Scholars' commitment to · hope By Jamila Hill and Kerrita McClaughlyn Onyx Staff

Brilliant minds from various aspects of the Black intellectual community crune together on October 7 in ..A Nig_ht with Black Scholar.,. .. The event. which was hosted jointly by the Black Strategic Leadership Coun• cil and the John D . o· Bryanl African· American Institute. was designed to high­ light Blacks within academia who were using their know ledge to try a nd trans­ fonn the academy lhal they are a part of. ll i, imponan t to c reate the s pace for our presence and the ideas that we bring," said Provosl Dean Hall, moderator of the even1. The eve ning a ttracted a va, t array of people who allended for a myriad of rea• sons. " whenever I hear lhut Black schol­ ars are ,peak ing, well it' d be fooli,h not to take advantage o flh e oppo rtunity," ~id Cyru\ McQueen, Northeastern student. Comi ng to these thin gs keeps me fo­ cused o n what I came here rNonheast­ ll, Dr. Selwyn Cudjoe, Dr. Cornell West, Dr. David Hall, Dr. Kwamina Panford, Dr. em] for ... ,a id Marie Cheryl. a public law Black Scholar s unit e. I. 10 r. Dr. Roben H a es Hackne • Jr. bolo credit: Christine Dela Cueva student. Edward Bullins, and Dr J am One dominant reason. however, for the expre~~ their lives through music. that it is critical for race !>Cholars to pro­ attendance of many was the special guest Black musicians are indispensable to tec.t lhe rights of the Black community DESMOND speaker. Dr. Comel W"sl. the Black communit y's ~anity," said and 1ha1m any of them are doing so right l used 10 watch Come! We51 on TV West. now. PUHFEIFER and l wac..always intrigued b y his aura According to Dr. Edward Bullins, it The scholars at the university are con­ By Ola Kolawalee and just always wanted 10 see and hear is not only the musician~ who are indis­ cerned about scholarship but also the Onyx Columnist him in pen.on," ~aid Octavia Ram'iey.N U pen!table" but also those involved in the­ univen.ity community and the commu­ student. ater. nity in general," Hackney sa id. '' For The Bad News Corne! West. professor a1 Harvard Bullins. playwright and drama profes• most of us, that is the primary force for Sherman Hemsley. (Jeffersons). had Unive rsit y a nd acc laimed ~peaker sor at NU. discussed the research that he what we do_." he said. two lines. " Y'all better be moving on up" throughou1 the United States, was the last ha, been doing for 40 years on African• Hackney suggested several mean~ and "I'm a little weasy."' Hemsley was to addres~ the audience for the evening. American literarure. He also talked about through which a link b etween Bl ack the man; a strong man. He was blacker West di~cu!lsedhi s entrance and commit­ the link that exists between Black schol­ scholarS and the Black community could than thou in "All in the Family; · and never ment to the Black Movement as well as an, and the community as well as the U!'l­ be made. sold 0111 a, George Jefferson. Now had the i mportance of hope within Bl ack age of theater as a fonn of protes t. He staled that scholars must go into Hemsley been Desmond PuhFeifer we·d struggle. Bullins wanted the audience to ''un­ the community and speak 10 the _people. be ,;;eeing a differen1 side of history. But ''I've always wan1ed to be part of a derstand that there is hh1oricaJ continu­ He propo~ed that scholars organize a why should any network go through the story bigger than·me," We,t said. ity in Bl ack 1hea1er. Thi, has bee n a think tank a nd court media coverage . trouble ofb aving chat much vi~ion? UPN West explained that Black in1ellec1U• source o f inspiration a nd hope i n the Hackney also said that the co mmunity is playing small fish in a b ig oce an. ,o als face a problem. With kn owledge Black community that's been under as­ should do its pan by reading Black schol• why should they bother comes the freedom of un derstanding sault." ars. which can lead to pain, grief, and anxiety We must believe in our possibility as Dr. Kwamina Panford, professor of See UPN , page 3 over the plight of the Black community. a people," he said. Afro studies at Northeastern University, Our work is noted in the guttural crie!) Dr. Se lwyn Cudjoe pointed our that proposed that the Black community <,tart of Black people,.. West said. all aspects of scholarship are linked and producing ib own source~ of informa­ We\t said that no1 allowing suffering that if we truly believe ,c holarship to be tion in order for Black America to tap 10 have the laM word is the best of Black emancipatory then we -;hould act on be­ into Black intellectuals. struggle. half of the community. Dr. Panford':i.m essage was rooted in History is about tradition of \truggle," The o nly thin g yo u've go t a, a the theory of Pan•Africanism which he said West. "fo be able 10 look death in scholar is knowledge, .. ,aid Cudjoe. You said had its binh in the United States Affirmative Action ...... 2 the face a llows y ou t o live more in­ must begin to use your talents whenever Panford srn1ed that in the midst of all the Project Hip-Hop ...... 4 teni;ely." you are to brin g o ur p eopl e problem, . Black, face in the US. Africa. In order to do that, West suggest\ that together ... !lcholarship without a ction is and the Caribbean, that "when we coop Editorial/Op-Ed ...... S Black intellectuals need 10 aspire to the blind." he said. El Color de Jazz ...... 7 leve l of Bl ack mu sicians like John Dr. James Hackney also focused in on Track By Track ...... 8 Coltrane. West :i.aid that they "come to the need for scholar to u1<1etheir knowl­ See HOPE , page 3 terms with their own devils" in order to edge 10 help the masse,. Hackney ,a id The Ony~ Informer , Wednesday , October 28, 1998 , Page 2 AnotherBlow ToAffirmative Action Supreme Court Rules By Andre Jean-Francois Onyx Staff By Olayinka S. Kolawole Fonner law ole,h have gone on to be­ Ony, Staff Imagine one day that affinnutiveac­ come justices themselves or participate as professorsat universities. tion never exb1ed. Whal would you be In 1875 Chief Justice Horace Gray be­ The march on Washington one doing right now? Would you be going was gan the pra ctice of em ploy ing a law c lerk . of a thr ee part plan designed by the to !