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Quentin B. Huff

About Quentin B. Huff

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

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007

The Best Hip-Hop of 2007

[11.Dec.07] :. From Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five to a dope album named Desire, hip-hop showed growth in 2007.

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007

 

TV

The Ghost Whisperer's Television Whisperer

[26.Nov.07] :. Reasons to watch Jennifer Love Hewitt in 'Ghost Whisperer', ways to detect rounded characters on a flat screen, and why I should be called 'Television Whisperer'.

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TV

Big Brother USA, Season Eight: The Most Dangerous Game

[3.Oct.07] :. For Eight Seasons, Big Brother USA has brought numerous twists to reality TV. Here is a twist Big Brother might not have seen coming.

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TV

The Practice Makes Perfect -- Well, Almost

[13.Sep.07] :. What do you call four lawyers, a secretary, and a couple of prosecutors? I call it the best thing since Clarence Darrow.

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TV

The Shield: The Detective & the Lieutenant

[9.May.07] :. Detective Vic Mackey kills cops, steals money, and beats suspects. How, then, can the man trying to bring him to justice be the "bad guy"?

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Music   Hip Hop Is Dead: Art, Culture, & Tradition

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2006   Best Hip-Hop of 2006

Columns

Busted Headphones

Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Hip-Hop's Fight Against Time

[11.Apr.08] :. Hip-hop fights haters, record labels, rival emcees, and even the law. Time, however, has proven to be a formidable opponent.

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Busted Headphones

The Ballot or the Beef

[14.Mar.08] :. It's possible that hip-hop and the US government have been engaged in the longest running beef of all, from the infamous FBI letter sent to NWA in 1998 to the Congressional Hearings in 2007 seeking to investigate hip-hop lyrics.

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Busted Headphones

El Che & the Thriller

[15.Feb.08] :. Rhymefest's mixtape tribute continues hip-hop's longstanding affection for the Jacksons.

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Busted Headphones

101 Hip-Hop Albums of 2007

[16.Jan.08] :. A hundred and one reasons why hip-hop is not dead, say these three opinionators.

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Busted Headphones

For the Love of the Art

[4.Jan.08] :. How cool is it to go to the "Self Help" section of a bookstore and get a book with life lessons from N.W.A., Little Brother, and Ghostface Killah?

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Busted Headphones   Yo! Your TV Raps: Hip-Hop on US Television

Busted Headphones   A Righteous Boy's Hip-Hop Journey Through Babeland

Busted Headphones   From Boogie Down to Tinseltown

Busted Headphones   Hip-Hop at the Crossroad: Time, Testimony, & Identity

Busted Headphones   P.M. Mixtape, Vol. Two: Love and Trouble

Busted Headphones   P.M. Mixtape, Vol. One

   The Purple Experience: Your PopMatters Primer on Prince's Pop Life

Busted Headphones   Word Problems: The Snitch's Dilemma

Busted Headphones   Please Call It a Comeback

Busted Headphones   Unsung Heroes: The Band of Extraordinary Women

Reviews

Music

Rocko: Self-Made

[17.Apr.08] :. Cash, expensive clothes, cars for each day of the week. Wanna see how it's done? Watch him "do him".

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Music

The XYZ Affair: A Few More Published Studies

[11.Apr.08] :. New York band with a booming sound, turning power pop into super-power pop.

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Music

Elizabeth Wills: Fly

[3.Apr.08] :. Gorgeous music almost overshadows a smooth voice and quaint lyrics.

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Music

Randy Jackson: Randy Jackson's Music Club, Volume One

[28.Mar.08] :. The American Idol judge's compilation plays it safe, but does enough to meet expectations.

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Music

ScholarMan: Soul Purpose

[27.Mar.08] :. The lesson from this Maryland emcee's journey shows that hard work is inspiring, but progress is divine.

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Music   Clara Hill's Folkwaves: Sideways

Music   Helena: Fraise Vanille

Featured Article

Music

Erykah Badu: New Amerykah

[14.Mar.08] :. We're starring in an ongoing blockbuster movie and Erykah Badu releases Part One of the score, with hip-hop and '70s soul. Right on, Mama! So can you dig it?

