This week in The Concrete Garden we'll be analyzing ' ,Said the Shotgun to the Head' by Saul Williams in comparison to Isaiah Rashad's 'The Sun's Tirade'.It's been a while, welcome back to The Concrete Garden!

Happy Birthday Eboni K Williams!This week in The Concrete Garden we’ll be discussing her book, ‘Pretty Powerful’ in comparison to another powerful Virgo release, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill .Wishing many more to the Queen in Pink and Green!

“Look at my face — dark as the night —Yet shining like the sun with loves true light. I am the black girl who crossed the dark seaCarrying in my body the seed of the free.”This week in The Concrete Garden I had the divine pleasure to chop it up with the gracious Anita Kopacz. We'll be covering her novel, Shallow Waters in comparison to Solange’s bundle of beauty: ‘When I Get Home’. Welcome back to #TheConcreteGarden Poem: The Negro Mother by Langston Hughes.“

Everyone’s been talking about “Whitey on the Moon”, but Gil Scott Heron gave us so much more. From his collection of lyrics & poems ‘Now and Then’, this week in #TheConcreteGarden we’ll be covering the poem ‘Space Shuttle’ in comparison to an album by Max for Danger's favorite artist of all time: Black Messiah x D’Angelo. 

Welcome back Rosebuds! This week in the Garden we'll be analyzing bell hooks' novel 'All About Love' to Toni Braxton's own 'The Heat' This week's Episode Elixir is the Heat Riser, A sensual combination of gin, strawberries, lime, vanilla bean and spiced chocolate bitters that is sure to turn up the heat between you and your lover, even if that lover is your own reflection.

This week in The Concrete Garden, we'll be analyzing James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time, in comparison to Lloyd Banks' most recent independent release, The Course of the Inevitable. This week's Episode Elixir is the 'Smoke Beyond Mirrors':A mystifying mixture of gin, apples, lemon, sage syrup, and cucumber bitters that is sure to impress your palette and your friends!  A nice pour and a light shake of these 4 simple ingredients combined will bring this cocktail and your taste buds to life. An ode to both Banks and Baldwin, who never once fell for the okey-doke.

This week in The Concrete Garden we'll be dissecting Sistah Souljah's The Coldest Winter Ever'  to Lil Kim's debut album, Hardcore. We'll be discussing the nuances of raw storytelling and just how it impacts us today.

This week in The Concrete Garden we'll be analyzing Charlamagne Tha God's New York Time's Best Seller Shook One to the Geto Boys classic Hip-Hop album, We Can't Be Stopped.Max for Danger and The New Academy for Artists do not own the rights to any music heard throughout the show. 

For the first episode of The Concrete Garden we'll be digging into The Score by the Fugees in comparison to Edwidge Danticat's 'Breath, Eyes, Memory.