>Chool here? In addiLion. how many A Harvard Law School graduate no less. NAACP and memb ers of numerous po­ minorines would be go ing to school here Coincendentally , there were few, if any, litical and advocacy groups . with you'?That day might comequicker Native Americans, Asian Americans or The Millio n Youth March and T he thun you think . African Americans alie n din g Harvard Law On October 8. City Cou ncil Presiden t Cure for Cancer are the two more recent at the time. His brotheralso at Harvard, demonstr'Jtion s cond ucted by the coali­ James Kelly held a meeting 011 the issue Profess or John Chipm an Gmy, facillated tion . Were they succesful at the steps of of affirmati ve action. He addressed the the hirin g process by reco mmending the the Supreme Court? Among those ar­ ruling that req uires that (here be at lea.st "candidates" of choice to Just.ice Gray. one minority for every white candidate rested in addition 10 Mfume. were Rep. Let's skip over another hundred years Gregory Meek s of New York, Arch­ consi dered for a spot on the Boston po­ of woeful racism in Americaa nd walk mto lice or fire departmenh . bishop Stalling s founde r of the Ameri­ the I 990's, Oc tob er 5th, 1998 to be exact. The city said lha1affirmative LJC tion can Catho lic Congrega tion, C hief Gil­ Kwesi Mfumewas arrestedon the steps of is no longerneeded forthe filling of these bert Blue, from the Catawbe Indian Na­ the Supreme Co urt. He was attempting to po~ition~. According to them, the civil tion. Mr. Stevens, Jr.. firstvice- president deliver res umes of brilliant minority law of the NAtional Congress of America n te,t is ~o unbiased that eve ryone has a stude nts to the Ju stices. chance for the same spots. regard less of • Indian s, Dr. Powell . associa te general I spoke with C harll otte Nelson, Presi­ race or !)ex. sec retary of the National Co un cil of dent of the Boston chapter of the NAACP While scree ning the tests they searc h Chur ches, Blacks-in Government na­ and asked her why it was important for mi­ for the highes t scores. So, do the high ­ tional pr esi dent Os car Eason and C. norities to work as law clerks in the Su­ Del orees Tucker past president of the est scores alw ays ge l the j ob? Accor d­ preme Court. " Law clerks hold sway over ing 10 Kelly this is not always the case. National Congress of Bl ack women . judge s. They can help formulate the lan­ He states that this is due to affmnative They were placed on probation and fined were minoritiles. guage of the law, they can even go as far action. In many of the cases studied. the fifty dollars . Affirmative ac tion states that 50 per­ as determining who sees the judge. " white candidates score d higher on the cent of the job s should be set aside for tests.Yet because of affirmative action minorities. During this I 0-year period, they were not chosen for the j ob. in which the law was not applied, the Acco rding to Kelly and the Council, police departm en t came up 62 percent Let The Games Begin this is a formof racismthat th ey wantto short. ge t rid of. Th ey believe that white can­ When you travel around Bos ton, look By Philip Kasiecki didates with top sco res are ove r looked and compare how many minority offic­ because of affirmativeac tion. Onyx Staff ers there are 10 how many white officers From 1986 to 1996. 1400 poli ce of­ there are. ficers were hired--38 percent of Lhem Colleg e Baske tball came alive with Midnight Madness when the clock struck midni ght Death of A Black Mayor on October 17. Midnight Mad ­ nes, tradi tionally mark, the be­ By Mark A. Harvey, ginning of practice for Div1• Onyx Corres pondent sion I basketball teams. Northea'itern·~ Midnight Thoma, Bradley, first black mayo r He led the Kapp a A lpha P" Frater­ M adn ess featured Coac h of Lo, Ange les. suffered a heart attac k nity into participationin civil nghts ac­ Willie Maye, a DJ for mdio sui­ and was pronounced dead at 9 AM. tivit ies. In Decembe r of 1964. Bradl ey t ion WlLD in BoMon. a!',,th e TuO\day Se pt ember 29. at Kaise r represented the fraternity at the Commu• emcee during several game, PennanenteWest Los Angele, Medical nity Action A"lsemblyi n \Va,;;hington. for the many fans 1h01p ac ked Center. D.C. sponso red by the Nat ional Urban Cabot Gym 10 show their team Bradley was a student at the Univer­ League. The conferencewa!-1 described a.~ , pint. !-iity of Californiaat Lol-1A ngeles where another major ~tride towardequa l oppor- Head coac h Rudy Keeling. he ran track. winning narional honors 1onity. He mel wilh top govemmen1offi­ entering his third seaso n at in the 440-yard das h. He was initia ted cials. including Prc')ident Lyndon 8 . Northeastern. at,.ked fans to into the Upsilon Chapte r of Kappa Al­ Johnson, to di,c uss the Federa l Civ il support 1heteams thi~ season, pha Psi Fraternity. Incorpora ted . Rights Act of 1964 and the &onomic Op­ promi> ing good thin g.: 'To­ Before being elected as mayor lor portunit1e~ Act, better known as lheA nti­ night wiU be fun, but our games the city of Los Angeles, Bradley served Pove rty Program. will be more fun." on the Los Ange le, Police Department, Bradley had been a comm unit y leader Fourplayi.:rs fr om the men\ rising through the ranks 10 become and an active member of the Nationa l A,­ and women's teams got to­ Lieulenant. While working there, he sociation for the Ad\lancemem of Colored gether in a 1eam shooting con­ rcceh1ed hi~ law degree fromth e South­ Peop le (NAAC P). He wru, a lso a part of test. Tyan na Neil and Kareen western Univef')ityLaw School. the Los Ange les Urban Leag ue. the Harm narr~w ly edged the duo Throug h political campa igning he United Civ il Righ t• Commi ttee and the o f Wa nd a Alme ngo t and was later elected to the City Co uncil. Avalon CarterComm unity Center. Harold Miller by a score of 14- In Augus t of 1965 when the Wau, Thomas Br-Jd ley wru. the forklift to com munity of Lo, Angeles empted 13. A slam dunk co nte st fol- L ___ _..!2=:=..::.:=:...:::.:.:..:=="------' bu d ding brid ges bet wee n Bl ack,. lowed, where re.dshirtfre'i hmanTim West into a bloody and devastating rio1. i1 (Preview publication, consulted for lhi, La1inos. liberal White, and women. ce­ beat out senior John Green in the finall, to was Brad ley who took the leaders hip artic le were put out by Athlon, Lind y\, mentin g the road for equa l opportunit y win. to discover 1he cause oJ lhe riot and Preview Sport~ Publication~. Street & for all American~. a~,e,s its damage,. The