<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063</id><updated>2011-07-08T05:11:20.617-07:00</updated><category term='liner notes'/><title type='text'>The Archive</title><subtitle type='html'>Published Reviews/Articles By Oliver Wang</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>66</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-8027781774733439947</id><published>2010-08-08T15:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T15:36:31.986-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JULY/AUGUST 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://media.npr.org/assets/music/news/2010/07/harvey_faqua.jpg?t=1278954152&amp;s=2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Harvey Fuqua: From Doo-Wop to Disco&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Music List)&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128466919" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July 13, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MIA: &lt;em&gt;Maya&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128491780" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July 13, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cut Chemist Plays With African Sounds&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature)&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-cut-chemist-20100808,0,657712.story" target="_blank"&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (August 8, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-8027781774733439947?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8027781774733439947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8027781774733439947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html#8027781774733439947' title='JULY/AUGUST 2010'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-8657042905038936348</id><published>2010-06-01T15:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T15:35:16.436-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MAY/JUNE 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0133ee29400e970b-300wi&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;I&gt;California Funk&lt;/i&gt; @ Funky Sole&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Concert Preview)&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/05/california-funk-funky-sole-oliver-wang.html" target="_blank"&gt;LATimes.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (May 21, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chicano Batman @ the Paramount&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Concert Preview)&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/05/chicano-batman-paramount-oliver-wang.html" target="_blank"&gt;LATImes.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (May 27, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Tyronne and Carr: Take Me With You&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Re:Discovery)&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.waxpoetics.com/2010/03/wax-poetics-issue-40/" target="_blank"&gt;Wax Poetics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Issue 40)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-8657042905038936348?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8657042905038936348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8657042905038936348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html#8657042905038936348' title='MAY/JUNE 2010'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-6343515918548359859</id><published>2010-04-01T14:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T14:50:23.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MARCH/APRIL 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://media.npr.org/assets/music/news/2010/04/erykahbadu2.jpg?t=1270753705&amp;s=2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125716638" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (April 8, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Island Survivor: interview with &lt;i&gt;Lost&lt;/i&gt; writer Melinda Hsu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview)&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?island_survival_interview_with_lost_writer_melinda_hsu_taylor_14941.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Asia Pacific Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (April 13, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;International Flavor: interview with &lt;em&gt;Lost's&lt;/em&gt; Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview)&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?international_flavor_interview_with_losts_damon_lindelof_and_carlton_cuse_14958.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Asia Pacific Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (April 13, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Freeway and Jake One: Stimulus Package&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://media.npr.org/assets/music/news/2010/04/freewaycd.jpg?t=1271277397&amp;amp;s=2" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (April 14, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;Strong&gt;Keith Elam dies at 47&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Obituary)&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/20/local/la-me-guru21-20100421" target="_blank"&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (April 20, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Mass Appeal of Gang Starr&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Music List)&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126168702" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (April 21, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Guru: Hip-Hop's Elder Statesman Dies Young&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Obituary)&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126219777" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (April 23, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hit the Floor: A B-Boy/Girl Workout&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Music List)&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126223862" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (April 28, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-6343515918548359859?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6343515918548359859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6343515918548359859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html#6343515918548359859' title='MARCH/APRIL 2010'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-2157888060507874212</id><published>2010-01-20T04:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T15:26:35.171-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height="250" src="http://media.npr.org/assets/music/news/2009/11/Numero/pinacolada_custom.jpg?t=1258573176&amp;s=2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shining a Light on Chicago's South Side&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Book/Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120545208" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (January 21, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Edan's 'Echo Party' An Exhilarating Ride&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122819737" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (January 25, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;One Diva At A Time: R&amp;B At The Grammys&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123139144&gt;NPR.org&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (January 29, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sade: A Skeletal 'Soldier Of Love'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123534412" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;NPR.org&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (February 12, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;'Africa Boogaloo': An Intro To Afro-Latin Music&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123814795&gt;&lt;i&gt;NPR.org&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (February 17, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cumbia Moderna De Soledad: Fela Around The World&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Song of the Day)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123851336" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (February 18, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3 Titans: A Hip-Hop Ode To Knowledge And 'College'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Song of the Day)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124038416&gt;NPR.org&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (February 24, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Divine Inspiration Sparks 'Fire' And 'Funk'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124010857&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (February 24, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-2157888060507874212?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/2157888060507874212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/2157888060507874212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html#2157888060507874212' title='JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-6348923612125052271</id><published>2009-11-16T02:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T15:34:26.093-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=300 src=http://iamkoream.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Pot-1109-Hotta_obit.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gina Hotta&lt;br /&gt;(Obituary)&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://iamkoream.com/‘gina-was-a-bridge’/" target="_blank"&gt;iamkorean.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (November 3, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soul's Past Stays Present&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;On &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/monitormix/2009/11/souls_past_stays_present.html" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (November 18, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-6348923612125052271?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6348923612125052271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6348923612125052271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html#6348923612125052271' title='NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-980049553397745016</id><published>2009-10-10T15:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T15:29:48.704-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=250 src=http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/gowhere-hip-hop/jay-z_blueprint3_cover-450x450.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Jay-Z: &lt;I&gt;Blueprint 3&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;All&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112672233" target="_blank"&gt; Things Considered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (September 9, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Mayer Hawthorne: &lt;I&gt;A Strange Arrangement&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112848000" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (September 16, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Harvey Averne: Viva Latin Soul&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Music List)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113040017" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (September 24, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Unlocked Grooves&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature on Breakestra, Mayer Hawthorne and Myron and E)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2009-10-15/music/unlocked-grooves-breakestra-mayer-hawthorne-myron-and-e/" target="_blank"&gt;LA Weekly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (October 15, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-980049553397745016?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/980049553397745016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/980049553397745016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html#980049553397745016' title='SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-2421391421969551707</id><published>2009-08-16T03:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T03:32:21.