New Music Time

I'm back trying to give the blog the love it deserves. I know, I've been neglecting you, but I've been busy. Anywho, here's some new music. Also, the Roots album is coming out on Tuesday so I look forward to that.

Pain - The Game, Keyshia Cole
Drivin' Down the Block (Remix) - Kidz in the Hall, Bun B. Pusha T, The Cool Kids
Turn It Up - Will Roush, Young Buck
Where My Money - Busta Rhymes
Dear Summer '08 - Rain

Be back real soon!

REAL Good Game

King Flex is back with another episode of the Mack Lessons and he REALLY put down some good shit on this one. It's geared toward the ladies, but as always guys can learn a lot from hearing about the opposite sex. Some real old school King Flex where he just lays into shit and keeps it real as fuck. So check out the new episode! Episode #144-"Basic Hustle Rules For Women"

Patting Myself On The Back

So tomorrow is the banquet to honor the 2007-2008 Xavier Musketeers. Which is a big deal in of itself, but made even bigger for me for a couple of reasons. One, I'm going to be in attendence which was made possible by reason #2. That being that I decided to make a video for the boys to show them how much I appreciated everything they did this season and while I never intended it to be seen by anymore than my close friends I showed it to some of the powers that be at X and they liked it so much that it will be shown at the banquet! So if you are going then you will be able to see what I did, but if you don't happen to be so lucky, I posted it on youtube so that everyone would get the chance to see it if they wanted to. So without further introduction.......I give you my Tribute to the 2007-2008 Xavier Musketeers. ENJOY!

New Music (and more!)

According to the mouth of Mike Vick, "everyone that knows me knows how I get down." Well, the same goes for me. If you know me, you know that my list of complaints with the ESPN television channel is no short list. Well, the last two nights it just got a little longer. The past two nights I begrudgingly tuned into ESPN to watch some baseball (despite the Red Sox being on both nights). Funny enough, ESPN seems to have sold some time during baseball telecast to Mariah Carey to plug the new album. Yes, thats right, either Joe Morgan and Orel Hershiser are huge fans or ESPN and Mariah have teamed up to sell albums. You already know we love us some Mariah, but I wish she picked a better running mate than the world wide loser.

Sticking to baseball I want to elaborate on my friend and colleagues' words about the sad state of affairs in the Yankee/Red Sox rivalry. This article describes the Yankee's developing a middle child complex and how all other crimes in the BX are solved.

Back to ESPN- the leader has been a bit quiet on the NFL draft coverage this year compared to the absurd amount of coverage the two previous years. However, this coverage really makes a case for a Pulitzer. Check out the similarities between great journalism and great fictional products here.

Also I have some new music to share with ya. Here is a new one from the Youngbloodz (yes them) called Ridin Thru Atlanta. I like the beat a lot, its a perfect song to listen to, well, while riding in the car. If your not sick of Usher's Love in this Club yet, check out the remix featuring T.I. The King's verse definitely kills it, especially the smack the rear line. With all the name drops Mariah's been getting on the website, I feel obligated to share a song- it's called Migrate with T-Pain. It's alright. My favorite song of the group is from Jaheim and Keyshia Cole called I've Changed. I used to find Ms. Cole real annoying, but her skills have definitely grown on me. She's one of the most talented females in contemporary urban music. This is the jam. Lastly, this song called OG (Slow Love) from Slow Pain is worth checking out for the beat and the sampling.

Its been reported that Killer Mike and Big Boi are on better terms now that Killer Mike left the label (to start his own) and now knows how hard it is. However, I want to throw this quote aboutn self independence from Killa out there because I absolutely love it. Big Mike says "If you have a boss, and you don't like your boss, fire your boss, and be a boss! If you don't have an idea, lay down, develop a dream, wake up, have a vision, get to the money. Feed your immediate family; provide jobs in your community. Do something instead of doing nothing. I do not pledge my allegiance to dope. I do not pledge my allegiance to some funky job. I do not pledge my allegiance to waiting on the government to feed me. I pledge my allegiance to getting rich independently.”

