"It's been a long time...We shouldn't have left you
Without a little beat to step to...." - Timbaland

"The Fat Boys are back [back, back..]...
And you know they can never be wack..." - The Fat Boys

[Chuck D sample] "...Once again back is the incredible..."
"It's the return of the Wild Style fashionist
Smashin hits, make it hard to adapt to this
Put pizazz and jazz in this, and cash in this
Mastered this, flash this and make em clap to this..." - Rakim, "Guess Who's Back"

Whoooooaaaaaaaaa!!!!! It's been like 3 months since I posted on this mickey-fickey! Daaannngg!

But The Ric' is back, and now the only question is..... do I have anything to say?

Of course I do! I mean, Life gets so busy some times, it be like Life is telling me to shut the ___ up. .....I be quiet.... but when it's not so busy..... I be talking again... :-)

Yo, but where does a brother begin??? Shoot, lemme just do an M3™ on you (Mental Medley Moment, patent pending):

• "Boondocks" continues to be one of my favorite shows. So glad that a Season 2 is in the works! And big ups to Asheru (who spits the verse in the intro). Check out his other music - nice.
  
• The new Sergio Mendes CD ("Timeless") is off the hook! - includes John Legend, Jill Scott, Will-I-Am, Black Thought, India Arie, Stevie Wonder (my all-time favorite), Pharoah Monche, Mr. Vegas (Heads High!), Erykah Badu, Jurassic Five, and Q-Tip! So far, the best album of '06!
  
• Yo - wutchall think about this Covenant book? Does Tavis and dem be caring about Black folks, or is this another way for them to pay the rent? Is it practical and profound? Or political froo-froo?
  
• In a couple of weeks, me and the brothers from the 100 Black Men will be doing our book club on the book "Warrior Method - Raising Black Boys". No, Angie and I are not expecting, but still - I need to be prepared, right!

Lemme stop there. I'mma talk about all this stuff in due time. But for now, it's back to the grind... As the young urban youth like to say - "I'll holla!"