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Music   Meg Hutchinson: Come Up Full

Music   Miss Kittin: Batbox

Music   Kool G. Rap: Half a Klip

DVDs   Wimbledon: The 2007 Official Film

Music   Various Artists: Slow Jams for Christmas

Music   Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas

Music   Kottonmouth Kings: Cloud Nine

Music   Arrested Development: Since the Last Time

Music   Raheem Jamal: Boombox

Music   Musab: Slicks Box

Music   Theory Hazit: Extra Credit

Music   Prince Ali: Curb Side Service

Music   Lotus Tribe Presents S.E.L.F.: The Art & War of Misanthropic Philanthropy

Music   Keith Murray: Rap-Murr-Phobia

Music   Serengeti & Polyphonic: Dont Give Up

Music   Infinito 2017 & Unagi: You and Eye

Music   Tammy Cochran: Where I Am

Music   Rasheeda: Dat Type of Gurl

Music   Ariano: Music2BreakUp2

PopMatters Pick

Music

Talib Kweli: Ear Drum

[22.Aug.07] :. Hip-hop's "Flow Captain" returns with another artistic statement that almost hits the mark.

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Music   Tame One: The Grudge: Fuck the Industry

Music   Amy Cooper: Mirrors

Music   Kia Shine: Due Season

Music   Shop Boyz: Rockstar Mentality

Music   Potluck: Straight Outta Humboldt

Music   A-Plus: My Last Good Deed

Music   Prince: Planet Earth

Music   Suzanne Vega: Beauty & Crime

Music   Evidence: The Weatherman LP

Music   Pharoahe Monch: Desire

Music   Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad

Music   Shape: Raised Near the Power Lines

Music   Aesop Rock: All Day: Nike+ Original Run

Music   KRS-One & Marley Marl: Hip Hop Lives

Music   Phat Kat: Carte Blanche

DVDs   Gil Scott-Heron & Amnesia Express: The Paris Concert [DVD]

Music   Guru: Gurus Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4

DVDs   TLC: Now & Forever - The Video Hits [DVD]

Music   Prodigy: Return of the Mac

PopMatters Pick

Music

Zeph & Azeem: Rise Up

[25.May.07] :. Almost a classic. Almost the best hip-hop album of 2007. A few more songs matching the level of the ones already here would've wiped that "almost" away.

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Music   E-Dro: From My Hood to Your Hood

Music   Various Artists: The Road Mix: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Vol. 3

Music   Polyrhythm Addicts: Break Glass...

Music   Big Quarters: Cost of Living

Music   DJ Jazzy Jeff: Return of the Magnificent

Music   Linda Draper: Keepsake

DVDs   The King of Queens: The Complete Eighth Season

Music   Jonny Virgo: Devils Brew

Music   Thomas Lunch: Diagrams Without Instructions

Music   Sacha Perry: Not Brand X

Music   No Luck Club: Prosperity 2.0

Music   The Saturday Knights: The Saturday Knights

Music   The Ditchflowers: Carried Away

Music   Black Panther: My Eternal Winter

Music   Various Artists: Thisish Vol. I: Hosted by Large Professor

Music   Julie Dexter & Khari Simmons: Moon Bossa

Music   Redman: Red Gone Wild: Thee Album

Music   Various Artists: EV Records presents: Everything

DVDs   Moonlighting - Season Five - The Final Season

Music   Twisted Black: Street Fame

Music   Unagi: For Lovers

Music   Various Artists: Backwoodz Studioz presents Target Practice

Music   Bukue One: Intromission

Music   Politic Live: Adaptation

Music   This Unique Museum: A Collection of Short Stories

Music   Black Milk: Popular Demand

Music   Cake on Cake: I Guess I Was Daydreaming

Music   Sin: Team Invasion, DJ Kurupt & DJ Scream Present: Sizzerb Mixtape Vol. 3, Opium Garden

Music   Tia Fuller: Healing Space

Music   Elisabeth Withers: It Can Happen to Anyone

Music   Serengeti: Noticeably Negro

Music   Can Joann: Hurt People Hurt People

Music   The Beyonders: Time Capsule

Music   Mic Mulligan & S. Future (Specs One): Original Space Neighbors

Music   Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Thug Stories

Music   DJ Jazzy Jeff: Hip Hop Forever, Vol. 3

Music   Clara Hill: All I Can Provide

DVDs   Tupac Shakur: Tupac: The Complete Live Performances [DVD]

