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craig

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About Me

married white male addicted to retail, hip-hop.

My Interests

my wife, writing, working like a dog

Music:



Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition
Simple Things
Live at the Future Primitive Soundsession, Vol. 2
Fresh Mode
The Piece Maker

2000 Fold
From Where???
Soulful Fruit
Soulful Fruit
Dead Ringer

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Planet Asia
Jurassic 5 EP
The Platform
Blowout Comb

Mecca and the Soul Brother
The World Famous Beat Junkies, Vol. 2
The Score
Return of the DJ, Vol. 1
Stakes Is High

Big Shots
Paul's Boutique
Off the Wall
Songs in the Key of Life
What's Going on

Death Certificate
Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop
Illadelph Halflife
Resurrection
Breaking Atoms

Run-D.M.C.
Ready to Die (W/Dvd) (Reis)
Paid in Full
Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Illmatic

Daily Operation
Endtroducing...
Midnight Marauders
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Movies:



Style Wars
Office Space - Special Edition with Flair (Widescreen Edition)
Groundhog Day
The Believer
Dead Presidents

Caddyshack
Da Ali G Show - The Complete First Season
The Office - The Complete Collection BBC Edition (First And Second Series Plus Special)
Entourage - The Complete Second Season
25th Hour

The White Shadow - Season 1
What's Happening - The Complete First Season
Get a Life - Vol. 1
Do the Right Thing
Apocalypse Now

Dog Day Afternoon
Raging Bull
Raging Bull (Single Disc Edition)
Glengarry Glen Ross
Airplane - The "Don't Call Me Shirley" Edition

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Television:

MMA on Spike TV & HD Net.

Books:



Classic Material: The Hip-Hop Album Guide
Bomb the Suburbs
Rakim Told Me: Wax Facts Straight from the Original Artists--The '80s.
Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11
DC Noir (Akashic Noir)

ego trip's Big Book of Racism!
Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
American Psycho
Season on the Brink
The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives, Volume 13

Clockers
Homicide
Have Gun Will Travel
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
Dakota Grand: A Novel

Hell to Pay: A Novel
Right as Rain
Drama City
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Heroes:

Martin Luther King, Morris Dees, Carlton Ridenhour

My Blog

Guilty

Check out my take of Guilty Simpson's Ode To the Ghetto for URB.
Posted by craig on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:41:00 PST

Anywhere near D.C.? You gotta see this...

The Smithsonian has an incredible hip-hop exhibit you can check out for free. Check out a brief review I wrote for URB. Anyone remotely close to the Nation’s Capitol should make time to visit th...
Posted by craig on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:58:00 PST

looking back

I've been MIA for months now due to a certain 9 month old that has changed my life drastically and undoubtedly for the better. Since I haven't got many clips to post lately, you can check out an olde...
Posted by craig on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:23:00 PST

Blurbs in URB

Props to Termanology & Soundtrakk--my contributions to URB's annual Next 100 list. You'll be hearing plenty from this mic ripper and beatsmith in the near future. Although URB is tagging it their ...
Posted by craig on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:10:00 PST

Best of 07 Pazz & Jop

We might be getting deep into '07, but the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop Poll just dropped. Here are my picks: ..> 1 J. Period & Kanye West  G.O.O.D Music Class of '06 Mixtape ...
Posted by craig on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:03:00 PST

Check The Chaos

Everyone who considers themselves a hip-hop head should cop a copy of Jeff Chang's "Total Chaos: The Art & Aesthetics of Hip-Hop" book . You'll find contributions from Harry Allen, Dave Tompk...
Posted by craig on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:06:00 PST

Stones Chrome

Please check out the highly diggable new comp on Stones Throw-- Chrome Children. Here's what I thought about it in URB Magazine....
Posted by craig on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:00:00 PST

a couple of reviewz for youz

whatup everyone. yes, it's been a while. summer's over and the trees are changing color and the redskins even won a game. here are a couple of reviews from URB magazine. Nicolay - Here (BBE) Ayatolla...
Posted by craig on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:00:00 PST

spacey

glad to be a part of rupert murdoch's bandwagon--aka Myspace. thanks to erni vales for the incredible graf behind my mug. and no, i ain't high in that pic.
Posted by craig on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:34:00 PST