Dude, LOOK at 1998 in hip hop: January 13: The Lox - "Money, Power & Respect" February 25: Scarface - "My Homies" March 19: DMX - "It's Dark And Hell Is Hot" March 24: Cappadonna - "The Pillage" Hussein Fatal - "In the Line of Fire" (who? One of 2Pac's Outlawz, decent album no less) M.O.P. - "First Family For Life" March 31: Gangstarr - "Moment of Truth" April 7: Goodie Mob - "Still Standing" AZ - "Pieces of a Man" April 28: Big Pun - "Capital Punishment" May 5: Various - "Lyricist's Lounge vol. 1" (the kickoff to a STELLAR line of compilations, I still listen to this today) June 2: Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - "Make it Reign" June 9: Juvenile - "400 Degreez" June 16: Devin - "The Dude" (yes, his original rap name was just "Devin," but this album caused the second part to be assumed) June 30: Def Squad - "El Nino...
"Moe, I don't know that this is your wheelhouse, but I'm running low on options now... My wife and I have been married for two and a half years now, and are having a bit of a problem. We're wholly on the same page as far as family goals, i.e. we definitely want children while we're still young enough to enjoy it and have been trying, but we've had trouble conceiving. After months of trying, we saw a doctor and she was diagnosed with a condition that will make conception difficult, and even if successful may not see all the way to birth. We were heartbroken, but not near as much as we would be when we learned the COST of adoption with mind on our preference for a newborn or the non-insurance-covered cost of surrogacy. What we seek from you is advice on how we might be able to proceed in starting our family? We want a newborn, would love to involve our own progeny if at all possible and for it to not break the bank. Please help!" What I have not tol...
The man is clearly unhinged… We watched and kept refreshing on our phones this past week/end in wait for the Associated Press to update the electoral count so we could know if we were in for another four years, or primed for a new regime. Funny is how, during that time, he himself already claimed victory despite numbers first indicating nothing, and then trending the other direction hard and fast. That would give way to WILD claims completely not rooted in anything nearing reality. In the days since, we have seen those numbers continue to trend against him, and his response has not been to face the actual music, but to continue to create his own reality. As entertaining as that may so have been, I luckily woke up before work yesterday and tuned into the special back channel Twitter feed to see if ol’ 45 had taken to his golden toilet sharpening up his battle raps in preparation for the next few mont...
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