Hu,kie, suffered key persona l • Snuth 's. The Sporting News an d ESPN losse,. nurnely top score r Ty Mack (p lay­ anulyst Die~ Vitale). ing pro lessiona lly in Holland) and versa­ Malcom X home Boston landmark tile AMER ICA EAST All-Rook ie pick Joe Hick, from la, 1sea,,on\ 14-14 tea m. Th ey The Boston Landmark Commissio n out the city join ed Mayor Thomas M. also lost Lamont Clarke. a leader at the last week anmed Malcom X's boyhood Menino and MalcomX's nephew. Rodney defen~ive end. ■ lll ■ IZE home in Roxbury an historic landm ark, Co llins, in a ce remon y on Oc t. 16 that The Hu sk ies may have the best protecting the building from eve r being cannon ized the life of Malcom X. backcourt in AMERIC A EAST. but ques­ Your Exposure! demol ished, an d ensuring that all who Malcom X moved 10 72 Dale Stree t, tions in the fmn tco urt are large ly why pre­ Advertise in walk past the hou se w ill know that the then owned by his sister Ella L. Liule­ :,eason magazines pick them 10 finish The Onyx Informer Afiican American leade r once lived right Co llins, when he was 16 years old. eighth in the conference. there on Dale Stree t in Roxbury . The Husk ie-s open the sea.o n on No­ Call us at (617) 373-2250 Black elected official s from through - vember 17 at Brown University. The Onyx Informer, Wednesday, October 28, 1998, Page 3 Hurricane George Hits Haiti Telephones in Latin America be planted durin g the last week of Sep­ By Ana Toro Accordin g to a World Bank analysis, tember, will not be planted because of the By Danielle Antoine Onyx Staff countri es with unreliable and scarce tele­ co nditi on s impo sed by Hurric ane Onyx Staff Co nsidering that most of us have a phone networ k" face eco nomic ruin. Georges. The Republi c of Haiti now faces phon e in eve ry room and still insist on In a world driven by inform ation coun­ food shona ges and wide spread hung er. canyin g one wherever we go. it is hard tries not equipp ed with so lid communi ­ Hurricane Georges affec ted 167. 000 The are as hard est hit are the Ce ntral to conceive: of a plac e where telephone cation networks can not compe te in the Haitian, and destroye d 80% of the agri­ Plateau and the fertil e Artibonite Valley. se rvices are pretty much non- ex istent. g lobal economy. As a res ult, they will cultur al reso urces of the country. whi ch i.s the capit al of the agriculturaJ But these places do exist.. maintain thejr slat us as third world coun­ The first officia l report release d on the cultural district of Haiti. On the mornin g Telecommunic ations ~ervices in man y trie.\ and neve r get out of their eco nomic morning of September 28. by the Haitian. after the storm first hit, Septerober 23. countri es of the deve loping world rut. "Inform ati ons Relati ves au Cyc lone Haitains livin g in these areas met with are still lagg ing far behind . Anyone who But there is hope. The las t couple of Georges.'' (Information Relative to Hur­ blown away satellites. des troyed phon e has eve r tried to make a phone call to the years have see n a spurt of advoca tes and ricane Geo rges). announced that of the lines, houses torn apart and peo ple either Motherland can attes r that generally it is supporters of improving global commu ­ I 67. 000 affec ted, 147 are dead, 34 se­ missing or dead. hard to get through, and many tim es con­ nications. vere ly wounded and 69 peop le .are miss­ Haitians abroad tried to ge t in touch with versations with Grandm a get cut off due T heir cla ims that teleco mmun ica tions ing. their loved ones. Wadner Oge, a sopho­ to bad connec tions. offers "a new daw n of eco nomic oppor­ L'O rgan isme de Deve lopment de la more in the CoJlege of Criminal Justice at How bad i~ 1he problem? It is es ti• tunit y for deve lop ing co untri es·· have Vallee de L' Artibonite (ODVA) repo rted Northeastern. said, ··1 was devas tated by mated that about 80 percent of 1he world's been taken serious!y and changes are tak­ tl1at not only 80% of the agricultural re­ Lhe news that Haiti had bee n hit by the population does not have either a phone in g place. sources were de..~troyed. but in addition, Hurri cane." or regular access to one. and 75 perce nt Ear ly las t yea r, delega tes from 69 the secon d crop, which was scheduled to Relief efforts have bee n initiated by of all phon es are installed in eight in­ countries, inclu ding 40 deve loping coun­ Ha itians worldw ide. es pec ially in the dustrialized nation s. tries. signed a •~Jiberali za tion" pact in HOPE , continued from page I United States, France and Cana da where In China and India .which combined Geneva at the World Trade Organization. the larges t Haitian co mmuniti es res ide. hold 40 percent of the world ', popula­ Thi s pact will mean an openin g up of tele­ Right here at Northeas tern, Haitian tion . l'he re are two- phon es per 100 communi cation sys tems in deve lopin g erate and unite" a so lution ca n be found . Student Unity (HSU) is holdin g a food, peopl- in the United States there are 57. nations so they can compete in fore ign Dr. Robert Hall, who did researc h on clothin g and medica l supplies drive. T he Such a discrepan cy in communi ca­ mark ets. many topics including the role of religion collected goods will be sent to a sc hool in tions service kee ps developing nations in Co mpet ition in forei gn markets mea ns in the Africa n communit y and the Afri­ Haiti. Anyone wishing to contribut e to the tou gh eco nomi c standing . For po or improve d serv ice, less busy signals and can slave trade, discussed his research effo rt may drop off items at the John D. peo ple, acces s to telephones brings sig­ interrupted conversa tions for our coun­ pi:oj ects w ith a foous on Arabic manu­ 0 ' Bryant Afri can America n lnstitute at nificant changes in their livelihood . tries. scripts left by Afri can Mu slims durin g 40 Leon Stree t or at the Curry Student T he number of telephones in a coun­ (Source consulted for this article: slavery. Ce nter, next to the ln fo rm ation Booth. try in prop ortion to its popul ation goes www .o new or ld. org /pan os/ bri efin g/ Dr. Hall hopes that the audience will Both boxes are brightly colored and read, hand in hand with the eco nomy of such teleco ms.him ). take away, "the exc iteme nt and passion "Strength and Unity. " country . of the night, "and that "a few take up the ca lling."