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AUGUST 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://www.npr.org/assets/music/lists/party/michael.jpg?t=1250711420&amp;#38;s=12&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Summer Can't Last Forever: Songs For Farewell&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Music List)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112030581" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (August 19, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-2421391421969551707?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/2421391421969551707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/2421391421969551707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#2421391421969551707' title='AUGUST 2009'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-2961585670738755789</id><published>2009-07-16T03:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T03:31:07.286-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JULY 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/media/images/johnchoprofile.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;The Game Changer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview with John Cho)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090703/article.asp?parentID=110087" target="_blank"&gt;Asia Pacific Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July 3, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Covering Michael Jackson: 5 Songs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Music List)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105990269" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July 7, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;The Storyteller&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview with Alex Tse)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=110444&gt;Asia Pacific Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July 17, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Lee Fields: Soul Survivor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Music List)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106547769" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July 21, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Older and Closer to Perfection&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD review of Lee Fields' &lt;I&gt;My World&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106815434" target="_blank"&gt;All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July 21, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-2961585670738755789?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/2961585670738755789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/2961585670738755789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html#2961585670738755789' title='JULY 2009'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-6991807460393085001</id><published>2009-06-16T03:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T03:24:58.921-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MAY/JUNE 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://northoftheriver.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/theron-darrell.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Wichita Lineman&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Write-up for Theron and Darrell's "I Was Made To Love")&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104871219" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's Song of the Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (June 3, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Standing in the Shadow of Siblings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Music List)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105784279" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (June 25, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-6991807460393085001?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6991807460393085001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6991807460393085001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#6991807460393085001' title='MAY/JUNE 2009'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-8723325671812017060</id><published>2009-04-16T03:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T03:22:38.896-07:00</updated><title type='text'>APRIL 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.npr.org/music/lists/wutang/charmels.jpg?t=1248636051"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;'C.R.E.A.M': Story of a Sample&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Music List)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103319951" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (April 22, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-8723325671812017060?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8723325671812017060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8723325671812017060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html#8723325671812017060' title='APRIL 2009'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-6293418182028757442</id><published>2009-03-16T03:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T03:19:14.358-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MARCH 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/z/zzlocalcustomsdownriv_101b.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;V/A: Downriver Revival&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102059710" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (March 18, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-6293418182028757442?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6293418182028757442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6293418182028757442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#6293418182028757442' title='MARCH 2009'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-653089530885990065</id><published>2009-02-16T02:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T11:08:52.834-08:00</updated><title type='text'>FEBRUARY 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=300 src="http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/blog/images/2009/02/melinda-doolittle.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Melinda Doolittle: Coming Back to You&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vibe.com/music/revolutions/2009/02/melinda_doolittle_coming_back_to_you/" target="_blank"&gt;Vibe.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (February 10, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-653089530885990065?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/653089530885990065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/653089530885990065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html#653089530885990065' title='FEBRUARY 2009'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-1814364576360376011</id><published>2009-01-16T02:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T03:15:00.924-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JANUARY 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=200 src="http://www.stonesthrow.com/uploads/images/product/detail/just-ain-t-gonna-work-out-10.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Working Out A Break-Up&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Write-up of Mayer Hawthorne's "Just Ain't Gonna Work Out)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99241247" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's Song of the Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (January 12, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Timeless #1 w/ Mulatu Astatke&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Concert Preview)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2009-01-29/music/rock-picks-mulatu-astatke-the-soft-pack-katy-perry-merle-haggard/2" target="_blank"&gt;LA Weekly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (January 29, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-1814364576360376011?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/1814364576360376011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/1814364576360376011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#1814364576360376011' title='JANUARY 2009'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-8093094613198357291</id><published>2008-12-16T01:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T03:10:21.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DECEMBER 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/assets_c/2008/12/ozomatli2-thumb-250x165.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;West Coast Sound&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Preview of Ozomatli at the House of Blues)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/news/oliver-wang-on-ozomatlis-three/" target="_blank"&gt;LA Weekly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (December 18, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-8093094613198357291?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8093094613198357291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8093094613198357291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html#8093094613198357291' title='DECEMBER 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-3307006179992373704</id><published>2008-11-25T19:49:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T19:49:24.510-08:00</updated><title type='text'>NOVEMBER 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://bp3.blogger.com/_KY1Ez0TsjN8/R9u98BrWNHI/AAAAAAAAEc0/d2gW9RpU2JE/s400/Boogaloo+Assassins.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Boogaloo De Nuevo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature Profile of the Boogaloo Assassins)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2008-11-06/music/booglaloo-assassins-their-heart-may-be-in-east-harlem-but-their-home-is-in-la/" target="_blank"&gt;LA Weekly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (November 4, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Q-Tip: &lt;i&gt;The Renaissance&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96867102" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (November 11, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Soul: &lt;I&gt;Seal&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vibe.com/music/revolutions/2008/11/seal_soul_review/" target="_blank"&gt;Vibe.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (November 11, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Kanye West: &lt;I&gt;808s and Heartbreak&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97451806" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (November 25, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-3307006179992373704?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/3307006179992373704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/3307006179992373704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html#3307006179992373704' title='NOVEMBER 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_KY1Ez0TsjN8/R9u98BrWNHI/AAAAAAAAEc0/d2gW9RpU2JE/s72-c/Boogaloo+Assassins.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-2633940719109667137</id><published>2008-10-01T21:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T11:06:41.045-08:00</updated><title type='text'>OCTOBER 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dYHoUytfL._SL500_AA240_.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Robin Thicke: Something Else&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/cd-reviews/-robin-thicke-something-else/" target="_blank"&gt;LA Weekly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (October 28, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-2633940719109667137?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/2633940719109667137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/2633940719109667137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html#2633940719109667137' title='OCTOBER 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-6866818655522611560</id><published>2008-09-01T20:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T03:03:20.719-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SEPTEMBER 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=250 src=http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/12217-brotherman-ost.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Final Solution: &lt;I&gt;Brotherman&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;For &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2008-09-18/music/web-hed-required/" target="_blank"&gt;LA Weekly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (September 17, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-6866818655522611560?