Robert Glasper On New CD ‘Black Radio’: “I have no choice but to blend things”
'Black Radio,' Robert Glasper Experiment's new CD, is proof that Glasper has his feet in two worlds. He loves so-called "pure" jazz and he's a hip-hop head who's got Yasiin Bey, Bilal, and Lupe Fiasco on speed-dial.
R.I.P. J Dilla, Remembering Hip-Hop’s Quiet Genius
James "J Dilla" Yancey would have been 38 today. Just over six months after his death due to complications related to his lupus condition, I wrote a story in 2006 for the Associated Press about Dilla's posthumously released CD "The Shining."
