The enigmatic Sage Francis returns, following his critically acclaimed solo debut album, Personal Journals, and its unofficial sequel that came in the form of Non-Prophets’ Hope, along with Joe Beats and DJ Mek. Now on punk label, Epitaph, Sage brings A Healthy Distrust, his official sophomore solo album. But which version of Sage do we [cont.]

HHS: What’s Up Sage? Sage: Hey Pizzo. HHS: Nice album, The Non-Prophets “Hope”. Sage: Yeah? Thanks…. HHS: That’s some fuckin’ hip-hop shit man!! You are all over the place; crazy with the classic throwback references…. Sage: Yeah, that’s the easiest kind of album for me to make. Heh… I guess I will make more later [cont.]

I’m not going to sit here and pretend I’ve been following Sage Francis’ career since the “Homegrown Demo” or “AOI” days. In fact, I got put onto Sage through some of the Non-Prophets stuff when it hit the 12-inch scene, and I dabbled in a few of the Sick Of… discs. But what really put [cont.]