March 2020

  • Mastermind Street Jam – Tape 6 November 12, 1994

    This is the sixth tape from my collection of the Mastermind Street Jam. It’s nice to be able to relive this amazing golden era hip-hop mixshow and share it with all of you. This one features an interview with Black Sheep that I edited out unfortunately. I wish I’d kept it, but back then, I […]


  • Word is Bond Rap Radio #408 – Social Distancing

    The schools are closed and not just for March Break. We are being encouraged to stay away from others and remain home. Fortunately, I have the ability to record mixsets from my home studio and will continue to bring you new episodes of Word is Bond Rap Radio during these trying times. This week’s show […]


  • Reclaiming Conversation Book Review

    The Rule of Three

    Do kids really do this? “When college students go to dinner, they want the company of their friends in the dining hall and their phone. They also want the freedom to go on their phones. To have both at the same time, they observe what some call the ‘rule of three’: When you are with […]


  • Ghost and Laundromats Come Together in “Sheets”

    Sheets by Brenna Thummler Marjorie shouldn’t have to take responsibility for the family-owned business; she’s just a teenager trying to deal with her own grief. Unfortunately, her father fell into a deep depression after the death of her mother and wasn’t able to cope. So she had to step up, make sure the laundromat work […]


  • New Show Intro . . . Starring YOU!

    Word is Bond Rap Radio is an underground hip-hop mixshow that airs weekly on 94.9 fm in London, Ontario, Canada. For the 400 episode, I produced a new theme song for the show and did some scratching over the beat. Now, I am looking to add a rapper to the start of it. Do you […]


  • Mastermind Street Jam #5 Nov 1994

    The Mastermind Street Jam was required listening back in the day. It was an underground hip-hop mixshow on commercial radio, which made it quite unique. The station catered to dance music the rest of the week, but for two hours, we had that raw, real, hip-hop, and it was heaven. This is Tape 4 from […]


  • Yo-Yo on Women in Hip-Hop 10

    This is the fourth and final part of Women in Hip-Hop 10, our annual special celebrating International Women’s Day. In this show, we have an in-depth interview with hip-hop legend, Yo-Yo and spin a set of her music. Brown Skin Lady spins a half hour of great music and we talk to her about how […]


  • Mastermind Street Jam #4 Oct 1994

    The Mastermind Street Jam was required listening back in the day. It was an underground hip-hop mixshow on commercial radio, which made it quite unique. The station catered to dance music the rest of the week, but for two hours, we had that raw, real, hip-hop, and it was heaven. This is Tape 4 from […]


  • Hip-Hop Matters Book

    Rapper & DJ Dialogues in Song

    Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement by S. Craig Watkins Sometimes, I read a hip-hop book and don’t learn anything new. That was not the case with this book. S. Craig Watkins drops a lot of knowledge in this book. I already wrote about some of great […]


  • Women in Hip-Hop 1988 (WIHH 10 Show #3)

    This is the third part of Women in Hip-Hop 10, our annual special celebrating International Women’s Day. In this show, we look closely at the tenth year rap music was recorded, 1988, and all the female emcees you could hear that year. DJ Hullewud of Break North Radio spins a half hour of great female-fronted rap […]