Monday, November 30, 2009

College dropouts, death threats, and more!

Well, we all knew it was going to happen, it was just a matter of when it would take place. Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis was finally fired today, after ruining ND's legacy this season. The Fightin' Irish have been 35-27 over the past 5 seasons under Weis, which is unheard of in South Bend. Weis was paid some ridiculous amount of money to coach (he gets $10 million just from his contract buy-out), and did not produce Notre Dame numbers or results. I feel bad for the man, but hey, if you dont win, then you're losing, and nobody wants to pay millions for sub-par results. Weis is rumored to have multiple NFL teams looking at him for a coaching position, be it an offensive coordinator (which he is great at) or a real head coach (which he is not so great at). I feel Weis has a better calling in the NFL than he ever will in college. How are you going to do that bad when you have Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate? It is even worse for Weis because Notre Dame is his alma mater.
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Weis is gone, and Bob Stoops is rumored to be the heir apparent.

Florida State University's living legend Bobby Bowden will announce his retirement from coaching football at the school on Tuesday. Bowden, who is as old as the hills, has had a tremendous career under his belt. With 388 wins, which is 2nd all time behind Penn State's Joe Paterno, Bobby Bowden has transcended Florida State football. ESPN.com reports "According to sources, Bowden was given two options: return to FSU in 2010 as an ambassador to the program, in which he would have little input in the day-to-day operations of the program, or retire after the Seminoles' upcoming bowl game." Bowden will clearly take the latter, because he most likely did not want to be a figurehead for the 'Noles if he could not be the coach. Can't blame him there, but when your time is up, your time is up.
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Bobby Bowden is 2nd all time with 388 career wins.

Aside from these departures, here is something thats a little less sad, and a little more "wow".

Serena Williams, the tennis superstar, was fined $82.5k for her actions at the U.S. Open. Remember what she did at the Open? If memory serves me right she said something about a tennis ball being shoved down the line judge's throat and killing him...no big deal. That's the typical trash talk at a tennis match, right?

Serena will also be placed under probation for awhile, and she will be allowed to play as long as she does not have any more outbursts on a grand scale as she did there. As far as the fine goes, $82.5k is pocket change for a woman who is sponsored by Nike and also has her own clothing line, Aneres. (That's Serena spelled backwards.)
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Something even worse than being fired or being fined...and that is playing for the New Jersey Nets. The Nets have lost EVERY GAME THIS SEASON so far. that is 0 wins and 17 losses. They have fired their coach Lawrence Franks, and now General Manager Kiki Vandeweghe will take over for the rest of the season. I suppose anyone can coach a team that is 0-17, the only place you can go from there is up!
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With 17 losses already, the Nets can't buy a break. They can't get a win, they have about 5 fans showing up each game (its hyperbole, but in reality its not that far of a stretch), and they are going to move to Brooklyn in a few years...recipe for success? No. This just sounds disastrous for this franchise. It is sad to think back and remember Jason Kidd and Vince Carter dominating the courts when they were with the Nets a few years back. I understand you can't be good every year, but HOW DO YOU LOSE 17 STRAIGHT?!

Lastly, the piece de resistance, tonight's Monday Night Football game. The New England Patriots and the New Orleans Saints square off in a tremendous matchup. Brady. Brees. 'Nuff said, right?
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This matchup has been hyped up for a week now, and to be honest, this game better be the best damn thing ever in the history of MNF or I will be let down. I'm from Boston, so you know who I'm rooting for here, but it wouldn't surprise me if the Pats lost this game. Brees is a machine out there, and the Saints are a perfect 10-0. You don't get that record by accident. The Pats are no slouches either though, especially now that Brady and Moss are playing like they did in 2007. It's also a battle of the brains, with New England's Bill Belicheck facing off against NO's Sean Payton. This has all the making for a wicked good game. I predict the Patriots win this in a shootout, 45 to 42.

Time to go watch the game, PEACE OUT!

Friday, November 27, 2009

FORE! and No mo' practice.

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Today, we have learned that golf immortal Tiger Woods has crashed his Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant and then a tree on his neighbor's property in the gated community of Isleworth in Florida.
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This is an aerial view of Woods' estate in Isleworth, a gated community.

Woods was allegedly unconscious when he crashed his Caddy at 2:30am. What Woods was doing at 2:30am on Black Friday I have no idea, I mean, cmon, it is not like Tiger was trying to beat the crowds because if anyone is beating this recession it is Mr. Millionaire-from-golf, Tiger Woods. Apparently (and i kid you not), Woods' wife used a golf club to smash the windshield to pull her injured husband out of the Escalade. The news story broke around 2:30pm today, which is about twelve hours after this incident actually happened. Reports are claiming that Tiger only has cuts and bruises on his face from the crash, but this seems a little fishy to me. What was Woods doing at 2:30am? Was he drunk? How do you crash your Escalade into a fire hydrant and wreck your neighbor's tree? ...doesn't make sense to me.

