Urban Thought Collective

About Me:

Diallo Tyson is a filmmaker, writer, beat miner, [self-proclaimed] comedian, and old school music junkie. In his spare time, he contributes to the music blog, Finessed & Blessed and is a collaborator for the sports/pop culture blog, The Commission. He can be reached at ddog_tap@hotmail.com. Step into a groovin’ time machine every other Monday on UTC.

People often say that love is a many splendored thing. I have no idea what the Hell that means. What I do know is that love makes you happy sometimes. It can make you loopy as well. You can be confused by it.

Last week was Memorial Day!!! It’s the day you officially break out the grilles, throw some incredibly unhealthy meat on it, and eat/drink yourself into Bolivian. The official start of summer is supposed to be a joyous occasion. Unfortunately, Mother Nature decided to drop about six feet of rain upon southeast GA that week.

With the release of Wolverine last week and Star Trek this past Friday, the summer movie season is now officially upon us.

The greatest rap group of all time is……THAT KAST! I imagine my choice will be popular with some, irrationally unpopular with others, and cause everyone else to have a massive bout of indifference. At any rate, they are my choice and I’m sticking with it.

My nephew was born during my ninth grade school year. In a couple of weeks, he will graduate from high school. Dear Baby Jesus, I’m old…and much too depressed to write a proper intro.

Oh Mike. Oh Mike. We remember you way back when. The afro…which metamorphosed into a curl. The bell pepper nose…which metamorphosed into…a jalapeno nose?

Even though I’m southern to the core, I was actually born in Lompoc, CA. Lompoc is known for two things: Vandenburg Air Force Base and a Federal Prison.

So early last week, as I’m working on the topic for this week’s column, my girl IM’s me and basically says that she wants to go eat at Carraba’s.

Transitions can be difficult. The transition from college graduate to mature, responsible adult is still an ongoing process for moi.

Sorry for the absence of a column last week, but real life catches up to you real fast. So with that little business out of the way, on to this week’s topic: Lyrics! This week we’re shining the spotlight on lyricists; cats who are true Picassos with the pen.