He's No Daniel-san...

Wait for it....wait for it...


1st quote that comes to mind...
"POW!!" - Randy from Step Brothers.

2nd quote that comes to mind...
"Now use head for something other than target." - Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid.

Maybe he should try out for the chess team.

I'm pretty sure this kid could go without seeing another action film for the rest of his concussion filled life. It's a good thing Jean Claude Van Damme doesn't make movies anymore (at least movies that people watch), because this boy would have hella flashbacks if he watched any of them. Besides those gratuitous splits, all he ever did was kick the shit out of people.

Bonus:
Joe Esposito - You're The Best
Awww...he probably listened to this right before the match.

Throwback: Full Force - Ain't My Type of Hype...

Okay, let me start by saying that the 80's was the only decade that a man could wear what dude in the lower left hand corner has on and not automatically be considered homosexual. Click the pic to see it better. Movin' on...

Despite the fact that half of the group dressed like male strippers...

....Full Force is probably one of the most successful groups in pop, hip-hop and R&B music. I know what you're thinkng "ummm really? I really can't think of anything that they've done."

When I say successful, I'm not just speaking in terms of their own music/songs. A lot of people don't know that since their rise to fame in the 80's, Full Force has been working behind the scenes over the years writing, producing and providing background vocals for just about any and everybody. UTFO, Bob Dylan, Lil' Kim, Doctor Ice, Samantha Fox, Mayte (Prince's ex-wife), Patti LaBelle, Jasmine Guy, The Force M.D.s, Britney Spears, James Brown, Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam, Backstreet Boys, La Toya Jackson, Selena, Roxanne Shanté, Rihanna and The Black Eyed Peas are just some of the people that they've worked with.

Full Force - Ain't My Type of Hype

I've been kickin' quite a bit lately. Not a whole lot, just more than usual (which is why I'm broke) and this song epitomizes that old school late 80's/early 90's party sound and feel. The fact that this was the song played during the infamous battle between Kid N' Play and Sydney and Sharane in House Party probably has a little something to do with it.

"Act your age not the size of those pants you wear, so tight....you look right"

I love this damn song for so many reasons...

1.) It makes me want to dance....and I don't dance (unless I've consumed large quantities of alcohol). I can only think of 3 reasons why you wouldn't want to do the Kid N' Play when you hear this: You've never seen House Party, you have no idea what the Kid N' Play is, or both.

2.) This reminds me of when me and the fellas used to have house parties. I'm talkin' tables full of liquor, pass out on the front lawn, break your mom's toilet, somebody's throwin' up type of house parties....good times. Shout out to Jay & Avri for the lettin' us get throwed at their cribs back in the day. Oh yeah, shout out to Tense for breakdancing all by yourself at Jay's house party.

3.) It's happy, feel good music. This came out around the time when most of the music, particularly rap, was geared toward one extreme or another. You had feel good, positive party rap....then you had hardcore, gangster, fuck the police rap. Anything in-between was hard to come by.

Bonus:
Kid N' Play - Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody

See this is the attitude people need to have when they go out...ain't gonna hurt nobody, we're just dancing yall. If you have that much anger and aggression that you feel the need to go to the club with an attitude, screw faced lookin' for a fight, you need to go be a cage fighter. That way you would just cut out all of the extra shit and get straight to the fighting. Huh? What did you say? You're not that angry? You're just a lame and you'd get your ass beat...sounds about right.

4.) It reminds me of when I had a crooked ass hi-top fade. No matter what barber I went to, they could never get it straight....kind of like my linin' is now. Oh well.

Btw I'll add a pic of me when I was 11 yrs old with a bogus ass box to this part of the post as soon as I find one.

Random Quote: Nia Long...

Damn...Nia muhf%@kin Long! I swear this is my OBM...original baby momma. Her fine ass was recently interviewed by UK based, Pride magazine and was asked what she thought about Beyonce Knowles' performance in Obsessed. Her response...

"I didn’t see Obsessed, so I can’t comment, but it’s just not about how talented you are anymore. It’s about, 'How much box-office revenue will this person generate?' When you see certain people – we won’t name names – they just don’t have the skill, and no one in their team has said, 'You need acting classes,'.

If you’re a singer not an actress, you should sing. If you’re a rapper, you should rap...if you take time to develop your craft, God bless you. Jamie Foxx is an example of both [actor and singer].”

I knew there was a somethin' about her (besides the fact that she's fine) that I loved. No need for me to beat a dead horse...I've already said it here, here and here that Beyonce can't act for shit. Everybody gives her a pass because either they're a stan or they're in the industry and don't want to rub the Knowles Mafia the wrong way.

I already know the Beyonce stans are going to say that Nia's bitter or "hatin'" because she hasn't been in any films lately. I really don't think that's the case....I think she just answered the question honestly. Beyonce is a talented singer, but if you stans would look past the lace front wigs for one second you'd see that she's a terrible actress.

Bonus:
Toni Tony Tone - Just Me & You
Wtf does this song have to do with Nia Long? Remember they played this in the background in Boyz N' Tha Hood when Trey was tryin' to talk Brandy into givin' him some ass?


...his reasoning skills were fuckin' terrible.