As for jokes about this ordeal, I've come up with "Tiger's approaching the driveway, about to enter the vehicle...FORE!". "Woods has always been a poor 'driver' " "Tiger was still trying to get that 'birdie' in his neighbor's tree". (if you dont get these, you either don't know golf or you are just retarded.)

In other news, AI has officially retired. Allen Iverson, one of the game's best guards, is no longer an NBA player.
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After a tremendous career with the Philadelphia 76ers, and a brief stint with the Memphis Grizzlies, Allen Iverson has decided to call it quits. He has gone out in a rather sad way, covered in disappointment and negative publicity with the Griz. AI has argued with coaches and management about his playing time on the team because he was not a starter, when on most teams, he probably could still be a starter. He was not satisfied with his role on the team and his name has been tarnished. AI has always had a history of being a troublemaker, but it is still sad to see him retire on these terms. If you don't recall, AI had this famous speech back in his 76ers days (notice his PIMP BOSTON RED SOX hat!)

He was talkin bout practice, and now AI will no longer be in any practices. Many basketball analysts predict Iverson will come back into the league with another team in the near future, just because AI has enough gas in the tank to still be a good addition to any team if he keeps his focus on the court and not on the "gangsta" aspect of his life.

aside from sports, i want to tell you all about this awesome website Lockerz.com. Lockerz is a website that you earn points each day and when you accumulate enough points, you can redeem them for tremendous prizes like PS3s, Xbox 360 elite, psp's, xbox games, apple laptops, and much much more. this site is invitation only, and is still in beta testing mode. if you want an invitation, email me at Stinman101@gmail.com with a short message saying Lockerz.com invite and i will send you one. if you don't understand how the site works, here watch this.

Here is a video of a kid who redeemed all his points for a bunch of things, all for free, worth well over $1000!!!


once again, if you want an invitation to the site EMAIL me at STINMAN101@gmail.com

they are in re-stocking mode for the prizes, and once they get the stuff back in stock you are free to claim your friggen AWESOME prizes all for free. on youtube, search "Lockerz.com unboxing" and you will find thousands of vids of people opening up their prizes from the site with their proof of lockerz.com. its truly a great site, and im willing to invite anyone and everyone.

thats me in the giving spirit for the holidays, consider that my present to everyone!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

KW x Karmaloop x KarmaSwap

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Kanye West x Karmaloop x Karmaswap: Signed Yeezys & More!

To celebrate the launch of Karmaloop's brand new auction site (KarmaSwap) Karmaloop has teamed up with superstar Kanye West to auction off signed memorabilia. Yes, they will be auctioning of a pair of limited edition Air Yeezys signed by Kanye. But that is not all they will also be auctioning off signed "Glow In the Dark" books, "Thank You" books and T-shirts. 100% of the proceeds raised will go to the Kanye West Foundation.

Kanye's Closet on Karmaloop: http://www.karmaloop.com/klswap/KanyesClosetLanding.aspx

About The Kanye West Foundation

The mission of the Kanye West Foundation, is to help combat the severe dropout problem in schools across the United States by partnering with community organizations to provide under-served youth access to music production programs that will enable them to unleash their creative ability and reach their full potential

About KarmaSwap

KarmaSwap is Karmaloop's new reseller and auction site where users can buy and sell original art, used gear, limited edition sneakers, accessories, new t-shirt designs and toys. KarmaSwap has two distinct sections: KarmaSwap Resellers, where individual sellers can re-sell items in their collections such as sneakers or used clothing and KarmaSwap Stores, where underground brands and designers can sell their original creations.

Shoutout to the OG Dennis Todisco from Karmaloop for this email, and shoutout to Karmaloop Boston for always doing it, doing it, and doing it well.

For the hottest in streetwear, check out www.Karmaloop.com and use REPCODE: JS19255 for 20% off on your purchase!

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

arrests, standout performances,and MVPs with some SWAG!

One of my favorite street artists Revok, aka Jason Williams, was arrested AGAIN over the weekend. After having a HUGE ordeal in Australia which ended up with him in handcuffs in the land down under, Revok was arrested in his native Los Angeles while he was the GUEST OF HONOR at a graffiti shop event...WTF?
this is what the LA Times reported:
“A reputed tagger who was paid $1,000 to be a featured ‘guest artist’ at a self-described graffiti art store was arrested at the downtown store this weekend after authorities found him carrying spray tips, which are used in tagging, officials said today.

“Jason Williams, 32, who was on probation and goes by the name REVOK, was appearing Sunday as the guest of honor at the 33rd Graffiti Art Store, said Sgt. Augie Pando of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The store was exhibiting Montana spray paint, a brand used by taggers, Pando said.

“During a later search of Williams' home, deputies found several hundred paint cans, a police badge and a fire extinguisher, Pando said. They also found a stolen detour sign and digital photos of his graffiti work on his phone.