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6866818655522611560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6866818655522611560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html#6866818655522611560' title='SEPTEMBER 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-6271389928246976940</id><published>2008-08-01T20:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T19:37:00.153-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AUGUST 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=250 src=http://images.askmen.com/galleries/men/dr-dre/pictures/dr-dre-picture-1.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Dr. Dre: 15 Minutes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview)&lt;br /&gt;For &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=23851" target="_blank"&gt;Vibe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (September 2008 issue)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-6271389928246976940?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6271389928246976940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6271389928246976940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#6271389928246976940' title='AUGUST 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-1723722397667031447</id><published>2008-07-01T20:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T19:30:25.937-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JULY 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=400 src=http://acvfestival.org/2008/files/images/Wayne_Wang.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Interview with Wayne Wang&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview)&lt;br /&gt;For &lt;a href="http://www.aaiff.org/2008/post/interview-with-wayne-wang" target="_blank"&gt;Asian Cinevision's AAIFF '08 Program&lt;/a&gt; (July 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;From Near to Far: Asian American Cinema Expands&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature on Asian American cinema's transnational reach)&lt;br /&gt;For &lt;a href="http://www.aaiff.org/2008/post/from-far-near-asian-american-cinema-expands" target="_blank"&gt;Asian Cinevision's AAIFF '08 Program&lt;/a&gt; (July 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Dap-Kings: Soul's New Royalty&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature Profile)&lt;br /&gt;For &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2008-07-17/music/the-dap-kings-soul-8217-s-new-royalty/" target="_blank"&gt;LA Weekly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July 16, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-1723722397667031447?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/1723722397667031447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/1723722397667031447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html#1723722397667031447' title='JULY 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-1515892425664967395</id><published>2008-06-13T03:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T11:07:33.353-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JUNE 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UUWZvHisL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lil Wayne: The Carter III&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;From: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/record-reviews-silver-jews-lookout-mountain-lookout-sea/19086/" target="_blank"&gt;L.A. Weekly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (June 13, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;B-Boy Document&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview with Benson Lee)&lt;br /&gt;From: &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/080613/article.asp?parentID=93415" target="_blank"&gt;Asia Pacific Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (June 13, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Can Al Green Lay It Down Again?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD review)&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91964164" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's Day to Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (June 27, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-1515892425664967395?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/1515892425664967395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/1515892425664967395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html#1515892425664967395' title='JUNE 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-38385111983650044</id><published>2008-05-13T00:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T00:33:27.292-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MAY 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.international.ucla.edu/cms/images/kenleung3_top.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Scene Stealer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview with Ken Leung)&lt;br /&gt;From: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/080530/article.asp?parentID=92874" target="_blank"&gt;Asia Pacific Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (May 30, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lighter Shade of Green&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Song of the Day)&lt;br /&gt;From: &lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90271942 target=_blank&gt;NPR's Song of the Day&lt;/a&gt; (May 8, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-38385111983650044?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/38385111983650044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/38385111983650044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html#38385111983650044' title='MAY 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-5483566779220420317</id><published>2008-04-13T00:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T00:33:18.654-07:00</updated><title type='text'>APRIL 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.international.ucla.edu/cms/images/jeffmao.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chatting With the Chairman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview with Jeff "Chairman" Mao)&lt;br /&gt;From: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/080418/article.asp?parentID=90797" target="_blank"&gt;Asia Pacific Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (April 18, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;The Roots: Rising Down&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album review)&lt;br /&gt;From: &lt;a href=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/reviews/la-et-recordrack29apr29,0,3098999.story target=_blank&gt;&lt;i&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (April 29, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-5483566779220420317?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/5483566779220420317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/5483566779220420317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#5483566779220420317' title='APRIL 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-6179308562505801459</id><published>2008-03-29T10:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T10:29:02.212-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MARCH 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://post.cloudfront.goodinc.com/MastheadImage/20789/org_whats_up_china_7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;They Like Hip-Hop! Just Like Us!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on hip-hop in China)&lt;br /&gt;From: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Guide/they_like_hip_hop" target="_blank"&gt;Good Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (March/April 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-6179308562505801459?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6179308562505801459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6179308562505801459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html#6179308562505801459' title='MARCH 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-4792444147667465763</id><published>2008-01-16T07:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T10:31:51.990-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JANUARY 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="400" src="http://www.o-dub.com/images/bataan-claps.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Boogaloo Nights&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://o-dub.com/sounds/soulsides/boogaloo-Nation.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;The Nation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (January, 2008)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-4792444147667465763?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/4792444147667465763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/4792444147667465763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#4792444147667465763' title='JANUARY 2008'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-6870476627517684638</id><published>2008-01-09T04:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T15:10:06.248-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liner notes'/><title type='text'>ALBUM LINER NOTES BY OLIVER WANG</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height="125" src="http://www.o-dub.com/images/iilod.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img height="125" src="http://www.media.wmg-is.com/media/portal/media/cms/images/200909/081227763527_large.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img height="125" src="http://audiosalad.fania.com/image.php?id=2618&amp;size=640" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following is a list of albums that I have written liner notes for, organized in reverse chronological order:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pete Rodriguez: &lt;em&gt;Ahi Na Ma/Right On!&lt;/em&gt; (Fania, forthcoming 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joe Bataan: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fania.com/content/singin-some-soul" target="_blank"&gt;Singin' Some Soul&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Fania, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kako: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fania.com/content/live-it" target="_blank"&gt;Live It Up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Fania, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Joe Cuba Sextet: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fania.com/content/we-must-be-doing-something-right" target="_blank"&gt;We Must Be Doing Something Right&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Fania, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;V/A: &lt;i&gt;What It Is! Vol. 2&lt;/i&gt; (Rhino, forthcoming 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Betty Davis: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://lightintheattic.net/releases/bettydavis/loveordesire.php" target="_blank"&gt;Is It Love Or Desire?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Light In the Attic, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joe Bataan: &lt;a href="http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=tk5xb8x974&amp;amp;ref=index.php&amp;amp;anchor=475289" target="_blank"&gt;Under the Streetlamps&lt;/a&gt; (1968-1972) (Fania/Emusica, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Band: &lt;a href="http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/charles-wright-the-watts-103rd-st-rhythm-band-puckey-puckey-jams-outtakes-1970-1971" target="_blank"&gt;Puckey Puckey&lt;/a&gt; (Rhino Handmade, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Band: &lt;a href="http://www.rhino.com/shop/product/charles-wright-the-watts-103rd-st-rhythm-band-live-at-the-haunted-house-may-18-1968" target="_blank"&gt;Live at the Haunted House&lt;/a&gt; (Rhino Handmade, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Betty Davis: &lt;a href="http://www.lightintheattic.net/buy/item.php?product_id=403&amp;amp;c_id=1&amp;amp;page=1" target="_blank"&gt;S/T&lt;/a&gt; (Just Sunshine/Light in the Attic, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Betty Davis: &lt;a href="http://www.lightintheattic.net/buy/item.php?product_id=404&amp;amp;c_id=1&amp;amp;page=1" target="_blank"&gt;They Say I'm DIfferent&lt;/a&gt; (Just Sunshine/Light In the Attic, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various Artists: &lt;a href="http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=70805" target="_blank"&gt;Sugar Hill Records/The Definitive Groove Collection&lt;/a&gt; (Sugar Hill/Rhino, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various Artists: &lt;a href="http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=74081" target="_blank"&gt;Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel &amp;amp; the Furious Five/The Definitive Groove Collection&lt;/a&gt; (Sugar Hill/Rhino, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bootsy Collins: The Definitive Groove Collection (Rhino, unreleased, orig. 