http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/ One man's throat-chopping reportage. en Copyright 2009 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:59:04 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Not for nothing, but if I could sum up my 15 years of having dreadlocks into a garden variety television advertisement, it would undoubtedly play just like one of those Herpes medication commercials your average boob tube aficionado would immediately recognize. Just image this: *The camera focuses in on... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/03/living-with-dreadlocks/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/03/living-with-dreadlocks/ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:59:04 -0500 (Its a fuzzy picture I know, but with my usual drunken state this is exactly how I see her most nights anyway. What other blogger brings this type of realism to their posts?) Not for nothing, but I'm the human embodiment of the word "Irony". Even though I've handed out... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/03/dawn-the-bartender-the-human-condom/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/03/dawn-the-bartender-the-human-condom/ Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:12:28 -0500 Outside of the many occasions I've taken it upon myself to channel great thespians of yesteryear like Marlon Brando and Lawrence Olivier while trying to convince some perceptive female that she was indeed my one and only - the sole achievement on my acting resume was the theatrical tour de... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/03/this-just-in-hip-hop-is-not-the-pet-rock/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/03/this-just-in-hip-hop-is-not-the-pet-rock/ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:04:48 -0500 Originally I had planned to start this post off with a pretty definitive statement: "I was not born an asshole". But that plan was quickly abandoned as soon as I remembered that I'm the guy who once licked an entire Birthday cake when I was 5 years old so the... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/03/chronicling-heartbreak-through-hip-hop-albums/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/03/chronicling-heartbreak-through-hip-hop-albums/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:03:25 -0500 True Hip-Hop Stories: Cinderfella Dana Dane from D-Nice on Vimeo.... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/02/dnices-true-hiphop-stories-cinderfella-dana-dane/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/02/dnices-true-hiphop-stories-cinderfella-dana-dane/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:44:37 -0500 Back in the days when I had an unobstructed view of my penis and could run a mile without weird green fluids flying out of my mouth ala Linda Blair in "The Exorcist", I participated in the often overlooked sport of Track & Field in High School. Even though I... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/02/the-internet-completely-ruined-diss-records-for-me/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/02/the-internet-completely-ruined-diss-records-for-me/ Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:17:10 -0500 True Hip-Hop Stories: Buckshot (of Black Moon) from D-Nice on Vimeo.... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/02/true-hiphop-stories-buckshot-of-black-moon/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/02/true-hiphop-stories-buckshot-of-black-moon/ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:04:26 -0500 D-Nice Presents True Hip-Hop Stories: Monie Love from D-Nice on Vimeo. (Via D-Nice) Sometimes, in an era when Hip Hop has become sort of a Special Olympics event - where both impressionable fans young enough to be my children and aficionados of my era seem to very routinely give out... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/01/dnice-presents-true-hiphop-stories-monie-love/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/01/dnice-presents-true-hiphop-stories-monie-love/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:00:05 -0500 Never in a million years did I ever think that I'd write anything concerning T-Pain where utter contempt and blatantly unapologetic journalistic eye-rolling wasn't involved - that being said, Ludacris' song "One More Drink" has a very special place in my heart. See, after a brief stint last year... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/01/my-personal-struggle-with-beer-goggles-inspired-by-ludacris/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2009/01/my-personal-struggle-with-beer-goggles-inspired-by-ludacris/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:00:47 -0500 Despite the fact that I'm spending this holiday season alone, perusing Craigslist with the sole purpose of finding some low self esteem having young lady with Daddy issues to share the ole Christmas "yule log" with - I'm constantly amazed at how many pieces of serviceable ass I've squandered just... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/12/for-christs-sake-barack-obama-is-not-bagger-vance/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/12/for-christs-sake-barack-obama-is-not-bagger-vance/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:39:28 -0500 Not for nothing, but if my penchant for documenting sordid tales ranging from throat-chopping Jim Jones fans to penetrating low self esteem having women in the hallowed halls of church buildings suddenly falls on deaf ears - I think I'm going to take up my real calling, and that's exclusively... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/12/mrs-robinson-revisited/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/12/mrs-robinson-revisited/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:20:44 -0500 Ever since my mother pushed what would grow up to be a degenerate bastard out of her person while briefly staying at an Oahu area hospital 35 years ago, the entire tenure of my existence has been that of a sore winner. Besides the unfortunately selfish episode where I proceeded... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/12/the-obligatory-post-election-fk-you-rant/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/12/the-obligatory-post-election-fk-you-rant/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:19:21 -0500 The last few days, watching the liberal blogosphere act like a bunch of whining malcontents as they clumsily hyperventilate over Obama picking Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, and the President-Elect's decision to let Joe Lieberman keep his chairmanship despite the Connecticut Senator's nasty general election habit of questioning Obama's... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/11/presidentelect-obama-keep-guantanamo-bay-open-for-wack-ass-rappers/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/11/presidentelect-obama-keep-guantanamo-bay-open-for-wack-ass-rappers/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:57:17 -0500 You know that a song is pretty good when you completely forget what you were doing before the tune started. Moments after witnessing my old man snatched from the mortal coil, to this day I can still hear that flat-lining sound in my quietest moments, tears still racing down... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/11/johnsonjonson-up-all-night/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/11/johnsonjonson-up-all-night/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:35 -0500 For once in my life I wish I was like everyone else, journalistically able to sum up my innermost feelings in such a succinct fashion - immediately after a country with a history of contempt for African descendants elected the son of a Kenyan to the highest office in the... http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/11/my-thoughts-on-the-election-and-what-took-me-so-long/ http://blogs.vibe.com/humanitycritic/2008/11/my-thoughts-on-the-election-and-what-took-me-so-long/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:45:57 -0500