“’He's being treated as a celebrity artist when in fact he's breaking the law,’ said Steve Whitmore, a sheriff's spokesman.

“Williams was arrested on suspicion of illegally possessing vandalism tools, a counterfeit Los Angeles Police Department badge, and receiving stolen property, the sheriff's department said.

“Sheriff's officials said Williams told them that he earns a living selling T-shirts and prints and said he was paid $1,000 to attend the art exhibit.

“He is being held on $20,000 bail.”

$20,000 bail?!?! WTF!!! Cmon Revok, get your shit together homie.

For those that dont know of Revok, here is a few of his tags:
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Revok is world renown for his tags and also defacing alot of public property/billboards and such. I dont care if he's tagging a billboard, its ART!

In other graf news, this story is AMAZING. I really can't capture how awesome this story is in words, so watch this video.

The Eyewriter from Evan Roth on Vimeo.



Moving on from the artistic side of graffiti, in the world of sports we have some dope stories.
First off, last night in the NHL, New York Islanders goalie Dwayne Roloson stood on his head, literally, and had 58 SAVES in the game vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs. Roly the Goalie let up 3 goals, but also saved 58 out of 61 shots. that is PHENOMENAL. the fact that a team could have 61 shots is just dumb, the Islanders defense clearly didnt show up. they only have Roloson to thank for the win. The Game went tied 3-3 into overtime where the Isles scored with under a minute left to win the game 4-3.
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the American League and National League MVP's were announced yesterday and today, respectively. The American League MVP went to none other than Minnesota Twins' catcher Joe Mauer. Mauer got 27 of 28 first place MVP votes. that should tell you how dominant this man is. and to top it all off, hes a CATCHER! the toughest position in baseball! Catchers are not known for their power or even average when hitting, yet Mauer is always in the running for a Triple Crown because he hits so overpoweringly well. This guy is one of my favorite players in all of sports, because he is a class act and absolutely dirty in the field.
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The National League MVP went to the St. Louis Cardinals' first baseman Albert Pujols, who has now won his 2nd in a row. Pujols is one of the most feared hitters in all of baseball, and is definitely worthy of his second MVP title. what Pujols means to the Cardinals is what Michael Jordan means to Chicago. he is a "machine", which is his very fitting nickname. Pujols is the 10th player to win atleast 3 MVP titles. HES SO FREAKIN DIRTY!
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While still in baseball mode, i got some new SWAG comin from Minnesota. The Twins have a new stadium to look forward to this coming season, and they figured, hey why not swag it out with some new uni's?!
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These jerseys are sick. they have that old school look with that new school swag to make them in contention for the dopest uni's in baseball. the home white jersey is aesthetically pleasing with its retro "twins" font on the front accompanied by the always fashionable pinstripes. the away grey uniform is cool too, i like the Minnesota font but what i dont get is why the underline isnt connected to the A in Minnesota...its just kind of floating out there... either way both jerseys and the new hat with the TC and red brim are sweet new additions to the MLB collection.



this is one swagged out post, we got an artist doing whatever the damn hell he wants and getting arrested for it, a paralyzed graf artist using his EYES to keep him drawing, a goalie turning away 58 shots, 2 MVPs and a new set of uni's. that is some swag surfin right there.

Monday, November 23, 2009

09' - the year of the diss track. (and AMA review)

first and foremost, we got some new tracks from my boy Beanie Sigel and scum of the earth Canibitch, i mean, Canibus. Beanz is back at it again smashin on Jay-z with his song "How I Can Kill Jigga Man" (a "remix" if u will to Cypress Hill/Rage Against The Machine's "How I Could Just Kill A Man"). Canibus went after Eminem yet again with his song featuring DZK.

Canibus actually went HARD on his track, actually throwing down some good lines and talking a boatload of shit towards Em, Proof (R.I.P) and D12. Canibitch even used samples of Em and D12 in this song, just adding fuel to the fire. i have no doubts that Eminem will come back and absolutely ANNIHILATE Canibitch 100 times harder than normal because Canibus went and talked about Proof, the late member of D12 who was Eminem's best friend. DZK is a rapper from DC, i dont really know what his beef is with Em but he just dug his own grave too. i can't wait to hear Eminem's response. Canibus went in on Em for his fling with Mariah and his beef with Nick Cannon, and a plethora of other stuff. Eminem might be back on his game after going in on this guy. It makes me wonder though, after this beef was fin'd in 2003, why bring it back up 6 years later? Bad move by Canibus. All pissing Em off does just makes your career (like Canibus had a rap career, right? haha) end sooner than expected.

Canibus ft DZK - Eminem Diss | Audio | Rap Basement

Eminem performed at the AMA's last night with 50 Cent as the duet did their hit "Crack a Bottle" and then Em did his verse from "Forever".

