21:59 PDT, Monday January 5, 2009

Notes from LA

“It’s a great place to live, but I wouldn’t want to visit there.” —Will Rogers

Van Ness and Imperial

Hooks, beats, and bass lines made for sunny boulevards. Songs that make you stand up and march. Not a liberal, conservative, Hip Hop Republican, or even libertarian. Ice Cube loves his city better than any city councilmember. His work is fiercely independent; never politically correct, consistently relevant and thought-provoking.

Why Me? (featuring the family of Jamiel Shaw, II)