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Dart_Adams

“Rap City”: A 35th Anniversary Retrospective

BET’s “Rap City” might’ve debuted after MTV’s “Yo! MTV Raps” became its highest rated program and helped to popularize Rap with White…

Aug 11

Aug 11

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A Season Of Faith’s Perfection 2: The 2024 NBA Champion Boston Celtics

A look back at the accomplishments of not only one the best teams in the 78 season history of the Boston Celtics, but arguably one of the…

Jul 5

A Season Of Faith’s Perfection 2: The 2024 NBA Champion Boston Celtics

Jul 5

Dart_Adams

Stay On That Side: Why I No Longer Care If You’re A Boston Celtics Fan Anymore

Back in 2022, I wrote a piece for ESPN/Andscape about why Black people can root for the Boston Celtics without any trepidation. Now? I no…

Jun 10

Stay On That Side: Why I No Longer Care If You’re A Boston Celtics Fan Anymore

Jun 10

Dart_Adams

September 29th, 1998: A 25th Anniversary Retrospective

September 29th, 1998 was Rap’s last great album release date. As a former Tower Records employee who worked the midnight sale that night, I…

Sep 29, 2023

Sep 29, 2023

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Reggie’s Last Game (4.29.1993)

Larry Bird retired after playing with the Dream Team in the 1992 Olympics, leaving the Celtics captaincy to Reggie Lewis. What was supposed…

Apr 29, 2023

Apr 29, 2023

Dart_Adams

The Night James Brown Saved Boston: A 55th Anniversary Retrospective

55 years ago today, the city of Boston was likely about to go up in flames following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther…

Apr 5, 2023

The Night James Brown Saved Boston: A 55th Anniversary Retrospective

Apr 5, 2023

Dart_Adams

LL Cool J — Radio: A 35th Anniversary Retrospective

35 years ago, a teenager from Farmers Blvd. in Queens pulled Excalibur from The Rock and earned the title of The Prince Of Rap.

Nov 17, 2021

LL Cool J — Radio: A 35th Anniversary Retrospective

Nov 17, 2021

Dart_Adams

GZA — Liquid Swords: A 25th Anniversary Retrospective

Decomposing an undisputed classic Rap LP that also happens to be the perfect Winter album…

Nov 7, 2021

GZA — Liquid Swords: A 25th Anniversary Retrospective

Nov 7, 2021

Dart_Adams

EPMD’s “Business As Usual”: A 30th Anniversary Retrospective

Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith and DJ Scratch get called up to the majors and release their first LP on Def Jam with their new protegé Redman…

Jan 11, 2021

Jan 11, 2021

Dart_Adams

Boogie Down Productions “Edutainment”: A 30th Anniversary Retrospective

Rap’s self proclaimed “Teacher” was at a career crossroads after the release of “Self Destruction” and his successful album “Ghetto Music…

Aug 7, 2020

Aug 7, 2020

Dart_Adams

Dart_Adams

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Bostonian. Journalist. Historian. Author. Fact checker. Researcher. Currently: Boston Legends/Dart Against Humanity, The Emancipator & Boston Magazine.

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