Beanie Sigel fired his shots at Jay-z with his first diss "Not Ya Average Cat". Since Jay-z was quoted in an interview saying that Beanz is overreacting and all this nonsense, Sigel Desert Eagle fired another shot with "How I Can Kill Jigga Man". This short 2-minute track blasts Jay with in my opinion is a SICK twist on Jay-z's song "Takeover". Sigel starts the song out with "The Takeover, the breaks over. FRAUD MC, he, Jay Hova." which is a spin on the intro from "Takeover". Beanz keeps sayin "boy" throughout the track, probably just to piss Jay off more, and hopefully get him to respond. Beanie Sigel > the new Jay-z. just sayin. (if you read my blog you should already know my opinion on the new Jay-z. if not, bp3 is mediocre at best. 1-900-hustler/cashmere thoughts jay is better than on to the next one/empire state of mind jay-z)

Beanie Sigel - How I Can Kill Jigga Man (CDQ) | Audio | Rap Basement

Jay-z won a few AMAs last night, also he performed the world's gayest song "Empire State of Mind" with Alicia Keys. I hate that song. FUCK NEW YORK. Boston for life!

Aside from all this dissing and hating, there was a celebration last night in the form of the American Music Awards. Overall, they were kind of whack. the announcer kept saying "coming up soon, a performance from Eminem featuring FIDDY Cent." CLEARLY this was a futile effort to get the youth/urban people interested in the AMAs which could have been pawned off as the Country Music Awards. my favorite performances were from: Jay-z and Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind", Lady GaGa "Bad Romance", Eminem "Crack a Bottle" and "Forever". Even though i hate that damn Jay-z song, i still like seeing him live.

Lady GaGa is so goddamn dope, i love that girl.


Eminem. do i even need to explain how awesome this is?

The AMAs were not as good as i expected. Every female category was between Beyonce, Lady GaGa and Taylor Swift, who pretty much won everything. and all the male categories had Michael Jackson in it. MJ won like 4 of the damn things, and his brother Jermaine came out to accept on his behalf. Of course, Jermaine brought his kids up on stage with him, Jerfar, Jermaine JR, and *drum roll please*....the best name ever, so good i cant believe its actually on a birth certificate....JERMAJESTY! HOW THE FUCK DONT I HAVE THIS NAME?! I'm royalty, i should have that name! (no but seriously, poor kid having to go through life with that name.) Blanket was a nickname, Jermajesty is on a birth certificate. Michael was the NORMAL Jackson. Besides MJ and T-Swift taking home everything, there was nothing "BIG!" to say the least. there was no KanYe interruptions, there were no "HOLY SHIT!" performances or acceptance speeches, nothing. very ho-hum if you ask me. i still cant wrap my head around the fact that some country group ive never heard of "Gloriana" beat out Lady GaGa and KiD CuDi for best new artist or w/e category it was. CuDi and GaGa are both ALL OVER THE PLACE, you can't watch tv without seeing GaGa or CuDi.


basically, what im trying to say is i have a crush on Lady GaGa and one day i want to be married to a bitch exactly like her. i love her eccentricity and her voice is also sexy as hell. not to mention shes DOPE.

Friday, November 20, 2009

In Rotation - Friday Nov. 20

im going to start something new in my blog, every Friday from here on out im gonna post a blog segment called "In Rotation". this post will tell you all what songs are in rotation on my playlist, because, lets face it, my music > your music. it will probably be some new stuff, some old stuff, and even some stuff you wouldn't expect me to listen to. just in case you dont know, my typical music genres i dabble in are, but aren't limited to: hip hop, rap, techno, house, electronica, rock, modern rock, pop, and shit like that. as DJ Khaled says, " IM GOIN IN!"...

1. Make It Rain Remix - Fat Joe, Lil Wayne, R. Kelly, and a boatload of other rappers.
Mediocre song at best, but Kells "dont ask me what my name is, stupid bitch im famous" line has been stuck in my head all week.

2. Beastie Boys - No Sleep Til Brooklyn
Classic song. might be a typical white boy song, but its a song i know every lyric to. Beastie Boys are one of my all time favorites, so i am most likely listening to one of their songs.

3. David Guetta - If We Ever (ft. Makeba)
David Guetta (who you probably havent heard of, or maybe you have from his "Sexy Bitch" song with Akon) is one of my favorite DJ's of all time. this guy's music is crazy good, such great techno music. its kind of guido-ish/club soundtrack but its definitely better than most nonsense some dj's put out.

4. Clipse - Doorman
from their upcoming album "Til The Casket Drops" which comes out on my birthday, December 8th. Clipse is one of my favorite rap groups, they kick ass and are normally have tracks laced by the Neptunes/Pharrell so even if you dont like their lyrics, theres a good chance you'll love the beat.

5. Clipse - Popular Demand (Popeyes)
also from "Til The Casket Drops". dope song from the Clipse feat. Cam'ron. + Neptunes produced beat. = Success

6. M-Dot - Boston
local rapper (from Lynn, Mass!) put out a track all about the best city in the world, BOSTON. gotta love this song

7. Shinedown - Sound of Madness
shinedown is my sleeper group for when im feeling incredibly Caucasian. this is legit white boy music.

