Limbaugh: #F*@KYOURUSH.
(Even more important, Jon had some heartfelt words for the real G’s caught up in this horror story; the captive Nigerian girls who knowingly risked life and everything daily to get educated and empowered.)
READ: #F*@KYOURUSH (HUFFINGTON POST)
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Opinion, Politics, Shots, Television, Videos | Tags: #BringBackOurGirls, #F*@KYOURUSH, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Rush Limbaugh, The Daily Show, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | No Comments »
Bill Nye Battles CNN Crossfire Host On Climate Change (Video)
May 14, 2014
Okay. In truth, renown scientist Bill Nye (aka “Bill Nye The Science Guy”) was invited to hold down the “for” side in a discussion about whether climate change (e.g. ‘global warming’) is a problem… that man caused. Not really a battle; UNLESS you consider a grown man square his shoulders and spit fiery truth in the direction of an opponent in a war of words.
“I will look anyone in the eyes and remind them that climate change is the most serious problem facing human kind…This is serious business.”
– Bill Nye
On second thought, the show is called ‘Crossfire’… It’s a battle. And Bill is schooling ’em! Watch.
Posted in Activism, News, Opinion, Science, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Bill Nye, Climate Change, CNN, CNN Crossfire, CrossFire, Global Warming, Science Guy, The Science Guy | No Comments »
Bill Maher: “Donald Sterling Isn’t Worth Defending, But The 4th Amendment Is.” (Video)
May 12, 2014
Bill Maher is right, to an extent, about protection of the 4th Amendment in his recent commentary regarding former NBA owner Donald Sterling’s case, but the point is everyone is still accountable for what they say. It doesn’t matter what was said in private because in America you can be convicted of crimes & incarcerated for things that were said in private. Even television news investigations secretly record & release evidence of people saying things that were meant to be in private. I agree with most of what Bill Maher is saying in his commentary but you can’t even get a job for saying outrageous things that some people would disagree with. So it’s best to keep things 100 all the time about how you feel. It’s America & you do have a right to say what you feel even in private, but in Donald Sterling’s case the NBA is a business & once those private feelings were out in the open no black players would be willing to play for a NOW known racist.
Jeremiah Camara Says ‘Blacks Screwed Up’ In Handling The Controversy Surrounding Former NBA Owner Donald Sterling (Video)
May 6, 2014
“As usual, Blacks were left with nothing but a moral victory…Donald Sterling was never the problem in the first place.”
After banning Donald Sterling from the NBA for life, there was much celebrating, specifically amongst African Americans, but in reality what was actually accomplished? As usual, Blacks were left with nothing but a moral “victory.†Black leadership, in an outside of the NBA blew perhaps the greatest opportunity to advance the conditions of African Americans since the so-called Civil Rights Movement.
Sports Analyst Bomani Jones Speaks on How Boxing Brings Out Beastly Instincts In Every Race (Video)
May 6, 2014
“These things matter so much that, when it came time to root against the Germans, America jumped behind Joe Louis’ Black ass!”
HAHAHAAAAA! It’s funny. People think I make everything about race, but I’ve had NO ONE tell me I was wrong on this one. Dude speaking TRUTH above. Things can get involved, violent even… race vs. race… culture vs. culture… around boxing events. And like he said, don’t get involved in the ‘fight after the fight’ … Your opponent will likely be fighting for the PRIDE OF A NATION! Funny and true. Admit it.
Posted in Opinion, Series, Sports, Videos | Tags: Bomani, Bomani & Jones, Boxing, Boxing Brings Out The Basic Instincts, Floyd Mayweather, Jones, Manny Pacquiao, SB Nation, SBNation | No Comments »
Pusha T And Larry King Discuss Gay Rappers And The N-Word (Video)
May 3, 2014
Pusha T weighs in on why there aren’t gay rappers and why the N-word should be banned in the NFL, but not in music.
– Larry King
Posted in Hip-Hop, Opinion, Series, Videos | Tags: Gay Rappers, Larry King, N-Word, Pusha T | No Comments »
Opinion: Yeah… About That Donald Sterling Tape (Video)
April 29, 2014
So, now y’all mad? Donald Sterling (owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers) has been racist! The question continues to be what are we going to do about it? The deeper question, asked by Jay Smooth in his rant above, is, when are we going to get mad enough to do something about the racist practices that generate injustice without generating TMZ clips? Hmm…great point. Thanks for the tweet, Jay.
For my afternoon people, new video: Three Things About The Donald Sterling Tape https://t.co/YFXvzvYO06
— jay smooth (@jsmooth995) April 28, 2014
‘The Tupac of Unreleased Racism Tapes’ presents “Here’s What They Think About You?” Now, THAT’S funny! Sterling… well, he’s just ridiculous. Watch the clip.
Posted in Opinion, Sports, Videos | Tags: Donald Sterling, Jay Smooth, NBA, prejudice, Racism, Three Things About the Donald Sterling Tape | No Comments »
Nas, Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolBoy Q And More Speak On The Influence And Impact Of “Illmatic” 20 Years After Its Release (Video)
April 11, 2014
“I’ll always be a fan and a student of his work.” – Kendrick Lamar on Nas
Good one Google Play.
Check out our special feature with Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and more as they reflect on the twentieth anniversary of “Illmatic.”
Watch this clip: “Illmatic” struggled to sell gold. Struggled… Think about that while you consider what has gone platinum since. Just saying. Wow…
PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM: NAS – THE ILLMATIC XX (LINK)
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