I don’t consider myself a hip-hop head. Nor do I think of Champaign-Urbana as much of a hip-hop hotbed.

Sure, Ludacris supposedly went to middle school here, but I’m guessing that it was probably a good business move to ignore that part and focus on the “Five Georgia homes to rest his Georgia bones.”

Winter is finally approaching. The weather is colder, the days are shorter, and Thanksgiving is only two weeks away, and it's all a bit depressing.