UPN. continued from page I putti ng on a show with some bite? Gi\len such a vehicle as 'T he Secret Diary of Desmo nd Pfeiffer, "VPN NB!Alo -om~etitiont col11d ha\le prov ided commentary and satire. and truly hung out with the big fi sh. T he network should have come out proud and blaring: "T his was America. Tt was ugly and we' ll show ugly. Laug h. cry, learn and enjoy. Lei television be." lnstead it whimpers , ··1 am here." Plac ing a came ra in the home OurMotto is "Unityin Diversity" o f the Pres ident who freed the slaves should have bee n a M~nday night his­ tory lei;son. For alJ the noise and prattle abo ut the fate of Americ an education and the fate of America, period, UPN would have done we ll to edi fy and en­ Entry Fee: $2 tena in. But that would have bee n ballsy. T he ··N" wor d co ul d have flown out every five seco nds. raucous debme ove r the fate of sluvcry may have consumed the Lincoln household. and Desmond mi gh t have a few cu1ting punch lines. Controversy is as Ameri­ can as say slavery. Ellen came out, and as for Dennis Rodman . we ll he's think­ ing abo ut it. Co ntr ove rsy kep t ,;Desmond Pfeiffer"" on the air for a sec­ $150 ond show, but true substance would keep it on the air. and in our minds forever . Now, the writers did Lry, they placed an :~ ano malou~ being m an all-while situa• tion. Perhap, Benson. Arno ld or Wi lLi&. Webster. Mork and quite po>Sibly. Alf may have a lawsuit The show is lame. For more Info. call lb• NBSA office al 373-4614 or slop al lbe Africul American lnllitutt T he Goo d News Desmond (Chi McBride) dupe, the confederate soldiers into believing he is a white spy (one of theirs) disguised as a colored man. He then knees a gen­ eral in the gro in. Well if that don' t do Competition Ends: Friday Dec. 4, 1998 me pro ud. The Onyx Informer, Wednesday, October 28, I 998, Pogc 4 PROJECT IIlP-HOP: NU Student Tours South

we fell in love with the place and were By Feliciano Tavares very happy when we were able 10 slay Onyx Correspondenl the night. We ,pe nt out tour debriefing session sitting around a campftre. feel­ Ith~ been just over two monthssince ing like part of a long Highlander tradi­ the I 998 Project HIP-HOP tour of the tion. South came to an end. For 19 informa• The next morning we traveledto West 1ion-filled days our diverse group of 21 Virginia stopping first in the town of individuals immersed themselves in the Matewan to learn about the mine wars history of the Civil Rights Movem ent It early in the century.Then we had a won­ was my first timein the south and my ftrst derful barbecue deep in the West Virginia Project HIP -HOP experience. mountains. talked to the local pres~, Early on the morning of July 8. the played football, basketball, and volley- group a>

EDITORS IN C111£F Linda Betharte Speaking Out Kairn •Leigh Agard MANAGING EDITOR Eric Esteves LUISA MELO ADVERTISING MANAGER Kami-Leigh Agard Bus1NE.C.,,MANAGER Jamila Hill PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER Kerrita McClaughyn PHOTO EDITOR Christine B. Dela Cueva Africans in America · In my mind I can ~ee the fa ce of Venter Smith. an African slave who gains his r,.~-~··:::~.1-~=~1_,1, r • , -,, - .. • ,, freedom by fighoing in the American Revolution , and buys hi, so n, each for $200. I cannot fathom what he feel\ as he " leases" his eld~t so n, Solomon. to mak e money to l~~_:--~~~!.~~~-:<·~~~·-- -- ~ ~-----···. buy his wife and daughter . Solomon die.) while working. Mr. Smith is indignant that the company will nol pay th e $75 he earned before death. Venier Smith finds redemp­ llon. After buyin g his wife for fony pounds . a new child is born free. They n ame h,m EDITORIAL Solomon. The four pan PBS serie,, "Africa n, in Am erica," fearured Oct. 19 tr aced slavery beginning with the se11Jemen1of Jamesl own, Virginia in 1607 through 1hc Civil War. The story above occ urred on th e hee ls of the Revo luhon , where free Africans and What is Activism? slaves foughl because 1hey believed in th e word,. " We hold th ese truth, to be self­ Ac tivis m ib a rebirth of the mind . Keeping The Ony x Inform er alive is our aim and ev ident , that all men are creuted equal. Tbat they are endowed by th eir crea tor with we are co mmined to giving it to you like no one e lse does, like no else can. Straight, ce nain unali enable right s, that among these are Life . Liben y and the Pursuil of Hap­ no chaser. We are dedic ated to makin g a differen ce for our people. Our belief~. inten­ pines,." Perhap, , they did no1 reali ze that th e bnllianl Dec larati on of Ind epe ndence tionb and practices may vary. but we are activists at heart . The goodness of our people would no, apply 10 them. ib evidenl. We are here to engage yo ur mind . your heart, your soul. I leav e you with thi s thought: "Oh! Anyb ody. Hear thi s plainti ve so ng. Oh! Who Thi s is the dawn of an era at Northeastern University when a collective spirit of wants 10 help their brother dance thi s dance? Oh! I sing with so ul: Heal this wo unded unifi catio n and cooperatio n is abundant . Do not let thi s e nergy fizzle. If one were to land ." combine the mind s of our students, prof esso rs and administrators, you would hav e the Indeed, th e history of th e African in thi s co untry is the hisoory of all American s. buildin g blocks 10 positively impact your own life , the li ves of 01hers and the urban There i s a danger today. regardle ss of our condition in life, of romanticizing slavery or communit y of which this school is a perman ent resident. turning away from it, fiercely avo iding discussio n. Perh aps. it is time to face a wound We will work with you to improve th e soc ial, economic, spirituaJ and politi cal thal never healed , where th e pain run s deep . Only then can healing begin. a1mosphere of our communities; only if you roll up your sleeves and become fully involved as well . The Ony x's previous editors wrote , "Student a ctivism is as simple as THEODORE P. MILLER writing a leuer of suppon and questioning those in charge.'' Activi sm i s not dead , ii was ju st hibernating. We are seeing it awakening and realizing its importance . As the old say ing goes, "there can be no progre ss without struggle .