8. LMFAO ft. Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Love Lockdown is a great song, and this LMFAO remix is tight as hell. def a song to check out.

9. DJ Unk ft other people - 2 Step Remix
T-pain is in it, and i love that nappy boy. (no homo).

10. 7L and Esoteric - Really Fly
local rap group (straight outta Boston!) goes HARD in this song with a dope chorus that uses a sample of a James Taylor's "Fire and Rain". 7L and Eso are such nasty rappers, def. better than 90% of the rappers on the radio. too bad they dont get mainstream play.

11. Weezer - Tripping Down the Freeway
from Weezer's latest album "Ratitude". decent song, just catchy to me. again a very Caucasian mood song haha

12. Wale - Pretty Girls
gotta support my man Wale, from his debut album Attention Deficit. such a happy track. great to listen to. sadly, Gucci Mane is in it.

13. Lupe Fiasco - Gold Watch
one of my favorite Lu tracks, this song is such a chill song. "if you negative in energy then stay out the vicinity."

14. KiD CuDi - Dat New New
from one of his mixtapes before his debut album Man on the Moon. CuDi on his mixtapes > CuDi on his CD. i dig the CD but CuDi's mixtapes were FIRE. his cd is meh.

15.Mario - Break Up ft. Sean Garrett and Gucci Mane
fuck Gucci Mane, i dont like him, but this song is so happy and upbeat (do i need a nohomo for this song? fuck it, im secure in myself, this song kicks ass.) even tho i dont like Gucci, his verses are legit. "baby girl went AWOL, she used to be my soldier"

to wrap it up, i gotta say this. if i hear "empire state of mind", "death of autotune", or "run this town" one more motherfucking time, i am gonna pull a Nas and "roll to every station, murder the DJ" cus clearly "hip-hop is dead". New Jay-z is mediocre at best. i like Jay but his new stuff sucks. Nas is better anyways.

one.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

random stuff

wattup wattup?! i dont have anything important to say tonight, so im just gonna post some random nonsense that i find across the internet that catches my eyes. right here we got 10.Deep's video for their winter line 09/10. such a sick video, if i do say so myself. showcasing 10.Deep's new clothes for the season (including a reversible camo/hunter orange vest that i want WICKED BADLY!), this video also embraces some creative photoshooting. the clothes are modeled on people in the middle of a paintball field, often standing up against the bunkers and such. definitely some out of the ordinary stuff, and definitely some dope clothes from one of streetwear's hottest brands.

10.Deep Winter 2009/2010 Photoshoot Preview from 10 Deep on Vimeo.



my favorite designer brand Louis Vuitton came out with 2 new pairs of kicks today. introducing the Louis Vuitton Sunlight sneaker.
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as part of the 2009 LV winter collection, these shoes are wicked low-profile for LV kicks. nothing like Kanye's designed sneaks. im on the fence about them, they almost seem like a pair of Creative Recreations but at the same time are a step up from them...i think if they had more "flair" for lack of a better word, they'd be better. but of course, Louis Vuitton might know a little bit more about style than this guy here so dont mind my ignorant opinion.

Skullcandy headphones has teamed up with the NBA to do player edition headphones, which are semi-cool yet at the same time lame. Seems a little too childish for me, but its still cool to see how they influenced a NBA jersey into a set of headphones.
id still rather have a pair of Dre Beats, but i dont wanna drop $300 on headphones that look like im landing an airplane. ill stick to my Sony earbuds.
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and last but not least, out of that retarded state on the left coast known as California comes more dumb news. Television's own resident alien/aborted fetus/whore-and-a-half/cum-dumpster Tila Tequila finally decided to press charges against roid raging San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman. stemming from a domestic abuse and disturbing the peace case, the civil suit was filed today on Tuesday the 17th for assault, battery, false imprisonment, and emotional distress. personally, lock BOTH of these scumbags up. 1 for being a whore on tv, and the other for doing his retarded lights out dance.
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Tila, seen here with a microphone cus apparently shes a singer?, will probably win this case because you have a big strong meathead dude (merriman) and a poor defenseless little frail women (tila). typical domestic abuse situation. shes out to get 1.5 million from merriman, which is totally ridiculous if you ask me. and also, if you dont recognize Tila with the mic in her hands/mouth region, replace that with a penis and it will look like her normal self.

thats all i got tonight, PEACE!

Monday, November 16, 2009

music minute

this blog is dedicated to help you, the blog reader, step up your music game. im going to post a few videos of songs that you should be up on, because they are definitely worthy of radio play but probably wont get it because its not about Patron, swag, or some other cliche rap necessity. i warn you, some of these songs are REAL RAP, which you may not know how to handle because there is no use of Autotune, no catchy finger snapping dance-a-long hooks, or other nonsense you hear from your local radio station.

first up, we got Wale. Wale just put out his debut album Attention Deficit under RocNation (jay-z's label) and it is amazing. after putting out numerous mixtapes which are a breath of fresh air in a struggling hip-hop's lungs, Wale continued on with his "go-go" style music that DC and the rest of the DMV area are used to. from his album, i bring you the official video for "Chillin' feat. Lady GaGa " which i showed you in this blog months ago, but its one of his bigger singles off the album so i'll bring it up again.

