AltWeeklies Wire
Portrait of a Nymphnew
Erotica novelist Zane's new advice book, Dear G-Spot: Straight Talk about Sex and Love, offers a glimpse of what it might be like to bang Zane herself.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
10-16-2007 |
Fiction
Leading the Waynew
An independent black publisher cracks the national best-seller list for the first time with The Covenant With Black America.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
04-07-2006 |
Books
The Distracted Dognew
Only Whoopi Goldberg and Jon Stewart's often improvised lines save this animated free-for-all from complete irrelevancy.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
03-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Doogal, Butch Hartman
Dodging Categorizationnew
Buyer beware: This is not a "hip-hop" record -- P.O.S. favors troubled crooning over rhymes, and when he's supposed to be rapping, he’s ranting.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
01-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: P.O.S., P.O.S. Is Ruining My Life
Rastawomannew
There's been a dearth of anti-war albums this year, but Sinead O’Connor's self-released collection of reggae standards attempts to fill the void.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
Fortresses of Whitenessnew
This study of the thousands of all-white towns that banned blacks after sundown is marred by classic blame-the-victim rhetoric.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
11-15-2005 |
Nonfiction
Battle Rappersnew
Rarely do we get to commend MCs' acting chops, but Phonte and Big Pooh deserve an Emmy for their spoof of "Cheatin'."
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
10-07-2005 |
Reviews
She's Gotta Have Hitsnew
Pop-music interludes intrude on the story of a female music exec.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
10-06-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Bliss, Danyel Smith
Rough and Ruggednew
Little Brother's new mix tape dishes out a full plate of 18 gutsy and hot beats and rhymes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
09-19-2005 |
Reviews
Skating Downhillnew
If you're a longtime Koushik fan, Be With may leave you feeling a bit cheated. Where's the new material?
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
09-19-2005 |
Reviews
Slick Countrynew
Young Jeezy's major-label solo debut is a chrome-shiny opus -- but he sounds more real on countrified bounce than on citified crunk.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
08-29-2005 |
Reviews
In the Line of Bootyliciousnew
The third member of Destiny’s Child has a powerhouse voice in her miniature frame, and she's about to strike off on her own.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
07-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
One Lovenew
For Jr. Gong, the son of music legend Bob Marley, reggae is a family legacy.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Harangue the DJnew
Rock 'n' roll and R&B, postpunk and rap: It’s all hip-hop to Sharkey’s ears.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
07-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sharkey’s Machine, Shaun Sharkey
Anything but Ordinarynew
Classics that will be added to the Great American Songbook are far and few between. John Legend’s “Ordinary People” from his 2004 album Get Lifted may achieve that status.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