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various Artists: &lt;a href="http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=77635" target="_blank"&gt;What It Is! Funky Soul and and Rare Grooves (1967 - 1977)&lt;/a&gt; (Rhino, 2006)[1]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Dereliks: Change For the Bus Ride Home (unpublished) (Sublevel Epidemic, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jel: &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=Rg-43hHldFJ&amp;amp;aid=ZVLRbLwunUD&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=music&amp;amp;ct=result" target="_blank"&gt;10 Seconds&lt;/a&gt; (Mush, 2002)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[1] Introductory essay, not liner notes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-6870476627517684638?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6870476627517684638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/6870476627517684638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#6870476627517684638' title='ALBUM LINER NOTES BY OLIVER WANG'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-336248086715803096</id><published>2007-11-09T10:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-09T10:42:07.993-08:00</updated><title type='text'>NOVEMBER 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=250 src=http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2007-11/33681727.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jay-Z Plays 'Gangster"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD/Concert Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-jay8nov08,1,7486432.story?coll=la-entnews-music" target="_blank"&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt; (Nov 8, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Latifah Seeks Her True Kingdom&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD/Concert Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-latifah24nov24,1,7811760.story?track=rss" target="_blank"&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt; (Nov 24, 2007)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-336248086715803096?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/336248086715803096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/336248086715803096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html#336248086715803096' title='NOVEMBER 2007'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-4272461002210096862</id><published>2007-10-30T00:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-09T10:25:41.659-08:00</updated><title type='text'>OCTOBER 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=250 src=http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2007-09/32907166.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sharon Jones Claims Her Retro-Soul Crown&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-jones1oct01,1,1378877.story?coll=la-entnews-music" target="_blank"&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt; (October 1, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not Kidding Around&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15297052&amp;amp;ft=1&amp;amp;f=5257410" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt; (October 16, 2007)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-4272461002210096862?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/4272461002210096862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/4272461002210096862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html#4272461002210096862' title='OCTOBER 2007'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-5757232184958724496</id><published>2007-08-30T00:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T00:17:36.992-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AUGUST 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/photos/MIA200.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;M.I.A.: &lt;I&gt;Kala&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13831187" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt; (August 21, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3, 2, 1 Contact&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20070810/ai_n19478823" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt; (August 10, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-5757232184958724496?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/5757232184958724496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/5757232184958724496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html#5757232184958724496' title='AUGUST 2007'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-3085632525722218052</id><published>2007-07-25T20:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-30T10:01:15.898-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JULY 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.metroactive.com/metro/11.29.06/gifs/overlooked.jpg" height="248" width="265" border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Overlooked" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Keep Reachin' Up&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12234111" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt; (July 25, 2007)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist: Three the Hard Way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/music/ci_6402532" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (July 20, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Common: Finding Forever&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;em&gt;Vibe Magazine&lt;/em&gt; (August 2007 issue)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Common: Finding Forever&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review + Interview)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-ca-common29jul29,0,6226867.story?coll=cl-music"&gt;LA Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July 29, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-3085632525722218052?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/3085632525722218052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/3085632525722218052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html#3085632525722218052' title='JULY 2007'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-7459913832071632848</id><published>2007-06-19T11:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-09T10:26:42.433-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JUNE 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=250 src=http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z163/soul-sides-com/sharonvideoshoot.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;Sharon Jones: Soul Survivor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stopsmilingstore.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&amp;amp;ProdID=38" target="_blank"&gt;Stop Smiling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (#31)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Turf Talk: West Coast Vaccine: The Cure&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/music/reviews/cl-ca-turf17jun17,0,3384864.story?coll=cl-albumreviews" target="_blank"&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (June, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Barbershop (6/8/07)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Panel Chatter)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10857507" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's Tell Me More&lt;/a&gt; (June 8, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mark Ronson: Version&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;Vibe&lt;/i&gt; (July 2007 issue)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pet Sounds&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview with Snoop Dogg)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scratchmagazine.com/online/?p=316" target="_blank"&gt;Scratch Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July/Aug 2007 issue)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Main Source: UGK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on UGK's &lt;I&gt;Underground Kings&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scratchmagazine.com/online/?p=316" target="_blank"&gt;Scratch Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (July/Aug 2007 issue)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-7459913832071632848?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/7459913832071632848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/7459913832071632848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html#7459913832071632848' title='JUNE 2007'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-7842217935420694260</id><published>2007-05-15T00:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T10:30:45.521-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MAY 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://torontoist.com/attachments/toronto_mikew/2007_05_01thereminder.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Feist: The Reminder&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears on: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9981599" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's All Things Considered&lt;/a&gt; (May 3, 2007)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prodigy: Return of the Mac&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;em&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/em&gt; (May 16, 2007)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Devin the Dude: Waiting To Inhale&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/music/reviews/cl-et-devin16may16,0,2521435.story?coll=cl-albumreviews" target="_blank"&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (May 16, 2007)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Post-hip-hop?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(Column on "The Next Big Thing")&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_5832444" target="_blank"&gt;Contra Costa Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (May 6, 2007)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J-Dilla: Ruff Draft&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/music/reviews/la-ca-dilla11may11,0,2474254.story?coll=cl-albumreviews" target="_blank"&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (May 11, 2007)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chicago's Forgotten Finest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(NPR Song of the Day)&lt;br /&gt;Appears on: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10084429" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.com&lt;/a&gt; (May 9, 2007)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Birmingham's Lost Soul Sees the Light&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(NPR Song of the Day)&lt;br /&gt;Appears on: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9938704" target="_blank"&gt;NPR.com&lt;/a&gt; (May 1, 2007)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-7842217935420694260?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/7842217935420694260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/7842217935420694260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html#7842217935420694260' title='MAY 2007'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-8714287062194098074</id><published>2007-04-17T15:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-17T16:01:08.717-07:00</updated><title type='text'>APRIL 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site181/2007/0406/20070406_034043_winehouse.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Different Shades of Soul&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on New Blue Eyed Soul)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://origin.