Most of this video, aside from the parts shot in DC, were filmed in Cambridge and Boston, Mass. (reppin the 617!!) Wale goes into the store Bodega (behind the snapple vending machine) which is one of the premier boutiques for streetwear in Boston. Props to Wale for showing Boston some love in this vid.

This is "90210" from Attention Deficit, and it is one of my favorite tracks off the album.

No video yet, but its the song. its about a girl (Paris Hilton, according to Wale from Twitter) who is addicted to coke and the Hollywood/Beverly Hills lifestyle. Wale's flow mixed with the very contagious beat makes this a song that i find myself listening to again and again, especially with my favorite line "Big breast girls never ever pay rent, they make Rich Boys throw D's on that bitch", which is a play on Rich Boy's "Throw Some D's".

World Tour feat. Jazmine Sullivan is another one of my favorite songs from the cd. Seeing this song live by Wale when i saw him, J.Cole, N.E.R.D, and Jay-z in Providence made me really appreciate Wale's music. This man puts his heart and soul into his music, time for more people to acknowledge his effort.


Moving on from Wale, we got another DMV familiar group, Virginia's own The Clipse. With their upcoming album "Til the Casket Drops" coming soon, their single "Popular Demand (Popeyes)" had its video released today. a Neptunes (Pharrell Willams of N.E.R.D) produced beat, Malice and Pusha T of the Clipse along with the Diplomats own Cam'ron chill in Brooklyn, NY eating some chicken and fries, just like the average person. really cool video, even better song.


Here we got Clipse's other single "Doorman". This video is CRAZY. its like a trip down memory lane of the Clipse's whole cocain court case and arrests and all other nonsense that went along with it. besides from being a great song, the video just adds to its glory. peep this

Clipse - Doorman Music Video - Til The Casket Drops Dec 8 from Malice of the Clipse on Vimeo.



this next song, is a diss song. actually, its a massacre song. FUCK JAY-Z (nas's ether voice). Beanie Sigel, yes, Sigel Desert Eagle from tha tha tha Roc, Jay-z's former right hand man. Jay-z's brother in crime alongside Memphis Bleek...back when Rocafella records were good. Beans went in on Hova in a tell-all song called "Average Cat" (or so some people call it. other's call it "What you talkin' bout"). Sigel, who in my opinion is a better RAPPER than Jay-z is now, primarily because JAy is too "pop" and radio friendly for me, was in line to blow up as big as Jay, but Hova never published Sig as much as he'd had liked. This friendship went from the best of friends to Jay drifting away when Sigel was in jail locked up. Jay never even went to visit him in prison, and even worse than that, Jay refused to release Sigel from Rocafella records so Sig could make more money in another label. Jay-z actually held Sig back from making more, and maybe even from being more well known in the forum front of rap. Regardless, take a listen to this and see if your opinions on Jay change at all. (i like Jay-z, but i like his older stuff such as 1-900-hustler, big pimpin, people's court, cashmere thoughts, etc. his new BP3 is aight at best, im really not into the whole pop-radio jay-z.)


and the last song,sadly, is a Drake freestyle. as you may or may not know, i despise Drake. i feel like he got the special treatment in music because he is friends with lil wayne. no other new comer, such as Wale, KiD CuDi, Asher Roth, etc., have not had a song with Kanye West, Eminem, and Lil Wayne. That is the equivalent as me getting a job at Nike and before you can blink, ill be sitting in my corner office with Tinker Hatfield and Phil Knight talking about my own model of sneaker, before i even lift a pencil or do ANYTHING besides wear a pair of kicks. But besides my obvious hate for Drake, he DID do something i like. This is a freestyle called "Say What's Real" and it is over Kanye West's beat to his song "Say You Will". He did it justice, so i can't even hate for that (like a typical blogger hating on anything that's not up to par). my favorite line from this is "i quit school, and its not because im lazy. im just not the social type, and campus life is crazy." pretty much describing me perfectly at the moment. so, on that note, check out the song.


well, thats all the music im gonna show you today. its 3am in the mornin' (eminem 3a.m. voice) and im gonna go to bed. enjoy the music y'all.

