Peer Gynt's Triangle

Peer Gynt’s Triangle – The Essential Elements of a Poet

According to Turkish literary pioneer, writer, thinker, poet and community leader Sezai Karakoç, a poet must possess three essential elements. He identifies these elements as “Peer Gynt’s triangle” because he believes them…

It Was Written, It’s All Written, Let’s Learn Something

It was written. It’s all written. We can never write it moving forward. We can only read it once we look back when we realise that it was written.…

Intuition – A J. Cole Perspective

Sometimes our instincts can tell us something that would take months of conscious thinking and analysis to understand. …

Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman! Review

Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman is the product of recorded conversations between Richard Feynman and his friend Ralph Leighton that was published with Feynman’s consent in 1985. It features a range of…

When Being Alone Isn’t Enough To Escape The Congestion

Can you imagine being in a circumstance describable as “loneliness” only to discover that you’re not alone, you’re surrounded, it’s crowded, there’s so much congestion.…

Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

I can’t express how it feels listening to this album 10 years after it was released and appreciating it on a different level. I banged out So Appalled when it first came…

Nipsey Hussle – 1 Year On

Man, the first thing I thought this morning was "Thank God I got to live another year". No, it's not a new year, nor is it my birthday, but I believe there…
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Dreams and Nightmares

An individual’s upbringing and local environment play a large role in the development of their character, but regardless of that everyone has dreams and ambitions accompanied by nightmares and concerns. …
JAY-Z teaches us an important lesson in terms of expanding globally when running a business. JAY-Z Pound Cake. Hood Intellectuals

International Hov’, That’s My Handle

JAY-Z teaches us an important lesson in terms of expanding globally when running a business. It is a common practice among the financially successful to invest in foreign economies in the rare…

Blood is Thicker than Water. Or is it Really?

“Same brother, different mother, same orphanage” refers to our shared origins. It’s funny, ‘blood is thicker than water’ is one of the most misunderstood phrases: it actually means the opposite of what…

JAY-Z – The Blueprint

Throughout the album, we see Jay-Z transform from a well-established rapper to arguably the most-established rapper. An album that gave Kanye and Just Blaze fame as excellent producers and featuring Eminem on…
When a group of people try to reach an extreme (in this case freedom), does it usually backfire? Everything has a balance.. hood intellectuals

What is Freedom?

When a group of people try to reach an extreme (in this case freedom), does it usually backfire? Everything has a balance, there is an equilibrium that needs to be achieved. If…