·· Th ese words bear testi- mony th at we arc not alone . · Unity. Five leuers that arc forever linked , but fall by the wayside when mentioned Who knew? Betty Currie? inlo th e cars of 100 many of our brothers and sisters. YoU aNd I To gether Yelling ou r hearts out for what we believe in will surely help to forg e more pro active measures "Do n't say any more. I don '1 wan t 10 hear any more ," Presid ential Sccreoary Beuy amongst our people . But who dares to join The Onyx in such an adventure ? Currie said. stopping former white house intern Moni ca S. Lewin sky. There are ju st Do not you know what they will say. Don't you know th e com,equences . Do you some thing , thal you really don '1 want to kn ow. A thought Betty Currie knows all to not remember tho,e days of pride. se lf-respec t, and "F ighl the Power!" Do you know well . She made a co ncened effon n ot to know wha t exac tly was going on betwee n what it takes an d whal sacri fices mu>t be made? Do you? And will you will yourse lf Moni ca & the President eve n thou gh she wa. the inoegra l piece that put the two 10- to join th e struggle? gether and she knew ii . Why didn 't she do anylhing 10 stop it? By int egral , I m ean that th e President and Moni ca depen ded on her as the go­ Much Love, between. She tes tified to coming to work on weekend s so lely to ad mit th e fo nn er The Edito" intern. Thi s church going woman aske d the Secret Service not to record Lewin si...y•... visits. She waited outsi de the Oval Office study wh ile they were inside and then she left w ith th em so that lhe vis us would not ~eem unp rofe,,io nal. Without Betty Ctttrie's help th ere would be no improper relation ship. there would be no 445 -page indepen­ dent counsel report a nd th ere wo uld be no impeac hment pro ceed ings. Even secre t serv ice officer S teve n Pape, assig ned 10 the Whil e Hou,e gate wa, not in 1he dark 1es tifying before a grand ju ry, ··1ha1I Lew insky I is probably 1hc preS1dent's mistress, so trea t her, you know. decent. but again. don 't break rule, for her." She wru, give n warning\ by Chat on\ per..onal aide, Ste\fc Goodwi n, that Lewinsky was ''ba d news.'· There was a prevailing White House rumor that LewiMky wa.., a "s talker," meaning so meone who would m oni1or the pre,;,ident \ schedule and show up a t his event,;,.There i, no way "ihe could have not k.nown when she facilitated .!,ecrct meet­ ings between the forme r intern and the pre,idenl that somethin g was n't goi ng on. Why dido ·1 Betty C urrie do anything to Mop these CO\fert visit, between Monica and the Pre'>ident'? "Mo nica and Betty were frie nd,." ,aid her hu,b and Bob Curri e to a Washington Post reporter. She eve n testified thnl ii wa\ her idea to con tact Vernon E. Jordan Jr. to a,,i, t in Lewin sky'i New York job "it.arch. Lewin sky had come to Cum e's home. they ol!,Ohod gone out for drink, and she once guve C urrie a gifc ce nifi ca te for a manicure and a pedicure . A note give n by Monica to Curri e read~; .. You have put up with me through smile.\ and fits o f tears. I hope one day I ca n repay your kindne.!,s.'· President Clinlon, on lhe other hand . mu\l now thin!,. of a way to repay her fidelity. "Belly b very loya l 10 her boss." voiced Bob Currie . "You have to wondt.:r why so me­ one who WH..!, so ~tron g in her value!, and characte r wou ld co mpromi se. But you get caught up in it , you loose penipective ...Th e Oval Office area is a very inLimidaLing area. I bave .seen grown men of s tature come before 1he presi dent and be reduced to bumblin g idiots ," sa id a former co-wo rker who has high regard for Currie . Onyx Staff picrured with Comel Wes, at Black Scholars E.vent She knew about and pani cipa1ed in the relationship between fonner intern Moni ca !Photo c~il: Christine B. Dela Cueva S. Lewinsky and President Clinlon but she did n othing. May be the affair was to much to deal with along with lhe death, of h er sister 10 a hean attack., her brother to a car accident and her mother 10 long-1cnn illness, all durin g a period from May 1997-May our voice heard. Send Letters to The Edit~rs. 1998. Maybe she cou ldn ·1 betray the friend she found in Monica or her boss. Presi ­ The Onyx Informer dent Clinton. Or maybe she ju s1 felt like she couldn'I go to other Ctinlon loya lists like 360 Huntigton Ave the direcoor of Oval Offi ce operations Nancy Hemrei ch, deputy chief of sta ff E.velyn 430 Curry Student Center Lieberman Leon Pann ena. Vernon Jordan or. for that matter, Hillary. [ Boston, MA 02115 If you w ere Betty Currie what would you do? Whal if your best friend asked you 10 use your compulcr so he or she could cheat on a term paper would you let them , better Call 373-2250 yet would you 1cll? The Onyx Informer , Wednesday, Octob er 28, I 998 , Page 6 El Latino Who Ami Latino Pride Full Force By Richard A. Morales from www.latinolin.k.com By Melisa Rivera

You say I'm . I know I'm .... who am I... ashamed proud looking in the mirror i see a history; stupid intelligen t i sec a face that covers up so many lazy hard-working stories. si ngle-m inded multi-faced i am living proof of all who came befo re unintere sted inqui~itive me , prideful humble 1 am s trength. a killer caring a gang member a husband and father i am t he c ream co lored box which holds untrainable educated my ancestors ' trea sures . i am 1aina by the shape of my nose, I have never dodged any requiremcn1thi~ i am cspanola by the color of my skm, co untry ha, demanded of me . i am africana by the natura l texture ofmy hair , I served 1his country faithfully at a time i am boricua by the rhythm in my step, when you did not want to. the shape of my hips, J have no1 pro1e,1ed violent ly again st the wannt h of my soul and all i po ssess. policies you institu ted to quiet me . i am a modem day j ibara i nside and out. I believe in God and pri ncip les your a modem day jjbara in every which way founding father s estab lished for US. groomed to be bue ne, trymg 10 break out, The Latin-American Stude nt Organi­ Hernande z, LASO president and I do n ot come here 10 take yo ur job ~. al­ taught 10 look al the piso , zation (LASO) ce lebrated 1-fispanic Heri­ Northeastem's new Homecoming King . thou gh i stare in your eye , tage Month thi s year with a night of po­ Hispanic 1-feritage Month began on I am willing 10 take those 100 good for taught to accPe t what you 're give n etry by candle light al the African-Ameri­ September 17, 1968 when the govern­ you. i searc h for more can Institute . ment approved the period from Septem­ un taught lo fo llow hombre A few d edica ted s tudent s gathered at ber 15 10 Octobe r 16 as Nationa l His­ I do not make up the majority of your i choose my own path. the In stitute on Oct.23 to commemorate panic Heritage Month. we lfare ro lls the month dedicated to celebrating Lat ino Felix Matos Rodriguez. Assistant look closely and you'll see you r reflec­ who am i... Heptage . Students read poe try and shon Professor of history al Northeastern, sa id tion , not mine . a mod em day jibara stories that reflected 1heir Latino pride. althoug h it is important to celebrate I do not overburden your welfare system. inside and out. Among the students there were the Latin-American Heritage II we need to You pushed me on it because you knew LASO exec utive board , includ ing Tony keep our heritage on the agenda con­ what was besr stant ly."

I take yo ur ridicule because J do not un• dersrnnd all you say to me I do no1m ock you beca use I on ly wish 10 be und er\l Ood .

When I came to 1hi!i cou ntry yo u told m e I mu s1 beco me an A meric an and re­ nounce my Mex ico. Cuba. Brazil, Puerto Rico. now yo u say remember your h eri­ tage.

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You claim that I contribute nothin gto thi~ socie ty but think o f peop le with nam e:, by Student Activities like Bu, 1.1men1e, C havez. Galvez. Bon illa. Olmo s. Mora les, y Cone,. You call me Blac k, you ca ll me white ye t Northeastern Students I am neither ,o you tend to ignore me. I implore you not to though, for soo n I will dec ide who will lead thi\ coun try.

Still you neve r recogn11ed me. Jnqead you want me to go back where I came from. but I say NO it must be yo u 10 go bock.

So you argue that yo ur ani:e!.tors have bee n here , ince Americ~1 was founded and civ ili1ed those ALRE ADY hcre.

