More live performance, from one of Toronto’s top emcees. (Canada does count as another country!)

It’s time to take a stand, for the sake of our children.

Stepping our game up in honor of Ill Doctrine’s feature in Wired magazine, and our selection as “Best Video Blog” in the Black Weblog Awards.

At least one of these two people has the power to launch nuclear weapons.

A longer excerpt of the all-star French/German/English freestyle cypher.

An international freestyle cypher uniting emcees from London (Stig), Paris ( Warlock), Berlin (Jago) and New York (Big Zoo and Vice Verses). Behind the scenes footage from my radio show, The Underground Railroad, on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York.

A response to Time Magazine’s predictions of hip-hop’s downfall.

Revisiting an older commentary, as Imus maneuvers to reenter the public sphere.

(originally recorded April 2007)

Rebutting Bill O’Reilly’s latest bit of anti-hiphop theater.

A quick note from the road.

KRS One performing live at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshel over the weekend, telling the audience how 25 years ago he was homeless and sleeping in this very bandshell, and how creative vizualization brought him from there to this moment, back on the same stage to live out his dreams.

Another video mashup for the people.

This year the rapper Nas organized all-star remixes of his song “Where Are They Now” with his favorite artists from the 90s and 80s. This video mashup takes it a few step further, imagining what would happen if he brought back an all star crew from the 50s.

A review of BET’s new program, “We Got to Do Better,” originally known as “Hot Ghetto Mess.”

A Blues vs. Hip-Hop video mashup, contrasting two very different relationships with money.

How a church can be helpful to hip-hoppers.

Refusing to join in the media hysteria, and exploring the percussive qualities of Robin Quivers’ laugh.

How to find space for complicated conversation, when we’re stuck in soundbyte -driven discourse?

A rebuttal to the Russell Simmons party line on “poets speaking the truth.”

Every hero needs a theme song!

Inspired by Vlog Deathmatch. Also Ze, Kent, Cam’ron and whoever invented LOLcats.

Please do not ask questions about the light saber incident, I’m not allowed to discuss it.

Trying to stay in touch with history, as we keep telling ourselves we’re making it.

A musical homage to this year’s Superbowl coaches.

(originally recorded January 2007)

A few thoughts on the RIAA’s persecution of mixtape pioneers DJ Drama and Don Cannon.