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_5607778" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Apr 6, 2007)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;B&gt;Bob &amp; Gene: You Gave Me Love&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(NPR's Song of the Day)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9556942 target=_blank&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt; (Apr 13, 2007)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cru: Da Dirty 30&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Main Source Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;Scratch Magazine&lt;/i&gt; (May 2007)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-8714287062194098074?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8714287062194098074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8714287062194098074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html#8714287062194098074' title='APRIL 2007'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-950978383224360848</id><published>2007-03-09T14:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-04-17T15:57:38.421-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MARCH 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/hiphop/images/ui_elements/header_01_up.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Poisonous Paragraphs?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on Hip-Hop's Values Debate)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_5394526" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Mar 9, 2007)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;B&gt;Antibalas: Sanctuary&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(NPR's Song of the Day)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9238939 target=_blank&gt;NPR.org&lt;/a&gt; (Mar 30, 2007)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-950978383224360848?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/950978383224360848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/950978383224360848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html#950978383224360848' title='MARCH 2007'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-4705279373924219478</id><published>2007-03-09T14:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-09T14:56:10.868-08:00</updated><title type='text'>FEBRUARY 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=300 src=http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/freedrama.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DJ Drama Drama&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on the DJ Drama bust)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:hL6s30yuoKUJ:www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_5143871+insidebayarea.com+%22Dj+drama%22&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=2&amp;gl=us&amp;client=firefox-a" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Feb 2, 2007)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mighty Voices of Wonder: I Thank the Lord&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(NPR's Song of the Day)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7282557" target="_blank"&gt;NPR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Feb 9, 2007)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sisters Love: Give Me Your Love&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(NPR's Song of the Day)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7575243" target="_blank"&gt;NPR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Feb 26, 2007)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-4705279373924219478?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/4705279373924219478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/4705279373924219478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html#4705279373924219478' title='FEBRUARY 2007'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-8625264037252706014</id><published>2007-01-26T07:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T08:02:03.865-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JANUARY 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=300 src=http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/12/25/obituaries/26brown.xlarge1.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Fall Off&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on Hip Hop In 2006)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_4955325" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Jan 5, 2007)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dennis Coffey: Scorpio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(NPR's Song of the Day)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6894309" target="_blank"&gt;NPR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Jan 18, 2007)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Frequency&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Profile)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://scratch-magazine.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Scratch Magazine&lt;/a&gt; (Feb/Mar 2007)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Liner Notes: Jay Z's &lt;i&gt;Kingdom Come&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://scratch-magazine.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Scratch Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Feb/Mar 2007)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;James Brown&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Career Overview)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;a href="http://www.urge.com/" target="_blank"&gt;MTV/URGE&lt;/a&gt; (Jan 2007)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-8625264037252706014?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8625264037252706014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/8625264037252706014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html#8625264037252706014' title='JANUARY 2007'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-116672246494825830</id><published>2006-12-21T09:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-21T09:34:24.953-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DECEMBER 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=300 src="http://www.dea.gov/photos/cocaine/cocaine_bricks_scorpion_logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Snow Drift&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on Crack Rap)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/16208475.htm target=_blank&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Dec 10, 2006)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Young Jeezy: &lt;i&gt;The Inspiration&lt;/i&gt; + Ghostface Killah: &lt;i&gt;More Fish&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/music/reviews/cl-et-albums20dec20,0,1526909.story?coll=cl-albumreviews" target="_blank"&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Dec 18, 2006)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;B&gt;Finish Soul That Fuses the Past and Present&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Review of Nicole Willis' "No One's Gonna Love You")&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6593169&amp;#38;ft=1&amp;#38;f=4703895 target=_blank&gt;NPR's Song of the Day&lt;/a&gt; (Dec 8, 2006)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Liner Notes: Lupe Fiasco's &lt;I&gt;Food and Liquor&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://scratch-magazine.com/loop/1106.soulstar/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;Scratch Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Jan/Feb 2007)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-116672246494825830?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/116672246494825830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/116672246494825830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html#116672246494825830' title='DECEMBER 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-116337555127228981</id><published>2006-11-12T15:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-21T09:34:31.646-08:00</updated><title type='text'>NOVEMBER 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://z.about.com/f/wiki/e/en/8/82/Jay-Z.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jay-Z: &lt;i&gt;Kingdom Come&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6517887&amp;#38;ft=1&amp;#38;f=5257410" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's Morning Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Nov 21, 2006)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Dark Horse&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on Producer Will.I.Am)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.insidebayarea.com/music/ci_4596820 target=_blank&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/i&gt; (Nov 11, 2006)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;B&gt;Radiohead Gets a Cuban Remake&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Review of El Lele de Los Van Van's "High and Dry")&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6515328&amp;#38;ft=1&amp;#38;f=5257410 target=_blank&gt;NPR's Song of the Day&lt;/a&gt; (Nov 21, 2006)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Game: &lt;i&gt;Doctor's Advocate&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/music/reviews/cl-ca-gamealbum12nov12,0,5935192.story" target="_blank"&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Nov 12, 2006)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Clipse: &lt;I&gt;Hell Hath No Fury&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(CD Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;a href=http://www.calendarlive.com/music/reviews/cl-et-clipse25nov25,0,5126833.story?coll=cl-albumreviews target=_blank&gt;&lt;I&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/A&gt; (Nov 25, 2006)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-116337555127228981?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/116337555127228981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/116337555127228981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html#116337555127228981' title='NOVEMBER 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-115976647865503416</id><published>2006-10-01T22:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-09T10:22:09.936-08:00</updated><title type='text'>OCTOBER 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.o-dub.com/images/bataan-claps.jpg" height="200" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Boogaloo Bad Boy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview with Joe Bataan)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://waxpoetics.com" target="_blank"&gt;Wax Poetics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Oct/Nov 2006)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hip-Hop Fall Preview&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.insidebayarea.com/music/ci_4450427 target=_blank&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/i&gt; (Oct 6, 2006)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-115976647865503416?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/115976647865503416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/115976647865503416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html#115976647865503416' title='OCTOBER 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-115735236144355737</id><published>2006-09-03T23:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T02:14:32.320-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SEPTEMBER 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.calendarlive.com/media/photo/2006-09/25213510.jpg" height="150" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;James Brown stirs up 'Soul' for the Bowl&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Article on James Brown's 'Soul On Top' Concert)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href=http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-et-james5sep05,0,5581781.story?coll=cl-home-top-blurb-right target=_blank&gt;&lt;i&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (September 5, 2006)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Late Heat For the Summer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on &lt;i&gt;Idlewild&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Game Theory&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/music/ci_4272009" target=_blank&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (September 1, 2006)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-115735236144355737?