Friday, November 13, 2009

a shitload of topics

ive been slacking on posting, so forgive me. in a way to make it up to yall here is a wicked long post.

first up, the world series. meh, whatever. Yankees beat the Phillies. I'm glad the Yanks won cus i despise the Phils, but I'm from Boston so I naturally have to hate New York. This world series kinda sucked. Jay-z performed for the Yankees which was mediocre at best (new Jay-z sucks in my opinion. go back to 1-900-hustler Hova plz). other than that, all i have to say about the W.S. is this. "wicked pissah". it was a lame ending to a lame playoff because the Red Sox were out. am i bitter? perhaps. but at the same time i DO stand up for all the Yankee fans when retarded "fans" of the Sox try to justify your w.s. title as a purchase. EVERY TEAM PAYS THEIR PLAYERS. NOONE GETS A "FREE" WORLD SERIES TITLE. EVERY TITLE IS BOUGHT. YOU PAY YOUR PLAYERS, YOU PAY THE BEST PLAYERS THE MOST MONEY BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT. THE YANKEES HAVE A TEAM FULL OF SOME OF THE BEST IN THE GAME, THEY DESERVE THEIR MONEY. AROD, CC, JETER, TEX, ALL DERSERVE THEIR $$$. "Baseball fans" everywhere are saying the Yankees bought their title. You are clearly an asinine faux baseball fan because there is no team that has players play for free, so saying they bought it is dumb. they have the highest payroll, because they have the best players. the Mets have the 2nd highest payroll, which just goes to show you MONEY DOESNT WIN BALL GAMES. so, hop off that hate train please.

speaking of hate trains, GET OFF THE KANYE WEST EXPRESS. he apologized, hes in rehab, he probably wants to kill himself. everyone is still making fun of him with anything from "fish sticks" to "IMA LET U FINISH". what kind of music society do we have when the CMA's scripted numerous parts of their award show to purposely diss Kanye? SINCE WHEN DO COUNTRY PEOPLE DISS RAPPERS?! its old and cliche to hate on kanye now. hate on him for his use of the autotune or his sappy 808s and Heartbreak album, dont hate on him for being his asshole self. shit, thats the reason that i LOVE Ye. (no homo, but Kanye is my hero.) make like Jay-z and be "off that" please. (yes i know i said i dont like new Jay-z but its a fitting phrase/title so screw off.)
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we all know he interrupted t-swift. its old news. stop hating please.

This whole Ft. Hood massacre really makes me mad. The Army has to do a better job with catching on to these maniacs. for one, he was a MUSLIM in the U.S. Army. why are we giving him guns? im pretty sure i heard on the news here that it is written in the Muslim handbook or w/e that they are to be no part of America's forces because they are almost 100% against America. dont quote me on that, and im not trying to be racist, but still, aren't we fighting a war against Islams, Muslims, and other sorts of terrorists? im not ignorant or anything but seriously, arent those the people we are fighting with at the moment? second, he was a psychiatrist. how can someone who defragments other people's minds go crazy? isnt that an oxymoron? there were many other red flags that popped up in this situation, and it boggles my mind how noone stepped up to stop it. my condolences go out to all the families affected by this mad man's shootings, and im sure nothing is worse than knowing your soldier died on American soil from ANOTHER member of the U.S. Army. this man will certainly face harsh punishment when he finally meets his maker, and he deserves to do so.

another similar shooting happened in Florida from a disgruntled employee. and in Boston, we have hospitals being shot up as well. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD WE LIVE IN? im not surprised or shocked by any of the depressing things that have happened lately, and my prayers go out to all the families that have been hurt by these events, but the fact that this stuff is happening on our own soil just grinds my gears. people are crazy in this day and age. is it the recession? is it our modern society? is it the music? the media? who knows. people wonder why i hate the world and dont like to talk to people i dont know. that nice kid on the subway could be the next shoe bomber. that man that held the door at the store might hold it up 3 weeks later. just goes to show you, you truly can't trust anyone anymore. be safe out there people.

on an even more depressing note, the Celtics were handed their 2nd loss tonite. The Atlanta Hawks, with assistance by the referees, beat the C's in a game which i was in attendance. rondo shot the ball maybe twice. he had two points, even though he absolutely OWNED mike bibby (who is a bitch). the C's got called for absolutely anything and everything it seemed. technicals were handed out like candy on halloween. Pierce had 24 points though, so he did his job. unfortunately, noone else did. the greatest Celtic to ever put on a green jersey Brian Scalabrine got to play in the final 38 seconds, which made my night complete. (thats a joke by the way, hes not the greatest but its always nice to see a white dude out there draining 3's like its his job!)
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The C's intro is wicked intense though. With Eminem's "You Don't Know" from The Re-Up blasting, the Celts come onto the dark court with green lights flashing everywhere. It had me pumped up, and im not even that big of a basketball fan.
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80 and 2 sounds like a good season for the Celtics, right? even though they lost tonight, CHAMPIONSHIP. just saying. (im calling it now)

