These days Lyrical spends more time in his college professor role than he does rapping, but dude always manages to come back every few years with something worth banging. It's no surprise that he chose this occasion to drop - Lyrical was sporting Celtics hats when most Boston heads were ashamed to rock green fitteds.

The Mass Industry Committee (MIC) doesn’t mind that throwing Boston music award shows is more thankless than drumming. Nor do they anguish over criticism that their first two MIC Awards played favorites. Last week, committee organizers voted to ignore naysayer player haters and announced plans for a third gala in four years.