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/115735236144355737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/115735236144355737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html#115735236144355737' title='SEPTEMBER 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-115609502363310744</id><published>2006-08-20T10:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T10:52:32.650-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AUGUST 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GPIPJC.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V60023558_.jpg" height="150" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Roots: Game Theory&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/music/ci_3891233" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-ca-rack20aug20,0,3249990.story?coll=cl-music" target="_blank"&gt;L.A. Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (August 20, 2006)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;V/A: Panama - Latin, Calypso and Funk At the Isthmus&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5669252" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's Morning Edition&lt;/a&gt; (August 18, 2006)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Afternoons at the Groove Merchant&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Music column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/music/ci_4136913" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (August 4, 2006)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-115609502363310744?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/115609502363310744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/115609502363310744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html#115609502363310744' title='AUGUST 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-115609686923743909</id><published>2006-07-20T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T11:01:19.046-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JULY 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site181/2006/0707/20060707_124251_music_christinaaguilera_200.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;XTina 3.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href=http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:9HopN011PFsJ:www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_4023122+site:www.insidebayarea.com+Aguilera+Premier&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=us&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1&amp;client=firefox-a target=_blank&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-115609686923743909?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/115609686923743909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/115609686923743909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_archive.html#115609686923743909' title='JULY 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-114927716863059826</id><published>2006-06-02T12:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T12:39:28.640-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JUNE 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=150 src=http://www.quietcity.org/img/pix/driving_ladies.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summer Grooves&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on Summer Songs)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/music/ci_3891233" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (June 2, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-114927716863059826?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/114927716863059826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/114927716863059826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#114927716863059826' title='JUNE 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-114927640897224550</id><published>2006-05-02T12:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T12:26:49.026-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MAY 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=150 src=http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site181/2006/0505/20060505_121436_qcoup3.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Revolutionary Rap: The Coup Still Kickin' After 15 Years&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on The Coup)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_3788370" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (May 5, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-114927640897224550?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/114927640897224550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/114927640897224550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html#114927640897224550' title='MAY 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-114463531754046474</id><published>2006-04-09T19:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-09T19:15:17.596-07:00</updated><title type='text'>APRIL 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=150 src=http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/ne-yo.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Spring Mixtape&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on New Singles)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/music/ci_3684352" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (April 7, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-114463531754046474?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/114463531754046474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/114463531754046474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html#114463531754046474' title='APRIL 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-114369868232706112</id><published>2006-03-29T22:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T22:04:42.383-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MARCH 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://www.scratchmagazine.com/features/0506.diamondd/index.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pieces to Weight&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview with Diamond D)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scratchmagazine.com/features/0506.diamondd/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;Scratch Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Issue 11/May-June 2006)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dynamite D&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Story on Darondo)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://waxpoetics.com" target="_blank"&gt;Wax Poetics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Issue 16)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mighty Good&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Story on Linda Lyndell)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://waxpoetics.com" target="_blank"&gt;Wax Poetics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Issue 16)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Champion of Sound&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on Jay Dee)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_3565457 target=_blank&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (March 3, 2006)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;B&gt;Classic Soul From an Unlikely Source&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Post on Darondo)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5257160" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's Song of the Day&lt;/a&gt; (March 13, 2006)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Telling You When To Go&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on the Hyphy Movement)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_3623926" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (March 23, 2006)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;B&gt;The King Is Gone&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Post on King Floyd)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5308022" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's Song of the Day&lt;/a&gt; (March 29, 2006)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-114369868232706112?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/114369868232706112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/114369868232706112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html#114369868232706112' title='MARCH 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-113965394802457908</id><published>2006-02-11T02:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T02:33:47.496-08:00</updated><title type='text'>FEBRUARY 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://poplicks.com/images/kanye-rollingstone.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;On The Cross With Kanye&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/music/ci_3472011" target="_blank"&gt;Oakland Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Feb 11, 2006)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-113965394802457908?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/113965394802457908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/113965394802457908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html#113965394802457908' title='FEBRUARY 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-113965361081104231</id><published>2006-01-11T02:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T02:30:20.563-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JANUARY 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://cocaine.org/crack.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Has Hip-Hop Lost Touch With Reality?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Commentary)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5079081" target="_blank"&gt;NPR's &lt;i&gt;Morning Edition&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Jan 2, 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Liner Notes: &lt;i&gt;Get Rich or Die Tryin'&lt;/I&gt; OST&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;i&gt;Scratch&lt;/i&gt; (Jan 2006)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-113965361081104231?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/113965361081104231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/113965361081104231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html#113965361081104231' title='JANUARY 2006'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-113965328392102619</id><published>2005-12-11T02:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T10:32:08.029-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DECEMBER 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/images/050901-katrina2-l.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;When the Levee Broke: Whom Does Hip-Hop Speak For In 2005&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;a href="http://www.sfbg.com/40/10/noise/oliver.html" target="_blank"&gt;SF Bay Guardian&lt;/a&gt; (December 7, 2005)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-113965328392102619?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/113965328392102619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/113965328392102619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_archive.html#113965328392102619' title='DECEMBER 2005'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-113350814159650848</id><published>2005-11-01T23:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T01:57:03.410-08:00</updated><title type='text'>NOVEMBER 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://www.esantana.com/santana.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Carlos Santana: The Ringmaster&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Feature Q&amp;#38;A)&lt;br&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;Vibe&lt;/i&gt; (Dec 2005)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Liner Notes: Lil' Kim's &lt;I&gt;Hardcore&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Column)&lt;br&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;Scratch&lt;/i&gt; (Jan/Feb 2006)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-113350814159650848?