Quentin Huff is an attorney, writer, visual artist, and professional tennis player who lives and works in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In addition to serving as an adjunct professor at Wake Forest University School of Law, he enjoys practicing entertainment law. When he’s not busy suing people or giving other people advice on how to sue people, he writes novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, diary entries, and essays. Quentin’s writing appears, or is forthcoming, in: Casa Poema, Pemmican Press, Switched-On Gutenberg, Defenestration, Poems Niederngasse, and The Ringing Ear, Cave Canem’s anthology of contemporary African American poetry rooted in the South. His family owns and operates Huff Art Studio, an art gallery specializing in fine art, printing, and graphic design. Quentin loves Final Fantasy videogames, Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible, his mother Earnestine, PopMatters, and all things Prince.
Features
Thursday, April 9 2009
More Candy 4 Us: Prince Is Back with 3 Albums
Never one to do things the easy way, Prince delivers a concept album, a collection of dance tracks, and a protégée.
Friday, December 12 2008
The Best Hip-Hop of 2008
A return to the mic nine years in the making, a hip-hop supergroup of sorts, and Tom Waits beatboxing: this year's top-shelf hip-hop is equal parts anticipation, teamwork, and wha?!
Friday, September 26 2008
The Detective & His Reflections: The Shield: Sixth Season
The nihilistic, morally blurred world of The Shield reflects the inner workings of its characters.
Thursday, May 22 2008
American Gangster: Motives, Outsiders, & Branding
American Gangster struggles to find fresh ways to tell its story within the confines of the traditional crime drama. Impossible, maybe, but entertaining nonetheless.
Tuesday, December 11 2007
The Best Hip-Hop of 2007
From Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five to a dope album named Desire, hip-hop showed growth in 2007.
Columns
Monday, January 23 2012
A Joy to Experience: Neo-Soul Singer Bilal Oliver
Bilal Oliver belongs to an elite class of late '90s Neo-Soul singers, but his guest appearances may be the true gems of his career.
Thursday, December 8 2011
Art for the Hip-Hop Generation
The Legends of Hip Hop chronicles 50 deserving pioneers of the culture, and ultimately transforms and humanizes them.
Monday, November 14 2011
Symbolic Weight & the Def Jam Aesthetic
A coffee table book about rap does not sound too "hardcore" or "gangsta", does it? Well, that's because it's not. What it just might be is sincere.
Friday, November 4 2011
The Quest to Understand Tribe
This is supposed to be a documentary, not a fan letter. So how about some balance? It's big picture time when it comes to telling the story of hip-hop.
Thursday, September 22 2011
Watch the Discourse: Luxury Rap, Success and Self-Absorption
The value of a release as large as Watch the Throne is that it goes beyond the gargantuan personalities involved or even the monster show dates designed to promote it. Part of the value is the discussion it generates.
Reviews
Wednesday, July 20 2011
Serengeti: Family & Friends
Looking for listening pleasure in all the wrong downloads? Try Serengeti's witty and detailed narration. This is matchmaking, hip-hop style.
Sunday, July 17 2011
Jerry Granelli: 1313
Suspenseful work from a celebrated percussionist, if not altogether satisfying.
Wednesday, June 15 2011
Zion I & the Grouch: Heroes in the Healing of the Nation
Zion I & The Grouch seek to recapture the best parts of their previous collaboration while trying to up the ante with new elements.
Friday, May 27 2011
Daedelus: Bespoke
What's the trade off for accessibility? Here, it's an album custom fit to suit its creator but brimming with ideas.
Tuesday, May 24 2011
Marissa Levy: 63 Songs About Joe
Catching and charming, full and accessible, precious and cute.