If thm i, ,o. I will lea\lC yo u wnh this , impl e me,,age. MY ANCESTO RS WERE 1-fERE AND C IVILIZ ED BEFORE THERE WAS AN AMERI CA ! Un dia , Esiado, Unidos. tu vns a , uber quien soy! The Ony, Informer, Wednesday, October 28, 1998, Page 7

Asphalt El Color de Jazz By Kanasha S. Herbert By Kerrita McClaughlyn Onyx Columnist Onyx Staff

For too lon g our dragon slayen; have If you've ever been ce lebrated in a posthumo us fashion been a fan of jazz or giving the false perception that it is on ly merely a virgin lis­ throu gh death that one can truly appre ci­ tener, the fiery ate the work s of gods and goddesses. sounds of the John Anyone who has ever been in 1he pres­ Coltrane Memorial ence of poeL ac1ivis1. educator and edi­ Conc.ert. would have tor Askia Toure know s that he b, a living had you dan cing in legend. A~ one of the architects of the your seat. Black Arts Mov ement. Askia has This yean. co ncert. chronicled the life of the people of 1he siarted in 1977 and Bla c k Ans Movem e n1. Askia has now cel e brating its chronic led 1he life of our people from the 2 1st yea r, was "S u­ pyramid s 10 the projects . perb. " accord ing On Friday November 6, I 998 al the to Cudjoe Bandoh , Roxbury Comm unity College 's Media middler. political Arts Center a group of poets, scholars. sc ience major. "The musician ship was A­ painting added a different kind of element, beat and j azz is no excep' ; ,o. activists and community leaders will l. " I liked ii." Ostrovsky interprere.J the hauntin ,; make an attempt to pay tribut e to this The concert, held annually in the The first half of the concert offered a melody in a abstract painting of dancing revo lutionary warrior. The event will Blackman auditorium, draw s a diver se variety of tropical sou nd s. Pul sa ting blue , brown , orange and purple . begin al 7:00 pm and will include trib­ crow d of music lov ers and musicians drums, slee l pans and saxop hone 's filled The music prompted visitor, Felicity ute s from A skia ·s com rades, Sonia alike . It is the oldest annual performance the air. Picture a salsa den at three am, Crawford 10 say, " I loved lhe arrange­ Sanchez, The Las! Poets, Ed Bullin s. tribute lo the late Jazz saxophoni st, John and you ' II begin to imagine Ote sounds ment ," Afro Blue" . Their is a preny good Saladin Muhammad , Dr. Rashidah Abu­ Coltrane. Coltrane exists as a giant fig­ that drove bodies to move again st their cohe..c:1on among the group ." Crawford , Bakar and many other exe mplary repre­ ure in jazz history for his many contribu­ will. The audience rocked in its seat as whc is Guyanese , came out to see frie nds sentativ es of black arts. Several 311.ists tion s. His many popular and acclaimed the various soloist "turned that mother play .. from Boston such as Jamarhl Crawford , works include , "A Love Supreme ,'' "Gi­ out." Kulu se Mama" was tte final piece of Mich ael Holley, VCR , Zerahiah Isreal as ant Steps," "Naima" and of course, "My Ostrovsk-y was like a magi cian captur­ the night , arranged and sung by Stan well as Northeastern·so wn Ayanna Israel Favorite Thing s." ing notes on canvas in a swirling hue of Sirick land . ft wa s a powerful gripping and Kanasha. Admission to this historic Thi s year's openin g night performance reds, greens, golds and purples . Her col­ chant filled with moans and wa ils. In its event is $ I 0.00. For further information featur ed Afro-Cub a n a nd Ca ribb ea n ors . like the music . was vibran 1and invit ­ finale, the band joined singin g "So we plea.so con1act (617) 442-6087. rhythm, performed by the Coltrane En­ ing . She managed to capl ure !he beauty sang this melody." Verse and Choru s se mble and hoSled by Jose Masso, hos! of the music and the skill level of the mu­ Th e performance which ran late. sent Th ere is a new poe1 tree blooming in of''Con Salsa" on WBUR radio . Boston. _sicians in her first canvru; of the band play­ some of the audience sc urryin g home be­ town. Actually it's a Peartree. an intimate Friday's performance was hos ted by Eric ing. fore Strickland's memorabl e endin g. Co­ open mic gathering hosted by Ayanna ls­ Jackson. host of '' Eric in the Evening,'' Bill Low e's "Gra nd Cen tral' ' in the produ cer Leo nard Brow n, in clos ing. raeL Admission is $3.00 if you choose to on WGBH Radio, Bosio n. ope ning se t was food lo a homes ick New thanked the audience for coming out and bring your own fruit~ to the mic or $5.00 It fea tured tributes to Co ltrane by vari­ Yorker. Th e bells and horn s se nt images 1hanked those that stayed until the end. if you just prefer to lis1en and cipher. Food ou s arti s t. inc ludin g his w ife, Al ice of the Metr o North reeling lhro ugh your "We do lhi,!,o nce a year,. It's a Labor of and beverages are available at Lhb, venue. Co l1rane. hea d and the drum s and pan s brought Love." The Peartree kicks off every Sunday nigh! T he sounds of drum s and stee l pans Salsa/C arni val 10 Grand Ce ntral S1a1ion. .------­ at 8pm at 73 Highland SI. # I in Ro,bury. puls ated while the audi ence rocked in The enthusiastic audience app lauded at Email Ayanna at pea rtree inamC.fOm for cheir seals. Thu rsday night. The audience the onset of what see med to be an old fa­ Beloved: direcLions. was'a diverse crow d of all races and ages , vor ite. Th e first set closed with a flaw­ On Sunday s throu ghou1 the month of although it wa.., predominantly older with less rendition of "Naima " . arranged by A Tale of Courage November . Lhe Jeff Robin son Trio w ill be ju s1 a sprinklin g of students. Black man Bill Pierce. recording the ope n mic session~ for their auditorium was filled on its lowe r level. Highlights of the res, of the concert "Live at 1he Lizard Lounge " OD. Drop A funky addi1ion to this years conce rt, included "Afro Blue", arr anged by Gary By Linda Betharte in around 9pm at 1667 Massachusetts Av­ was the presence of painler/performance Valente. The beat was hypnotic, conjur ­ Onyx S1afT enue in Cambrid ge wi th yo ur best work. ani st, Nancy Ostrovsky . who interpreted ing imag es of tribal dan ces and ancie n1 Beloved." the new movie starrin g You ju sl mighl make the CD. the music on canvas, while the Ensemble chan ts. The drum s, !he link ~,a, bind s the Oprah Winfrey and Dnnn y Glover. gives Cullural Collection s at 754 Cresce nt played . peo ple s of the Dia spora. worked its America a look inside the mind of a black Street (RI. 27) in Brockton will be host­ Micha el Samuel s. middl er finance ma­ mag ic. Th e sounds of Africa , the Carib ­ woman who has been a slave . ing Jamaican born author Patricia Powell jor sa id. " It was interestin g. The lady bean and Latin America, all pulsate to it's Winfrey ph1ys Ce tta. a woman who on Friday November 6 at 7:00pm. Powe ll he first start ed. He ended up havin g a success fully escape3 herse lf and her chil­ will be reading from her historical nove l 40 years with high reputati on for being 1he mo SI ac­ dren from slavery and vow~ that they will Thi.:Pa goda. Pagoda discusses lhe immi­ claim ed inte rnation al ambassadors of never be slaves again. gration of Chinese into Jama ica. Th ere American culture . She keep3 her promise bu1 at a high will be a book signing following thi s Alvin Ailey Th e Dance T heater co nsists of 1hiny­ cos t to herse lf and her childr en. eve nt. Thi s eve nt is free and ope n to the By Andre Jean Francois one memb ers. 