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/113350814159650848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/113350814159650848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html#113350814159650848' title='NOVEMBER 2005'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-113350802527532827</id><published>2005-10-02T05:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T01:52:25.533-08:00</updated><title type='text'>OCTOBER 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001DX5.01._PE8_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Liner Notes: Diamond's &lt;I&gt;Stunts, Blunts and Hip-Hop&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;Scratch&lt;/i&gt; (Nov/Dec 2005)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;V/A: Motown Remixed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4945996" class=redlink&gt;Appears On: NPR's &lt;i&gt;Morning Edition&lt;/i&gt; (Oct 5, 2005)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-113350802527532827?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/113350802527532827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/113350802527532827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html#113350802527532827' title='OCTOBER 2005'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-112547440785336960</id><published>2005-08-20T02:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T01:54:21.886-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AUGUST 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=175 src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009WPKY0.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kanye West: &lt;i&gt;Late Registration&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4823316 class=redlink&gt;NPR's Morning Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (August 30, 2005)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sweet Soul Brother: Joe Bataan Returns to S.F.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature on Joe Bataan)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;I&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfbg.com/39/48/art_music_bataan.html" class=redlink&gt;SF Bay Guardian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (August 31, 2005)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quasimoto: &lt;i&gt;The Further Adventures of Lord Quas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4813428" class=redlink&gt;NPR's Morning Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (August 24, 2005)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Dirty 30, Hip-Hop's Greatest Samples&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;Scratch&lt;/i&gt; (August/September)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All Samples Cleared: Memphis Bleek's &lt;i&gt;534&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;Scratch&lt;/i&gt; (August/September)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crate Carries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;Vibe&lt;/i&gt; (September)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mathematics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;em&gt;Wax Poetics&lt;/em&gt; (Summer)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-112547440785336960?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/112547440785336960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/112547440785336960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html#112547440785336960' title='AUGUST 2005'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-112226845813154980</id><published>2005-07-02T01:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T11:31:03.933-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JULY 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=250 src="http://ewpopwatch.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/common_l.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Common: B-Boy For Life&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Cover Story)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;URB&lt;/i&gt; (July/August 2005)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Her Own: Missy Elliot Dishes Up &lt;i&gt;The Cookbook&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;a href="http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/07.20.05/missy-0529.html" class="redlink"&gt;SJ Metro&lt;/a&gt; (July 20, 2005)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-112226845813154980?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/112226845813154980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/112226845813154980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html#112226845813154980' title='JULY 2005'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-112023637423764604</id><published>2005-06-01T11:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T01:56:44.803-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JUNE 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000247JJ.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DJ Shadow: &lt;i&gt;Endtroducing&lt;/i&gt; (Deluxe Edition)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href=http://www.sfbg.com/39/38/x_second_time.html class=redlink&gt;&lt;i&gt;SF Bay Guardian&lt;/i&gt; (June 22, 2005)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All Samples Cleared: Beanie Siegel's &lt;i&gt;The B.Coming&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;Scratch&lt;/i&gt; (July/August, 2005)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-112023637423764604?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/112023637423764604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/112023637423764604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_archive.html#112023637423764604' title='JUNE 2005'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-112023408692091422</id><published>2005-05-01T10:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T01:58:46.286-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MAY 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://designermagazine.tripod.com/MIAALBUMPIC1.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;M.I.A.: &lt;i&gt;Arular&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4635471 target=_blank class=redlink&gt;&lt;i&gt;NPR's Morning Edition&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (May 9, 2005)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DJ Babu: Beating the Odds&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;i&gt;Scratch&lt;/i&gt; (May/June, 2005)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-112023408692091422?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/112023408692091422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/112023408692091422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html#112023408692091422' title='MAY 2005'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-111076176783500618</id><published>2005-03-13T16:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T01:59:38.130-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MARCH 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/03.09.05/gifs/g-unit-0510.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Got Beef?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(50 Cent and The Game Ego Clash)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/03.09.05/game-0510.html target=_blank class=redlink&gt;&lt;i&gt;SJ Metro&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (March 9, 2005)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edan: &lt;i&gt;Beauty and the Beat&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href=http://citypages.com/databank/26/1267/article13077.asp target=_blank class=redlink&gt;&lt;i&gt;City Pages&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (March 16, 2005)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Rough Guide to Boogaloo&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4563358 target=_blank class=redlink&gt;&lt;i&gt;NPR's Morning Edition&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (March 28, 2005)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-111076176783500618?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/111076176783500618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/111076176783500618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111076176783500618' title='MARCH 2005'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-110555525580046445</id><published>2005-01-12T10:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T02:00:36.586-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JANUARY 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0006B2AFQ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beat a Retreat?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on hip-hop and politics)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href=http://www.sfbg.com/39/15/art_music_hiphop.html target=_blank class=redlink&gt;SF Bay Guardian&lt;/a&gt; (Jan. 12, 2005)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridging the Gaps&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Review of Nas' &lt;i&gt;Street's Disciple&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href=http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0501/050105_music_nas.php target=_blank class=redlink&gt;Seattle Weekly&lt;/a&gt; (Jan. 5, 2005)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eminem: &lt;i&gt;Encore&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4280227 target=_blank class=redlink&gt;NPR's Morning Edition&lt;/a&gt; (Jan. 12, 2005)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mixmaster Mike&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature Profile)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: Scratch Magazine (January 2005)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DJ Nu-Mark&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: Wax Poetics #11 (2005)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-110555525580046445?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/110555525580046445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/110555525580046445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110555525580046445' title='JANUARY 2005'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-110312682273641475</id><published>2004-12-14T08:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T11:29:45.541-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DECEMBER 2004</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height="200" src="http://media.seattleweekly.com/lack-of-definition.535407.51.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lack of Definition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Reviews of Talib Kweli's &lt;i&gt;The Beautiful Struggle&lt;/i&gt; and Mos Def's &lt;i&gt;The New Danger&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0450/041215_music_kwelidef.php" target="_blank" class="redlink"&gt;Seattle Weekly&lt;/a&gt; (Dec. 15, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Queen Latifah: &lt;i&gt;The Dana Owens Album&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears On: &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4247415" target="_blank" class="redlink"&gt;NPR's Morning Edition&lt;/a&gt; (Dec. 28, 2004)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-110312682273641475?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/110312682273641475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/110312682273641475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_archive.html#110312682273641475' title='DECEMBER 2004'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-110056706924878219</id><published>2004-11-06T17:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T11:27:44.812-08:00</updated><title type='text'>NOVEMBER 2004</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height="200" src="http://media.seattleweekly.com/asiatic-static.535302.51.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jin: &lt;i&gt;The Rest Is History&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0447/041124_music_jin.php" target="_blank" class="redlink"&gt;Seattle Weekly&lt;/a&gt; (Nov. 24, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Future Primitive Sound Sessions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature Profile)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href="http://www.sfbg.com/39/05/cover_goldies_future_primitive_sound.html" target="_blank" class="redlink"&gt;SF Bay Guardian&lt;/a&gt; (Nov. 3, 2004)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-110056706924878219?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/110056706924878219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/110056706924878219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_archive.html#110056706924878219' title='NOVEMBER 2004'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-110056613206877073</id><published>2004-10-15T17:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T02:02:19.906-08:00</updated><title type='text'>OCTOBER 2004</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=250 src=http://o-dub.com/images/mvp2.