Government Names

  Today is the big day, Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music is out. You can buy it directly from Repeater Books or anywhere bo...

   The August 19th release date of my book  Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music  is just a month away now, and  Stereogum  has p...

  Today is the 3rd annual Baltimore Club Music Day and I'm very happy to announce that my first book  Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimo...

  I wrote a Baltimore Banner piece about D.King, one of the best kept secrets in Baltimore hip hop, finally prepping his debut album 20 yea...

  Lawrence Burney and I reminisced about 't he blog era' of hip hop and Government Names for his Baltimore Banner column  The Cultur...

I wrote a piece for The Baltimore Banner that's kind of an overview of Baltimore rap since 2000, with a great song representing every y...

I recently wrote my first article for Bandcamp , and it's a look back at the life and work of Dwayne "Headphones" Lawson, a hi...

This weekend marks 10 years since Khia "DJ K-Swift" Edgerton's tragic death. The Baltimore Sun ran a lovely piece abo...

My first article for Pigeons & Planes is an extensive piece about Tate Kobang, and his recent show at Soundst...

I wrote the obituary of Reggie Reg , a Baltimore DJ and radio legend who passed away recently, for this week's Balt...

This week I put up my favorite albums of 2015 , but I also contributed to the Baltimore City Paper's annual Top Ten ...

I had a really good conversation with David Turner about Baltimore club music and internet memes, and he quoted me a little in his excellent...

I wrote about Baltimore producer  D.K. The Punisher , who recently worked on Jill Scott's hit "Fool's Gol...

Kane Mayfield is leaving Baltimore for a while after his show at the Metro Gallery this weekend, and I premiered a new song from a...

Government Names in the New York Times ! Thanks to Jon Caramanica, and shout out to Dylan for his brief, memorable early tenure at this site...

The Channel 10 Podcast , which is hosted by a couple of Baltimore rap dudes I go way back with, Articulate and Singodsuperior, aske...

Baltimore rapper Tate Kobang recently signed to 300 Entertainment off the strength of "Bank Rolls," his hit...

In this week's Baltimore City Paper, I wrote The Short List , and the final Rap Sheet column , with news abo...

In this week's Baltimore City Paper, I wrote a big feature about Kane Mayfield and his debut album, The Return Of ...

Baltimore rapper and blogger Speed On The Beat recently invited me to take part in an e-mail Q&A for a 'roundtable' with a few ...