Tomorrow I’m participating in the Crawl for Cancer. For those of you who don’t know what this is, you pay an amount of money ($45) to drink in different bars (5). All the proceeds are donated to find a cure for cancer. This is something I can really get behind. You won’t see me running 5k. That’s something I can’t do, but drinking beer is. So if you talk to me tomorrow evening, chances are I’ll be drunk. The crawl starts at 1 and will last probably 4 or 5 hours.
Update: Here are some pics from my phone from the event. A full post and more pictures coming soon.
Common has been a constant force in conscious hip hop music for many years. He’s dropped classic albums for a decade now. Whether it’s his early work as Common Sense, his experimental work such as Electric Circus, his mainstream crossover with Like Water for Chocolate, he’s been able to bring conscious hip hop to the masses with great success. His last few offerings have seen him teamed up with the amazing producing skills, and fellow Chicago native, Kanye West. There is nothing like hearing Common over a Kanye beat, they fit together so well. Common’s new album, Finding Forever released yesterday and it is definitely worth checking out. Buy it, request his first single, “The People,” and let radio, television, and record companies know that there is a market for real hip hop and not everyone wants to hear crap like 50 Cent, The Game, and Young Jeezy.