THE BEER COOLER

I have been listening to Boldy James since the Cool Kids featured him on Tacklebox back in the summer of 2010. He is most times rapping in a Detroit Drug Lord perspective, living in the Motor City jungle as a Concreature, trying to survive. Songs like "300 Fences" is a movie in itself, Boldy brings you behind the veil of the underworld. The best rappers write raps that come to life like a Picasso painting. Boldy has been on the grind for years. Early on, Boldy was signed to Nas' label Mass Appeal. Although he was signed to Mass Appeal,...

A quick pull up on my dawg Pink Siifu.

I took a little bit of a sabbatical from Bob's Liquor Store, just figuring out the future of the brand. Still getting back into the groove of things, probably the longest creative block I've had in years. I've been trying to digest how technology is effecting society. Since A.I. (artificial intelligence, not Allen Iverson) has became a regular part of life, I have been uneased about it....

When we talk about LA rap, you can't leave these albums out.

This is probably my favorite design combining my favorite historical figure with my favorite villain. Malcom X, once a crook named "Detroit Red", going to prison for robbery, overcoming addiction, turning to the straight and narrow, and even being one of the greatest speakers in history. Though his teachings were a little more aggressive than Martin Luther King Jr.'s approach of nonviolence, he wanted equal rights for his people. A lot like Magneto, a villain to the opposition but an ally to the oppressed mutants. Marvel Comics creator, Stan Lee, knew what he was doing when he made the X-Men...