At the Celtics game, i was in line for some nachos and let me just tell you about a very obnoxious black man who was in the vicinity. (pardon me for any racism or stereotyping here, but its all true so dont blame me for writing it.) Standing up against the wall was an approximately 30 year old black man with "617" (boston's area code) tattood on his neck. clearly he was proud of the city, hell, i am too but id never get that on me. regardless, he is standing with a child, about 6 years old or so. the man, screaming obsceneties at anyone who walks buy, is having a conversation with another tall black man who is across the corridor waiting in line for beer. the conversation was typical "hood" talk, when all of the sudden the man yells out "MAN ALL DAT NIGGA WANNA DO IS RIDE BIKES AND THROW HAMMERS". this catches the attention of myself and my boy Kapz who brought me to the game. we look at each other with the scared-white-boy-look yet at the same time were both incredibly intrigued. the phrase "throw hammers" is slang for "shoot guns" which means that he has a friend, that clearly rides bikes (be it motorcycles or pedal bikes) and shoot guns. he quiets down, well, atleast to a level that wasnt obnoxiously loud. as i proceed forward in the line, a WICKED FUCKING TALL white kid walks by. the kid is HUGE, a good foot and a half taller than me and i am about 5'10". the black man yells out "ay whitey how tall u be at 6'5", 6'6"?!?!" the white kid, without missing a beat, replies "nah homie im 6'10" " and keeps walking down the hallway. the black man yells out in a belligerent cry "nah fuck dat homie ima dunk on yo punk ass any day nigga ima drive and dunk on you nigga" word for word that is what he said. in the middle of the Garden's concourse this man is yelling this...WITH A LITTLE CHILD AT HIS SIDE. next thing you know the man's friend from the line comes back and they continue to have a talk about basketball at ear-piercing decibels. they then yell loudly to each other how the little child with them "has moves like AI Allen Iverson, he can cross anyone up". my friend Kapz is standing right next to this man and the kid while this is going on, and how he did not burst into laughter or shit his pants in fright i havent a clue. all i know, is that aside from Scals getting the last 38 seconds of play, this moment made my night. Add also that the Boston Celtics dance team/Celtic girls are BEYOND GORGEOUS. baseball needs cheerleaders. any ladies that want to cheer me on when i play ball this summer, please, hit me up on twitter www.twitter.com/theFakeJuicyJ


aside from all this nonsense, let me put you on game real quick. theres a new-ish brand that is getting alot of hype lately, and for good reason. Seattle based brand TITS, or Two in the Shirt has been off the chain lately. With crazy sexy shirts covered by half naked women with some cool slogans worked cleverly in, its no wonder why everyone likes them. i fear it may be the new Ed Hardy though. it is seen excessively popular with the Eurotrash guido club scene guys who still think its cool to wear Ed Hardy and sweatbands with their blowout haircuts. (see "my new haircut" on youtube to fully understand these guys). Seen worn by many celebrities such as rapper Lloyd Banks Photobucket, rapper 50 Cent Photobucket, and even Gucci Mane (who i will not picture cus 1. hes ugly enough to ruin my blog, and 2. he sucks. )Check out Shoptits.com for some sweet shirts that are almost perfectly paired up in colorways with exclusive kicks from Nike and other hot shoe brands.


in the music world, Wale's debut album Attention Deficit came out the other day. it is CRACK! its really really good, it gets my seal of approval. most of you probably know Wale for his song "Chillin" feat. Lady GaGa. that song is on the album, as well as "Pretty Girls" and "World Tour" which are some of his bigger songs. my favorite on the album is "90210" which is a song about a girl (paris hilton) living the Hollywood lifestyle by doing coke and being anorexic to keep that celebrity physique. overall, the CD gets a 7.5/10 because there are a few tracks that im not wild about, such as "Shades" which is about Wale's dating struggles with girls of different skin tones (blacks and whites). i think its just because i cant really relate to it having never dated a black girl, but then again i just dont like the track that much. if you want to check out some Wale without buying his CD's check out his mixtapes such as 100 styles and running, back to the feature, or the mixtape about nothing. all are great, especially back to the feature. Wale is signed to Jay-z's Rocnation label and actually just ended the BP3 tour with him tonight. i tip my hat to the man from DC who made it. cheers, Wale!

lets see, what else is there to write about...

oh yeah, i got a new cell phone. i got the MotoCliq with MotoBlur from T-mobile. its up there with the Iphone in my opinion. Having the G1 with Google as my last phone, the MotoCliq is a definite upgrade. the camera is a 5mp with zoom, runs on the same Android software as the G1 (and verizon's Droid which ill rant about in a second) and also has MotoBlur on it. What motoblur is is a social networking service that keeps track of your Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, and numerous other social sites on your phone that updates and refreshes it frequently so you are always in touch with your friends. its really cool with the "happenings" app which keeps track of everything. it also has a universal inbox with keeps track of your texts, emails, Gmails, fbook messages and twitter messages as well. this phone is a must have for anyone who (sadly, like myself) is addicted to social networking. this phone is perfect for me, but the only downside is that it is T-mo. service is mediocre at best, but the phone makes up for the shitty service. check out the Motoblur website www.motorola.com/motoblur for more info on how it all works, im sure they explain it better than i do.