'Phe movie show3 us 1he price Cella public. For more information call (508) Onyx Staff Afler Alvin's deatl1 in 1989, he lefl had to pay in a way that only Toni 580- 1055. behind one of the most popular and suc­ Morri ~on. the author of 1he book " Be­ On Monday , November 16 al 7:00 cess fu I dan ce co mp a nies eve r as­ loved" could have thought of. p.m .. The Brock ton Public Library-Wes_t ll'!'ob een forty-years since the Alvin sembled. Alvin left a vis-ion that live..,on Full of !'oymbo lism and ~pirits '"Be­ Branch will host aurhor Frank.Jin A . Ailey American Dance Thea1er fir s1 today in his dan cers. Th at vi~ion b tha1 loved '' caplUres 1he crue lty of slavery Dorman . Dorman will di scuss his book graced l'he stage. we must no1 let obs1acle~ of our times by ~bowing u~ what slavery can do to a 1\venty Families of Color in Massachu­ On March 1958 in New York. Alvin deprive us. Yel, we should take those ob­ persons way of thinkin g and behnving­ seus. 1742- 1998. Ailey and a gro up of black modern danc­ stacles and develop them into courage a,se nin g thn1 black people do think . Dorman ''> book is a genealogy trac­ cr'li founded the Dance Theater . Thi s 1eam to go out and accomp lish our goals. ln The movie goes beyond the physica l ing the lineage of African American sol­ beg an performin g for small crow ds. many ways that vision is still alive in his sca rs of the slave -rna s1ers whip and dier s and sailors who fought from Ma s­ Throu gh time and evo lution they hav e Dance Th eater. shows black peop le as peop le rather 1han sachuseus in 01e Civil War. There will be performed for over eig hteen million Judich Jami son. the Artistic Direcror, a book signing following 1his event. Ad­ peop le in forty-eight states. They also per­ former slaves. now head s the Alvin Ailey Ameri ca n Thi s movi e is a definite must ,ee and miss ion is free and open to the general fonned in ·s ixty-seven countri ~ on si.x definite cand idate for the Oscars. public. For more information call (508) con tinent s. Dance Theat er. a 580-1055. Alvin had a smal l vision of dance when The Onyx Inform er, Wednesday, October 28, I 998, Page 8

Hig-Hop Track by Tra ck Review here. i, the only one 1hat ~ounds good Maurice Archer and Duane Car dinez give the run-down on the By Maurice Archer Track 8. (4:35) It starts with a situa­ st influ x of hip-hop albums, with a unique ·twist in rating each. and Duane Cardinez tion where they are trying to "game" late Onyx Staff some gi rls from 1heir car. Funny! "Party Hoes" is for the females in parties. I dug Acrobatik (single) $2.99 J ay-Z " In My Lifetim e, Volume II • it though because it stiJI amused me. The Hord KnockLife" $ 13.99 Album review, should be truthful, spe­ I am one lo love underground joints so cific, and they shou ld basically let a per­ Track 9. (6: 18) "Warm Embrace'' is Acrobatik was a pleasure to listen to. Ver­ First of all, Jay-Z is my favo rite rap­ son know if an a lbum is worth taking a named this because they are talking about bally. he has been go in g 10 work. T he per, so I had 10 buy this album . I gave it a trip to Tower Records fo r. Well, if you how much they love "holding heat". This track."Woman" is a perfect example of $ 13.99 because that is about how much I are a faithful Onyx reader. you are about is one of my favorite joints on here be­ keepi ng it right. This track is mature and payed for it. This album was put together to find the page to tum to i f you want to cause the beat is off-the-hook. and all has a positive perception toward women. perfectly. For the hardcore, street fans half know about th e latest Hip-H op happen­ their rhyme s are tight. Akrobatik engages in lyrics that not many of the alb um is made for us. He also gives ings. The purpose of this review is lo con­ artists have dared 10 tackle in a hip-hop another CD with the album just for street ­ vince the reader 10 give the album under Track 10. (4:26) Well titled , "Smoke Wit song. Most are afraid of sounding weak , cats. The rest of the album is for the regu the lis­ the spotlight a chance in their lisrening You" is abo ut them smoki ng with so me bot Akrobatik proves this i s not the case if lar hip hop fans. He caters 10 all the instrume nt (CD player, walkman. e tc.). gir ls. I could not even tell yo u if the you have talent. Even "Ruff Enuff ' has teners needs. Altogether , this is one of Therefore , the 'Tuck by Track" (T.b.T.) rhymes were good because the honible witty lyrics that some cals wou ld n ot get best buys for this issue. will mostly be done on an album that most beat made me ignore this track . My fault right away. His lyrics are intelligent like Called Quest: con~umers would not be flying to the you all. Jeru the Dam aja with a liule old school fla­ A 'Inb e store to pick up As for the ill joint, that vor. The beat~ are not as overdo ne as many The Lov e Movement" $12.99 co me out, there will be a month in review Track 11. (4:18) Til led "Loya lly," they hip-hop joints that are being released these e is still represen1ing. A lot of ~ tion right after the ''T.b.T." to cove r go back 10 the hard-core beats. I li ke day, . This is quite refre shing and the trJcks Trib not feeling this the '"phat join t~"- those. They are saying that there are 100 are still light enough to bob a ll those heads. people I talked 10 were I guess they were not tru e Tribe This month, the CD under investiga­ many loyal people in their crew, so do Unfortunately. the hook s in both " Ruff album. it was ill. The beats tion was "Mobstabi lity" by 1\vista and nol inlerfere w ith 1hem. 