In hoops, Michael Beasley decided to go get paid and enter the NBA draft. Despite being a garunteed top four pick, I don't see im being that great. Maybe it's that he has a that weird Delonte West look, but he's never really impressed me. I foresee a lot of posterizations lets just say that. Also, Carmelo Anthony was arrested on suspicion of DUI this morning. This kind of pisses me off because he's a great players and does a lot of great things off the court, yet, this is the crap (stop snitching) is what the media reports and its killing the image of a great athlete who could be special.

Enough Already!

Alright that's it.....I'm fed up with the bullshit. I love baseball to death, don't get me wrong, but if I hear one more thing about bullshit curses or voodoo or anything to that effect involving specifically the Spankees, Red Sox, or Cubs....I'm going to fucking kill someone.

It wasn't enough that the Red Sox won the World Series last fall which led to all the talk of "for the second time in 86 years, blah, blah, blah", we began this year on the 100th year anniversary of the last time the North Side Chicago team won the World Series. So while it shouldn't mean a fucking thing for the most part, because it is the lowly Cubs, we are forced to hear that this is a team that had mild success last year, added a herolded Japanese star , and is poised to break out of the dreaded Curse of the Billygoat. So what it's been a fuckin CENTURY since this franchise won it all. I refuse to believe it has anything to do with a damn billy goat! And just because its the 100 year mark can the so called experts please stop predicating that they will win it all?!

Of course I could have bitched about that a while ago as the season is now 3 weeks old......which leads me to the NEWEST pile of horseshit. The almost curse of the Boston t-shirt. So on Friday of last week, reports come out of New York that some dickhead construction worker decided he was going to try to put a curse on the new Yankee Stadium by buring a Red Sox t-shirt in a cement block within the visiting clubhouse. The worker, being a supporter of the so called "Nation", was hoping that the Spankees would run into the same sort of 86 year drought that the Sox ran into and he could claim to be the reason for it. Of course, those within the Spankees organization denied that it could have happened and said this guy was basically full of shit and weren't worried about anything.

So we fast forward to today. Now the shirt has been found and taken out. Now excuse me while I really go off for a second on a few things. First of all, I would usually support something to fuck over the Spankees. Really, just about anything that can cause their demise or what is the equivilent (them not winning the World Series) is alright by me. BUT SOMEONE PLEASE STOP WITH THE FUCKING CURSE BULLSHIT!!!!!!! If you hadn't noticed already, I don't believe in curses and anything similar to it. I think "curses" are a bullshit way to make you feel better about fucking up mulitple times and basically having a built-in excuse for not getting shit done. Second of all, this whole episode lead to another sighting of a man who has quickly become one of my least favorite people in baseball, Hank Steinbrenner. This piece of fucking shit had the gall to say after the whole episode that, " I hope his fellow workers kick the s*** out of him." Oh really Hank? Do you really? Well I wish that ANYONE would kick the shit outta your fat, gay, riding the coattails of my bitch ass father's success, ass and do EVERYONE a favor. This son of a bitch has done nothing, but piss me off since coming on the scene a few months ago when he and his brother took over the day-to-day operations from their piece of shit father. Finally, fuck the Red Sox AND the Spankees. Talk about two pussy ass fuckin organizations who go back and forth like a couple of bitches at the salon on anything and everything. As if a fucking t-shirt would be the reason for any losses. And leave it to a fan of one of these gay teams to believe something so fucking moronic.

If it's up to me.........I won't see another Red Sox or Spankees World Series title in my lifetime and the Cubs futility can continue for another century. All people with any ties to these teams can take their curses, their rivalries, their self loathing and shove it right up their asses.

Miss April

This month I want to bestow our prestigous award to Mariah Carey- a true comeback story. Yes her ass went crazy, yes she was the star of Glitter (no I never saw it) and her latest song isn't all that great anyway. So why does she get the award of Miss April? Look at her. We need to know any more; however, if you would like to, here is her Wiki page.

Random Shit

What it do people? Just checking in with a bunch of random shit from the news lately.

First of all, I'm sure you've heard by now that Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles we're "ALLEGEDLY" married in New York City a couple days ago. Now there are rumors of a baby being on the way and shit. Seriously, the lack of respect the media has for privacy is why those two fucking sneak around and still have never pubically admitted to being together.

Also, if you even care about G-Unit anymore there minus one member of their crew. Young Buck has been kicked out/walked out of G-Unit after complaining about never recieving royalities for his album sales. However, reports are that 50 payed a huge ass tax bill of Bucks back in the day, and that was his pay.

