Email Author Makkada B. Selah

2007 Stories by Makkada B. Selah

• Ebony and Imus

  published August 14, 2007

  "There's a white brother named Paul Woodruff singing—he sounds better than Robin Thicke!" Princeton University professor Cornel West says... More >>

• Powder Burns

  published June 26, 2007

  On a Sunday morning, long before sunrise, dancers gather downtown at Club Shelter, New York's most respected house party. No one is dressed up or... More >>

• Totally Use Your Illusion, Dude

  published June 19, 2007

  Da Shop Boyz "Party Like a Rockstar (Totally Dude)" From Rockstar Mentality (Universal Republic) "Party Like a... More >>

• The Motormouth of the South

  published June 12, 2007

  The platinum Terror Squad medallion worn by Palestinian-American producer and radio announcer DJ Khaled makes quite a thud as it lands on his... More >>

• Saw'd Off

  published April 10, 2007

  Lady Saw claimed she's "too nice fi inna cock fight" and "too rich to argue with bitch" on 2004's "Man Is the Least," but that was all chat... More >>

• Miami Vices

  published March 27, 2007

  "You must be out of your mind," DJ Reborn says flatly, as the emcee of her showcase at the Marlin Hotel in South Beach—part of this year's... More >>

• Rhodes Scholars

  published February 20, 2007

  Here's to more songs using the Fender Rhodes—that archaic electronic keyboard that's sorta like an organ, but with tones so effervescent,... More >>

• A Bewildering Underground MC, Somewhat Decoded

  published February 13, 2007

  Parsing the nonpareil, nonsensical flow of Los Angeles MC Busdriver (né Regan Farquhar) can be challenging, but it’s certainly not... More >>

• Milk-Eyed and Heaven-Bound

  published January 30, 2007

  Discussed: Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, #8 Joanna Newsom, Ys, #9 More >>

• Def in a Jam

  published January 2, 2007

  It is December 7, 2006. Brooklyn-based rapper and Emmy-nominated actor Mos Def is up for a Grammy in the Best Rap Solo Performance category for... More >>