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Ballad of Brer Soul: Melvin Van Peebles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: &lt;a href=http://www.waxpoetics.com target=_blank class=redlink&gt;Wax Poetics&lt;/a&gt; (#10, Fall 2004)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;De La Soul: &lt;i&gt;The Grind Date&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;a href=http://www.sfbg.com/39/07/x_grooves.html class=redlink&gt;SF Bay Guardian&lt;/a&gt; (Oct 27, 2004)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-110056613206877073?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/110056613206877073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/110056613206877073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2004_10_01_archive.html#110056613206877073' title='OCTOBER 2004'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-109518886483593522</id><published>2004-09-01T15:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T02:09:08.116-08:00</updated><title type='text'>SEPTEMBER 2004</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/nao_purpleswan/f53bdf9a.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Music Blog Bloom (by Bill Werde)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Article on Audioblogging)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;a href=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6478068?rnd=1095188605239&amp;#38;pageid=rs.Home&amp;#38;has-player=true&amp;#38;pageregion=single1&amp;#38; target=_blank class=redlink&gt;Rolling Stone Magazine (September 8, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Higher Learning&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Article on Hip-Hop In the Academy)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: Vibe Magazine (October, 2004)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mash Out Posse&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album review)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appars in: &lt;a href=http://villagevoice.com/issues/0439/wang.php target=_blank class=redlink&gt;Village Voice (September 29, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-109518886483593522?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/109518886483593522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/109518886483593522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109518886483593522' title='SEPTEMBER 2004'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-109229342698535114</id><published>2004-08-11T13:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T02:06:14.356-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AUGUST 2004</title><content type='html'>&lt;img height=130 src=http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001XARM2.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&gt; &lt;img height=130 src=http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1840009195.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canon Fodder&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Review of Universal's &lt;i&gt;Hip Hop Box&lt;/i&gt; and Andrew Emery's &lt;i&gt;Book of Hip Hop Cover Art&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;a href=http://sfbg.com/38/46/x_full_circle.html target=_blank class=redlink&gt;S.F. Bay Guardian (August, 11, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Double Edged&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Review of Zhang Yimou's &lt;i&gt;Hero&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: &lt;a href=http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/h/hero-2004.shtml target=_blank class=redlink&gt;Popmatters.com (August 27, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-109229342698535114?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/109229342698535114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/109229342698535114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_archive.html#109229342698535114' title='AUGUST 2004'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-108933122087045789</id><published>2004-07-08T05:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T02:06:37.320-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JULY 2004</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/w/waxpoetics~_issue9sum_101b.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Turn Up the Phonograph&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview with Dante Ross)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: Wax Poetics (#9, Summer 2004)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3 the Hard Way&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Review of the Beastie Boys' &lt;i&gt;To the 5 Boroughs&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/33/music-wang.php class=redlink target=_blank&gt;Appears In: LA Weekly (July 8, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Garage-Sale Soul&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on soul music reissues and compilations)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: Tracks Magazine (#4)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Off Balance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Review of The Roots' &lt;i&gt;The Tipping Point&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://villagevoice.com/issues/0429/wang.php target=_blank class=redlink&gt;Appears in: Village Voice (July 21, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bite-Sized&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Review of Danny Leiner's &lt;i&gt;Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/h/harold-and-kumar-go-to-white-castle.shtml target=_blank class=redlink&gt;Appears In: Popmatters.com (July 30, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-108933122087045789?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/108933122087045789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/108933122087045789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2004_07_01_archive.html#108933122087045789' title='JULY 2004'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-108707323250701042</id><published>2004-06-12T14:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T02:06:52.616-08:00</updated><title type='text'>JUNE 2004</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/v/vanpee_melv_sweetswee_101b.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tunes From Blackness&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature on &lt;i&gt;Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song&lt;/i&gt; and Blaxploitation Soundtracks)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sfbg.com/38/36/noise_baadasssss.html class=redlink target=_blank&gt;Appears In: San Francisco Bay Guardian (June 2, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sssssongs to live by&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(The Blaxploitation Beginner's Guide)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sfbg.com/38/36/noise_blaxploitation.html class=redlink target=_blank&gt;Appears In: San Francisco Bay Guardian (June 2, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-108707323250701042?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/108707323250701042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/108707323250701042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html#108707323250701042' title='JUNE 2004'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-108500304907740674</id><published>2004-05-01T15:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T02:07:11.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MAY 2004</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width=175 src=http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001MDPOK.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dead Prez: Revolutionary But Gangsta&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sfbg.com/38/34/art_music_deadprez.html class=redlink target=_blank&gt;Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (May 19, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ghostface: The Pretty Toney Album&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://citypages.com/databank/25/1224/article12135.asp class=redlink target=_blank&gt;Appears In: City Pages (May 19, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beat Junkie Style&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feature on DJ J-Rocc)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: Scratch #1 (May, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-108500304907740674?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/108500304907740674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/108500304907740674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_archive.html#108500304907740674' title='MAY 2004'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-108266910321382627</id><published>2004-04-22T15:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T11:25:43.352-08:00</updated><title type='text'>APRIL 2004</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width="175" src="http://www.counterpoint-music.com/specialties/images/williamhung.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;No False Idol&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on William Hung)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfbg.com/38/30/x_full_circle.html" class="redlink" target="_blank"&gt;Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (April 21, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mob Deep&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Review of &lt;i&gt;The Sopranos - Season 5&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.popmatters.com/tv/reviews/s/sopranos-2004.shtml" target="_blank" class="redlink"&gt;Appears on: Popmatters (April 12, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Low End Theories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on New Hip-Hop Releases)&lt;br /&gt;Appears in: Wax Poetics #8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DJ Danger Mouse&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Interview)&lt;br /&gt;Appears In: XXL (April, 2004)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yesterday and Tomorrow&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Column on Lyrics Born's &lt;i&gt;Later That Day&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/23/music-wang.php" class="redlink" target="_blank"&gt;Appears in: LA Weekly (April 29, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-108266910321382627?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/108266910321382627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/108266910321382627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108266910321382627' title='APRIL 2004'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819063.post-108266464706004081</id><published>2004-02-23T13:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T11:22:32.875-08:00</updated><title type='text'>FEBRUARY 2004</title><content type='html'>&lt;img width="175" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/GreyAlbum.gif/200px-GreyAlbum.gif" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DJ Danger Mouse: The Grey Album&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Album Review)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfbg.com/38/20/x_grooves.html" class="redlink" target="_blank"&gt;Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (February 11, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Land of the Lost&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(DVD Review of &lt;i&gt;Lost In Translation&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/l/lost-in-translation-dvd.shtml" target="_blank" class="redlink"&gt;Appears on: Popmatters (February 23, 2004)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6819063-108266464706004081?l=ow-archive.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/108266464706004081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6819063/posts/default/108266464706004081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ow-archive.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#108266464706004081' title='FEBRUARY 2004'/><author><name>O.W.</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://o-dub.com/images/obykip.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