Finally, Plies is being sued for $10 million. Hahahaha...like he has that. Fucking Lawyers.

Seriously tho, this is not a fuckin hollywood blog so i'll cut the bullshit.

Ok, yesterday I read all about how gas prices are going up more this summer and expect this shit to be up to $4 a gallon. Conviently, the same day of that report, prices jumped 20 cents a gallon. You think it's a conincidence that the government releases a report and the oil companies swiftly respond by raising prices?

Also, I'm really sick of the Olympic torch protestors. Yesterday these nut jobs were climbing the Golden Gate bridge to hang Tibet signs and flags. I won't really get into how these people have nothing better to do on a Tuesday, but looking at the big picture, what did they accomplish other than getting their asses on the news?

Well, congrats guys, you made it into our blog?

Special Late Addition: The supposed cover of Weezy's Tha Carter III. Seriously, I have no words for this.

(Not So) New Jams

Whats Up. Lately I've really beeing listening to a lot more old school than I normally do, so I'm dedicating this week to the old school staples of hip hop.

• Ain't No Half Steppin' - Big Daddy Kane
  O.P.P. -Naughty By Nature
  Me, Myself and I - De La Soul
  Warning - Notorious B.I.G.
  Keep Your Head Up - Tupac

Most of these I jacked from watching Yo! MTV Raps 20th Anniversary specials that have been running on MTV2 this weekend. However, the Yo! MTV Raps website is pretty good and has a lot of good videos on there.

Back In Effect...

Alright kiddies, I'm back on my blog game. I must admit, it took everything I had just to put this post up. Between working, job hunting, new car shopping and involuntary napping (passing the fuck out) after work as well as a mild depression following the Xavier being eliminated from the NCAA tournament, I haven't been in the mood. But, I'm back.

Basically, I want to share some of the interesting things I've seen in the virtual www world out there the past few days- everything from sports to music to bullshit.

In sports the NCAA tournament is the headliner. David's son faced Goliath and the haters last Sunday and came up short thanks to the man. Too bad because the world always needs an underdog to get the people off their asses and make them believe in themselves- shout out to Obama! In the commentary that followed, one blog author had an interesting take, with the most incredible and epic and interesting introduction in the history of language.

The wide world of sports is also grabbing attention for the opening of the baseball season and the NBA playoff situation still being sorted out, thanks to a crazy western conference. Thus, step your knowledge game up. Not to be overlooked, NHL playoffs are coming too. It won't be the same without the boys from the B-Lo tho.

Well, this is kinda sports. Prolly 70 percent sideshow, 30 percent sports. However, it's 100 percent must see. Check out what Dennis Rodman and his agent are up to these days.

Finally, big news out of the naaati- Chad Johnson is unhappy. How could Bengals fans not know is was coming? I think Helen Keller saw it coming. Anyway, I think its sad that ESPN is in the business of instigating this crap, but shit, it makes for great awkward TV moments.

In music, I found this real interesting. It makes a great point how hip hop constantly neglects its roots and is constantly searching for the next big thing, and then cannot wait for them to fall off. My opinion: stop recycling the same crap...and the radio is killing hip hop.

I know none of this is new, but I've really been bumpin G.O.O.D Music's Consequence lately. You need to get familiar. Check these out. Grammy Family is still one of the hottest videos.

I know my constituent will get bitchy because it involves Canada, but I thought it was interesting anyway. I must admit that I'm loving TheBoss by Rick Ross and T-Pain. Seriously, how did I end up liking Rick Ross. Something about his booming ass voice that just gets you jacked up. However, a couple more videos/pictures of him shirtless- that career will go away real fast. Fucking disgusting Rosssss...put the bitties away.

Lastly, check out this band- Cool Jason and the Brown Baggers (Shout out to Cleveland). The song Ledgewood is brings a tear to my eye. Check that out here and support the cause.

Along the same lines as hip hop...if you didn't watch Randy Jackson's show America's Best Dance Crew you fucking missed out on some good shit. Check out the Jabbawockeez (winning crew) here. Note- you'll have to cut and paste a link and watch on MTV website (but its fucking worth it).

Finally, this is old but if you haven't seen this site, you need to check it out. The white people will thank you for it.

New Jams are on the way too...