My 75 year old neighbor who plays Bill Withers in his backyard just called Gallier Street G-Strip. I love the 9th Ward.

Addendum:

If y’all know any other 9th Ward street shooters please point me towards their work ya heard me?

Back in the late 90s Big Tymers were on heavy rotation at the Scrumptious House in Texas. The Cash Money crew dropped their debut LP in 1997, and immediately blew up in New Orleans, the Deep South, and Texas.

Oh, and that “reunion” from last year? Naw.

Last year we were standing around across from Shakespeare Park in Central City waiting on a 10th Ward Buck second line when a man rolled up in a Chevy Suburban bumping some crazy-sounding, rifle-fast hip hop. As soon as he got parked I walked up and asked him who it was. Continue Reading

Listening to Dinky Doo by Eddie Bo this morning. This slab was recorded back in 1961 and released on Joe Ruffino’s Ric imprint (981). Harold Battiste produced and arranged the cut while the writing credit was given to Delores Johnson, Bo’s wife.

Listening to Art Neville’s ‘Zing Zing’ this morning. This two minute stomper came out as Specialty 637 back in July of 1958. You can pick one of these 45s up on the secondary market for about 15 bucks.

In a New Orleans Advocate article last month writer Sara Sneath mentioned that “the Desire neighborhood, where Gordon Plaza is located, had the second-highest consistent rate of cancer among all Louisiana census tracts measured from 2005 to 2015.”

The residents of Gordon Plaza live in housing that was built astraddle a toxic city dump. That housing development has seen hundreds of New Orleans residents die from cancer.

In 2018 the Gordon Plaza neighborhood group filed suit against the City of New Orleans hoping to secure funds to move to a safer area of the city.

We’ll provide further coverage of this issue as warranted.