Posts by Mike Jordan
Never Forget: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was Cool as Hell
What safety is there to be had in a dangerous world? That question isn’t comfortable. Neither is living in America, especially for anyone with an honest perspective on how this…
Read MoreReminder: Atlanta Still Won, and Trump Still Lost
Atlanta had a major moment yesterday — a very proud moment. We’d delivered, and proven our willingness to step up to our civic responsibility to participate in representative democracy. TL;DR, we…
Read MoreNever Forget These Ratchet Moments From Georgia’s Senate Runoff Election
It’s been a trippy ride, but we’ve arrived here on Runoff Election Day together, fellow Georgians. And we may not know by end of day exactly where we’re gonna end…
Read MoreLevel Up for 2021 With Motivation and Grown-Folks Advice from Jeezy
We don’t need to rehash the Gucci Mane and Jeezy Verzuz battle again. Both men, and the rest of us, were the winners of an amazing moment for Atlantans and…
Read MoreNustalgia: A Serious Rap Fan Shows Off His Extensive Hip-Hop Collection in ATL
Larry “Nuface” Compton is a Detroit native, but has emerged as one of Atlanta’s most important hip-hop historians due to the sheer volume of rap-related items he’s collected over the…
Read MoreThings For Which We Should All Be Stankful in 2020
Stank you, 2020. No, really. It’s Thanksgiving, and as we know, for many of us it is NOT lit. But that doesn’t mean we can’t count our blessings, few as…
Read MoreWhy We’re Excited/Nervous About Tonight’s Verzuz Between Gucci Mane & Jeezy
Welp, it looks like it’s actually going to happen tonight! Atlanta trap titans Gucci Mane and Jeezy are going at each other live — musically only, we hope — from right…
Read MoreGoodie Mob’s New Album is the Sound of Survival
A spread of J.R. Crickets wings and bottles of white wine were laid out on a table in the control room at Stankonia Studios in Atlanta on October 1. Between…
Read MoreWhat The Wall Street Journal Doesn’t Know About Paul Judge
ED NOTE: Hey folks, it’s Mike Jordan, Butter’s EIC. I write sometimes for a few national publications, including The Wall Street Journal, where I recently interviewed Atlanta-based technologist and entrepreneur…
Read MoreCanned Cocktails are On The Come-Up
In Atlanta, sometimes it’s hard to tell if we’re early or late to consumer trends, especially when it comes to booze. Honestly, anyone who here in Georgia before 2004 that…
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