AN ALBUM (OR TWO) IN MY HEAD (0061)

If you’re new to this series, be warned that my musical taste is all over the map, and many of the albums you’ll see here will not be covered by mainstream media. Kendrick Lamar, an artist whose album is featured this week, represents an exception. Linda Sharrock — unfairly remembered as only the wife of avant […]

THE DUCK WHO LAUNCHED A THOUSAND DISS TRACKS

(Laughing) Well, you KNOW by now that rapper Kendrick Lamar’s last name is Duckworth, right? I have to give the young man credit if his master plan was to make news headlines, get a rap mogul or two to acknowledge his presence, receive public counseling by a legendary NBA coach, piss-off the […]