There are moments in every writer’s life when he or she commits the fatal flaw of buying into his or her own words, hook, line, and sinker. For these brief aberrations, which last (if luck holds) no ...

On this day in 1992, Chicago MC Common, then known as Common Sense, released his debut album Can I Borrow A Dollar?, marking the arrival of one of hip-hop’s most thoughtful and enduring voices. As one ...