A Bronx Tale: In Search of Sonia Sotomayor from weekendvids on Vimeo . Talking with The Roots (pt.1) from weekendvids on Vimeo...

Mostly Letters & Words: Grantland (RIP): Otis , Roger Ebert , Notes on Prep School Rap Videos Gawker (RIP): My first , my last , a ...

So this week's installment of Ghetto Pass is on The Corner Bodega . "NY ain't the same, it's OT playa you can go and cop c...

The Case of Will Leitch and the Burning Q-Tip PART 1. Mr. and Mrs. Negro had one child. They called him TAN, and so did everybody else. ...

This week's Ghetto Pass we take a Hip Hop spin and explore The Cipher : It is a telling indictment on the flimsy state of Hip Hop right ...

A few weeks ago they released the 25th anniversary edition of Whitney Houston's debut album, Whitney Houston . Whitney is sort of fas...

I wrote an essay about my " White Castle Valentine " and read some of it for my appearance at Gelf Magazine's Non-Motivationa...

So it was a fine summer day when I was coming out of my apartment building. I was heading to Blockbuster to return a DVD. After walking a f...

A few weeks ago Stevie Wonder performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and The Assimilated Negro was lucky enough to have a tick...

Before I trot out a bunch of MJ posts, I wanted to point at what I found to be the most striking article I've read in the past week. Th...

The End of Pop, looking at the story and legacy of Michael Jackson one song and video clip at a time. 1.2: The Wicked Witch of Motown Th...

Last night I read at WYSIWYG: Worst. Sex. Ever. It was my first time reading for a crowd. I've performed, but never read for people th...