DJ-wise it's been stacked for years, but there's recently been a huge influx of new MCs who DON'T aspire to be the next Jeezy (I see that as a good thing). While some of them do cling to Kanye/Drake/Lupe's nuts a little too hard, at least they're trying to be creative with the lyrics/flows.

My monthly hip-hop party, The Boom Bap (me and 2 other DJs on 4 turntables), recently featured The Foreign Exchange and they rocked it.

Black Milk was in town recording with Jack White a few weeks ago, and he was definitely digging the crowd that showed up for his performance.

Talib Kweli is in town this week.

Basically there's more shows from big-name acts than ever before, and the underground is pretty fertile right now. I can't complain. Definitely hit me up if you're in town. Anyone who's down with the Red Eye Jedi is cool with me haha