Music   Main Flow & 7L: Flow Season

Music   Gwen Stefani: The Sweet Escape

Music   40 Watt Hype: Strong Feet on the Concrete

Music   2pac: Pacs Life

Music   Omar: Sing (If You Want It)

Music   Lake featuring Cormega: My Brothers Keeper

Music   Evan Stone: Sticks & Stone, Vol. 1

Music   Silk: Always & Forever

Music   Various Artists: In Prison

Music   Miles Davis: Cool & Collected

Music   Gloria Estefan: The Essential Gloria Estefan

Music   Square: The Mike We Like Remixes

Music   Whodini: Funky Beat: The Best of Whodini

Music   Sarah McLachlan: Mirrorball: The Complete Concert

Music   Jeannie Ortega: No Place Like Brooklyn

Music   With Throats as Fine as Needles: With Throats as Fine as Needles

Music   Jean: On

Music   Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveSounds

Music   The Dogg, The Doctor, & Death Row

Music   Sound Advice: Play Anything

Music   Mojoe: Classic.Ghetto.Soul

Music   Marion Meadows: Dressed to Chill

Music   Kelis: Kelis Was Here

Music   Open Door: So Close to Beautiful

Music   Joe Good: Hi, May I Help You?

Music   Dead Prez & the Outlawz: Cant Sell Dope Forever

Music   The Pearls & The Velours: The Pearls vs. The Velours

Music   Dubblestandart: Are You Experienced

Music   Aeon Grey: Primate Curriculum

Music   Raydar Ellis: Late Pass

Music   Unagi: It Came From Beneath the SFC

Music   Catherine Russell: Cat

Music   Kinnie Starr: Anything

Music   Superiority Complex: Stand Up

Music   Kottonmouth Kings: Koast II Koast

Music   Scholar & TrueBLESS: The Love Freedom Movement

Music   Public Enemy: Bring That Beat Back

Music   Shawnna: Block Music

Music   Nya Jade: My Denial

Music   Alice Smith: For Lovers, Dreamers, & Me

Music   Ice Cube: Laugh Now, Cry Later

Music   Ise Lyfe: Spread The Word

Music   7L & Esoteric: A New Dope

Music   Evil Nine: Fabriclive 28

Music   Lord Jamar: The 5% Album

Music   Andy Caldwell: Universal Truth

Music   C-Mone: The Butterfly Effect

Music   Paula Kelley: Some Suckers Life, Pt. 1

Music   Louis Logic & JJ Brown: Misery Loves Comedy

Featured Article

Music

Suga Free: Just Add Water

[16.Jun.06] :. Thanks for coming to the 2006 Player's Ball. And the winner of the Award for Best Pimp in a Pimpstramental Situation is...

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Music   DK: King Me

Music   DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: The Very Best of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

Music   George Duke: The Essential George Duke

Music   Roots Tonic: Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell

Music   Christian Scott: Rewind That

Music   Christina Milian: So Amazin

Music   Jermiside & Brickbeats: The Red Giants

Music   Rihanna: A Girl Like Me

Music   Nino Moschella: Man of Many Hats

Music   DJ Format: Fabriclive 27

Music   Bronze Nazareth: The Great Migration

Music   Avant: Director

Music   Pink: I'm Not Dead

Music   Scarface Presents The Product: One Hunid

Music   Mobb Deep: Blood Money

PopMatters Pick

Music

Amel Larrieux: Morning

[5.May.06] :. An Ode to Amel Larrieux: on how to follow a masterpiece, why the label "Neo-Soul" must be destroyed, and how to deal in The Twilight Zone, oops, I mean "the music industry".

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Music   Various Artists: Voices from the Frontline

Music   Wordsworth: Mirror Music: The Deluxe Edition

Music   E-40: My Ghetto Report Card

Music   Dead Prez Presents M-1: Confidential

Music   Ben Harper: Both Sides of the Gun

Music   Akir: Legacy

Music   Various Artists: Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1

Music   The Bamboos: Step It Up

Music   Slick: Elements of the Game

Music   Tony Hussle: Sexy Freaky Electric

Music   Various: States of Abuse

Music   Cloak-N-Dagga: Def Con Zero

 
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