1\vista was the Enuff' and '' Woman", hinder the energy. fans because I thought ht (good look in out Shaheed) . They The Speedk not Mobstaz. You ma y ltave only one that sounded convincing. I kind of wa il for them 10 end so I can lis- are tig heard ofTwista from the o ld DO OR DLE 1en to the lyrics again .. Beca u~e his debut they stayed origina l despite keeping a ill lyrics. This is supposed to single (that "'PO PIMP" joint from t,,,ck Track 14. (5:28) Finally, the last track. i, only has three songs I will have to rate it repertoire of together. so we huve in the day) , or ;1,aybe you heard his St.1l0 It i~ interestin g though, because it mixes a~ a sing le. be their last album farewe ll to one of the 'phates t' album "Adren .1lme Rush" released an 1he "Co ld Rock the Party" beat by MC to say 0 history. "Th e Love 1997 . This album features him and his Lyte with a high. guitar plucking note and Outkast Aquemini" $5.99 groups in hip-hop back two boy, from the "'Cold Chi" (Ch icago). a live Soca song. It was a good way to Movement " tries 10 bring hip-hop as minoritie~: Love. May, and LitTy. They try to slick 10 their end the album. However . it was a song Now. the Source gave 1hi1-1 album5 mic,. to what we need now Definitely a copab le joint. theme of " mobbin " through the who le to dance to, 001 jus1 lis1en to. so if you trust the Source. pick it up. If album. Wdcome. y'al l don ' t know me by now, then let me 10 some south­ Brand Nubian °Foundation" $12.99 This CD has 14 tracks. Track 2 (3:49) I would pay a maximum of$5.99 for '\choo l you my opinion of I even have one of "Croo ~ County" has an ill-fa,1 beat and this CD (out of a S 14.99 maximum). If ern rap. r like Ou1kaM. love hip hop from the Eight years ago there was a legendury feature, a girl called Newsense. I wa.., you like a wide range of Hip-Hop (in­ their album,. but I the America. The al­ alliance. Despite their unity displayed in not really feeling the Speedkno1 Mobstaz cluding hard-core, Chicago ,1yle). you ' II Northeas1 ~ection of full price the well known One for All,"' the trio s1ill too much, but everyo ne s hines on this like this. Me being a fan of the North­ bum was good but l wouldn't pay to about two times managed 10 separa te. All albums released track. Twista a nd Newsense have the A1lantic Hip-Hop scene. I still enjoyed for it. I only listened it The by Puba. Sadat X. and Lord Jamar after tightest verses though. it. However, for me to spe nd money on but I guess that sums op everything. Some a CD from abroad, it has 10 be. as Rakim fact that I wasn't anxious 10 Listen it more the divorce just was not th e same. the reaso n why I album s were ju st straight up wack. Basi­ Track 3. (4:32) '·Mob Up" has a phat beat would say, "No Joke". This CD was not than twi ce so far is u like rap cally. they ju st needed each other. They for you cats o ut there that like listening a jok e, but it was not serious eno ugh for wou ldn't give it 5 mies. If yo up. For still hav~ this way of telling the same story to bea ts consisti ng of ma ny so und ele­ me to pay more than six dollars. Check from the south, definitely pick this ow n unique way without fear of ments (a cash register,Atari tm'sCentipede it out though because 1\vista is nice . me though . I mighl ju st ge t a dub or wait in their keeping the message posit ive. As usuaJ shooti ng ~ound. gun shots, and more). Puba is tight with witty phras~ and word Lyrically they a ll get open in their ow n slurs. especially in "Foundation " in which Chicago way. The hook could have been he spils a number of hot lyrica l ear can­ better. VISIT NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST AFROCENTRICdies. ··1 leave a hater stuck like a project elevator." is j ust one of many. From the Track 4. (5: 17) Danny Boy from Tupac's ONE STOP STORE lirstj oinl to the Jru,t. my man Lord Jamar '1 aint mad at ya" is featured on the "Front represents. Sadat X wasn't as tight as I Porch ". It has a ca 1chy beat that sounds (locatedinthe Heart Roxbury of Dudley At Square) wanted him 10 be. but you will be amazed like "trees" (or Mary J. not Blige) would how mu ch sense he make~ your ,eco nd improve, because the song is about being I New~and's ~rge~ selection olAfiocenlrl: I Anedensoe selection olAltocen~i: Books and third tim e around. That i..:;one of 1he under the influence. Books. GreetingCards Mollie/! Day, Falhe/1 Day, lncWIIJChik!ren's reasons why '·Fo undatio n" gets beuerev ­ V~enliles, Chnstmu,Kwwaa and All ery time you press play. Track 5. (4:41) "In Your World" is about Occasllncaios "Love vs. Hate," "'One Day it Will All getting with a "piece of candy" (a beauti­ I Thebest aS!ortmentol AllbnArtlacts , A~ocentncI SWea~~ns . T-ShllS,n(I Caps. Make Sense," and "Don't Lei it Go 10 ful female; also look for "sweetness" ). giltillms, gilt bags and gl1I 1\11~ Your Head" are straight up gems. As far The beat is ill 100. Chri stopher Williams I Cassettes, CD'sand\flleoRentals as kicking it for the· women ou l lhere , from "New Jack City" is in this. I liked lo &Postage Stamps Bnmd Nubian doe, that too. There ha~n 't everybody's verse on this joint. Definitely I KwanzaaKi\!/Cand~s/Books , I Fu SeNtes, Pho Cop.s been a love related hip -hop song that has one of th e best tracks on the album, al­ moved m e s ince "Love mt! or Leave me though it sounds kind of like a party song. managed to do it again A Alone." but BN with "'Sincerely" (appropriate ly named). Track 6 . (5: I 8) Telling what they do is 0 Unfortun ately, there i, a bomb in "Fou n­ "Leg it Ballers". The beat is slow and hyp­ dati on" and it would have to be the Busta notizing. Very catchy hook. It was a ll ANli>lanNollon, In~ Attlblan Notion , HighDllffl\ In~ Rhyme\ assisted '1Let's Dance." It wa..\ a right. 41 ◄7 Wllrensir..t ~la!TASaliOn valiant attempt lyric wise, but wn, pol­ Track 7. (5:06) The title track. has a • 1~t411)id,ySl-ett1,_m) ttllTnmO'llsir..t NubianNotion, Inr. luted by the weak track and irrilating wes1coas t beat Even though I'm 001that MMI'/~ llotlal.lAA02120 Radlu~,M.102119 (611)~7007FM(6tn~49!0 hook. "Straight Out of Ni le Ru le" ISn ' 1 much of a west coast fan. the beat i!-icoo l. (617)442-2611 FM (6tn 44 ~3115 exactly my favorite either. "Found ation" Like a lmos1 everyone e lse in Hip-Hop. i:,, definit ely an album you can lislcn to. they are lalking about how their crew is Brand Nubes came back and it wn, ex­ like a mob. The hook b wack and 1\vista ..ictly what I expected. A defini te clm,,ic.