The Freestyle – Mos Def Vs. Kanye West

Ray: By all means, I’m a hip hop head. I guess that means that I love the art of rhyming to beats. But it’s much more than that. It’s the creativity, the metaphors, similes, double entendres, swagger, and delivery that comes with being a great rapper. Some folks don’t understand hip hop because of all [...]

143rd Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

Ray: On April 14th, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln would die the next morning at a lodging house across the street from Ford’s Theater. Abraham Lincoln died at age 56 and was the first U.S. president to be [...]

Get Smart #3

Ray: Get smart #3 is all about vocabulary. A great vocabulary will help anyone become a more effective communicator. Try to use these words throughout the week:
10. Inundate – to flood; cover or overspread; deluge.
9. Egregious – extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.
8. Coy – artfully or [...]