Harold Stallworth lives close enough to the Pentagon to say he lives in the Pentagon. He lays claim to the largest collection of Queensbridge vinyl in the continental United States. His writing has been published by Washington City Paper, The Bookends Review, WAMU 88.5’s Bandwidth and Passion of the Weiss, among others. Occasionally, he'll share his adventures in beer and shellfish on any number of quasi-defunct social media accounts. He’s currently writing a short story about the perils of a clinically depressed club bouncer.
Currently Listening:
Miguel - Wildheart
George Benson - Space
Tragedy Khadafi - Against All Odds
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Currently Watching:
Adina Howard 20: A Story of Sexual Liberation
True Detective
Ballers
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Currently Reading:
Jabari Asim - Only The Strong
Harold Stallworth is trapped in the ’90s You know what was way better back in the 90s? Grocery baggers. Today’s youth have absolutely no appreciation for geometry or material properties. If I had a dime for every time a teenager tried to stack beer atop my avocados, I’d be the wealthiest man this side of […]
| Two Dope Boys In a Cadillac: Snoop Dogg and Madlib | April 9, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth is infatuated with Donald Goines’ novels. “The creative geography has collapsed over the last few years in Los Angeles.” This is a sentence I wish I could take credit for, but it’s an observation that only a California native, such as this publication’s editor, who lived through an era where Xzibit’s At The […]
| Stretch and Bobbito Vs. 1995 The Source Awards | April 7, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth is a villain of sorts. The year was 1995. Bobbito Garcia and DJ Stretch Armstrong took the airwaves just hours after the infamous Source Awards snafu. They interviewed several artists that witnessed the show first hand, including broken linguist Smoothe Da Hustler, and the missing link between park jams and dunn language, Tragedy […]
| DJ Mister Cee and The Best of The Firm | March 31, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth and his crew roll tight like The Firm. By the time you read this blog, I’ll be rummaging through a TJ Maxx clearance rack, searching for an irregular Chaps sweater to wear to Nas’ Kennedy Center concert. This weekend, barring any unforeseen hiccups, the honorable Kid Wave will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of Illmatic at Washington […]
| Go-Go Band New Impressionz Drops Unreleased Double Album | March 25, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth didn’t grow up in the nation’s capital. Washington D.C.’s go-go scene is challenging to cover. It’s still a live genre, so in order to document and report on the city’s active bands with any kind of authority, a journalist would have to venture to hole-in-the-wall venues in Prince George’s County and rub elbows […]
| 50 Cent Tries to Hold On | March 17, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth steers clear of candy shops and amusement parks. Last month, somewhere about Valentine’s Day, 50 Cent announced his departure from Interscope Records via press release. After a nearly decade-long tenure on the affluent label, he’s finally taking his G-Unit imprint independent with the help of Caroline Distribution. Things look bleak for the crack […]
| The Living Daylights of Willie the Kid | March 9, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth is the self-proclaimed lord of alliteration. When I interviewed Michigan rapper Willie The Kid circa 2011, he hinted toward a forthcoming LP produced entirely by Cookin’ Soul. He claimed the project was reminiscent of It Was Written, a summer album that was, in his words, “smooth but jagged at the same time.” At his best, […]
| Figaro Side: A Look at MF Doom Live | March 5, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth owns several copies of Masta Killa’s live album. During the filming of the first three seasons of Louie, the show’s lead, Louis C.K., never rehearsed his lines beforehand. He subscribes to the theory that intense repetition compromises the authenticity of a theatrical performance; that practice, does not in fact, always make perfect. In […]
| Flea Market Film Review: Envy (Starring AZ) | March 3, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth has an adulthood crush on LisaRaye McCoy. E1 Entertainment’s buddy-crime flick, Envy, stars the unlikely duo of rapper Anthony “AZ” Cruz and pop singer William “Ray J” Norwood. Before its unceremonious straight-to-DVD release in 2009, the film was shelved for the better half of a decade. This dates the original taping all […]
| The Return of The Migos: No Label 2 | February 27, 2014 |
Harold Stallworth is signed to Biv 10 Records. With the exception of Wu-Tang Clan’s world-igniting double disc and the Rhythm Blunt Cru’s wayward Dirty 30 LP, I’m of the opinion that no rap album warrants more than two dozen tracks. So it should go without saying that Migos’ impromptu release, No Label 2, weighing in at […]
