The Roots: Game Theory
(Album Review)
Appears In: L.A. Times (August 20, 2006)

V/A: Panama – Latin, Calypso and Funk At the Isthmus
(Album Review)
Appears On: NPR’s Morning Edition (August 18, 2006)

Afternoons at the Groove Merchant
(Music column)
Appears In: Oakland Tribune (August 4, 2006)

XTina 3.0
(Column)
Appears In: Oakland Tribune (July 2006)

Summer Grooves
(Column on Summer Songs)
Appears In: Oakland Tribune (June 2, 2006)

Revolutionary Rap: The Coup Still Kickin’ After 15 Years
(Column on The Coup)
Appears In: Oakland Tribune (May 5, 2006)

Spring Mixtape
(Column on New Singles)
Appears In: Oakland Tribune (April 7, 2006)

Pieces to Weight
(Interview with Diamond D)
Appears In: Scratch Magazine (Issue 11/May-June 2006)

Dynamite D
(Story on Darondo)
Appears In: Wax Poetics (Issue 16)

Mighty Good
(Story on Linda Lyndell)
Appears In: Wax Poetics (Issue 16)

Champion of Sound
(Column on Jay Dee)
Appears In: Oakland Tribune (March 3, 2006)

Classic Soul From an Unlikely Source
(Post on Darondo)
Appears In: NPR’s Song of the Day (March 13, 2006)

Telling You When To Go
(Column on the Hyphy Movement)
Appears In: Oakland Tribune (March 23, 2006)

The King Is Gone
(Post on King Floyd)
Appears In: NPR’s Song of the Day (March 29, 2006)