My Life in 100 Songs: Excursions by A Tribe Called Quest

For all intents and purposes my nephew is my second child. His father isn’t shit and he lives with my mother, Cydney, and me. He turned nine today. He’s my lil’ dude. He’s right in the middle of that age I can’t stand; but he’s a good kid. When I was working from home I […]

My Life in 100 Songs: Inshallah by Goodie Mob

“How can I promise you forever when I can’t even promise the rest of today? All I know is we started this journey together; hopefully we can make it the rest of the way, Insha’Allah.” A few weeks ago, a friend and I were conversing on the phone. She was telling me about her plans […]

My Life in 100 Songs: I Do by Jeezy f/ Jay Z and Andre 3000

I first heard Andre 3000’s verse a year and a half before the song’s official release. The sentiment generating a relationship out if thin air and actually wanting to spend the rest of one’s life with someone was a new concept for our peers and us. My friends and I were in our mid-twenties so […]

My Life In 100 Songs: Good Good by Ashanti

I joke around and say that the day I arrive to heaven the first thing Timile Brown is going to do when she sees me is punch me. Why? Because of how I raised Cydney. I think she would be very tickled by our daughter’s personality. However, her personality suggests that she is a little […]

My Life in 100 Songs: The Blame Game

Kanye West’s albums have all coincided with the period of my life when they were released. College Dropout was released my freshman year, Late Registration my junior year, Graduation dropped in the fall of 2007 when I completed my tenure at Morehouse College, 808’s and Heartbreak was when Timile and I had broken up and […]

Day1…100 Days of Music: Intro by The Lost Boyz

“They say what kinda music you got? I got music the way I am, my man. How you see me is how my music is. Some say I’m ill, some say I be buggin’, some say I’m just chill…that’s how it is.” Music and writing are a substantial part of what makes me who I […]