Category Archives: Inner-City

dead prez featuring Malcolm X – “Politrikkks”

October 26, 2008 – 8:29 pm

Shout out to D. Prosper for this leak. The RBG’z, dead prez are back, and just in time to make their voices heard about the upcoming 2008 Presidential Election with their latest song – “Politrikkks.” The track, which appears to be the first single off of their forthcoming album, Information Age, is a cautionary, radical [...]

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Change…True

October 26, 2008 – 10:06 am

Shout out to Jycorri and the big homie, Ryan for this one. Filmmaker Charles Stone III (Paid In Full, Drumline and Mr. 3000), most notably known for the Budweiser True ad campaign, a.k.a. “Whasssuuuppp” TV commercials in 2000, is back with a redux of that classic spoof – just in time for Election Day.
Stone is [...]

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Oil Is Down, But Other Prices Are Stable

October 20, 2008 – 3:00 pm

We’ve all seen the price of a barrel of oil plummet over the last few weeks to half of what is was in the summer, now $70-$75. While gas prices at the pump have gone down by a lot too, roughly 29% since July, that’s still not half (-50%) to match the decline in a [...]

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Talk Black To Me

October 15, 2008 – 1:50 pm

Now this is a power move. Variety reports that comedian D.L. Hughley will be given his own show on CNN. For those who have been following Hughley, post-The Original Kings Of Comedy, you’ll know that this cat has one of the sharpest minds when it comes to political commentary and satire. He’s often a regular [...]

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Sheriff Robin Hood

October 11, 2008 – 6:01 pm

On October 8th, 2008 the New York Times and CNN.com reported that, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart of Cook County Illinois has decided to “stop evicting people from their homes.” The sheriff has pointed to the fact that many occupants who are being evicted are renters who have been paying their rent on time to landlords, [...]

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