Trey on the debate team = FAIL

New Fabolous, Amerie, Slaughterhouse, Trey Songz, The Roots...

Fabolous - Throw It In The Bag Ft. Drake
This is 10x better than the original version. I know that's not sayin' much...but still.

Amerie - Why R U Remix Ft. Nas, Jadakiss, Rick Ross & Cain
Bless her fine little heart....she's still tryin'.

Slaughterhouse - Cuckoo
I'm takin' it old school and buying this album from an actual brick and mortar store...August 11th I will be at Best Buy.

Trey Songz - Best I Ever Had Remix
I like this, but I really hope this is the last time anybody does a remix of this song.

The Roots - How I Got Over
It's The Roots....need I say more?

KiD CuDi - Make Her Say...

Okay, initially I didn't really care for Mr. CuDi because outside of "Day N' Nite" I hadn't heard anything else by him that I actually liked. But ever since he dropped this song my opinion has changed...I like this direction, so keep it movin' Cudi.

"but they say you be on that conscious tip/ get your head right and get up on this conscious dick" - Common

Just in case you don't already have it...
KiD CuDi - I Poke Her Face Ft. Common & Kanye West

Bonus:
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
Btw her album is pretty dope.

Agacee - The Calm Before The Storm Mixtape...

Agacee - The Calm Before The Storm Mixtape

Check out Agacee's new mixtape The Calm Before The Storm and be sure to swing by his blog www.scholareport.com and let him know what you think.

Bonus:
Novakane - The Precursor (How Real Is This)
Savoir Faire EP comin' soon...

The Ivy League - Halftime
Be on the look out for The Ivy League's new EP.

Game Over...

Yep, that picture represents exactly what The Game should do as far as rappin' goes....just kill himself. Last week The Game didn't take his medication and as a result, he decided to release a full blown diss track directed at Mr. Shawn Corey Carter. Not only was the track completely unwarranted and unnecessary, but it was also kind of wack.

The Game - I'm So Wavy

He decided to record the diss track because of a line from the Blueprint 3 intro where Jay says he's "not talkin' bout Game", Dame Dash or Jim Jones anymore. He was simply sayin' he's done with the so called "beefs" that exist with those individuals...it's old, it's over and done.

But The Game is so damn lame and hungry for attention that he took the line "I ain't talkin' bout Game" as Jay-Z actually "talkin" about him in a negative way and ran with it. Talk about diggin' a hole, this guy is burying himself...seriously. I almost feel sorry for Jayceon Taylor because he's just a talented bi-polar lame with no sense of direction musically. Somehow he's managed to stay afloat all this time...but his lameness seems to know no boundaries. I can't take it anymore, but we all should've seen this coming...

4 Signs That The Game Was and Still Is A Lame...

1.) He Tries Too Hard To Look Scary...

Just because you don't smile, make ugly screw faces, claim a gang and get 100 tattoos that doesn't make you scary, threatening or gangsta. I mean the faces he makes are just ridiculous...it looks like he had a stroke and his upper lip stinks. From the very beginning I thought the funky stroke thug face that he so frequently uses was a little over the top, but I figured he'd stop tryin' so hard once he was successful. I was wrong. Unfortunately, there are a lot people in this world, mostly in the US, who think that the image that they portray is equivalent to their reality. The Game is obviously one of those people because he seems to think by looking hard, people will actually believe that he is.

Hey Jayceon, tone it down, we get it....you're a thug. Btw there are a lot of guys walking around with smiles on their face, wearing button-up shirts, pleated Dockers and Sperry Top-Sider boat shoes that will beat the livin' shit out of a lot of these so called "thugs" walkin' the streets. So the angry screw face look really isn't necessary.


2.) He Was On The Dating Show Change of Heart...
Somewhere in-between cooking crack rock and doing drive-bys The Game, then known as Jayceon Taylor, found the time for love. I mean everybody already knows about this but I find it funny that the hip-hop community gave Jayceon a pass on this, but crucified Officer Ross.

Wow! That was gangsta...for a second I thought he was gonna kill everybody in the audience.


3.) He Got A Tattoo of a Butterfly on His Face...
Okay, I'm not a thug, I'm not a killer and I've never claimed to be one (okay maybe when I was in 7th grade but that was because of Menace II Society and Snoop's Doggystyle....plus I was out in the suburbs where it was okay to be a fake gangbanger). With that said I would never get a damn butterfly tattooed anywhere on my damn body...wtf do I look like? Mariah Carey? But you're a retired crack dealing Blood from Compton and you go and get a butterfly tattooed on your face? Really?
Then I guess somebody told him that gangbangin' and butterflies aren't synonymous because he decided to cover it up by tattooing L.A. over it.

That same person should've told him that nobody would forget the fact that underneath that L.A. is a butterfly....dumb ass.


4.)He Lied Bragged About Fingerin' Vida Guerra...
Back in 2007 The Game went on the Funkmaster Flex show and told Flex and his listeners that he fingered Vida Guerra at a party at Jamie Foxx's house. The fact that a 27 yr old man was bragging about fingering a woman was completely childish and quite possibly the lamest shit I've ever heard on the radio. Then Funkmaster Flex didn't make it any better by dropping bomb sound effects every other minute and asking for details like he was 13 yrs old.

Click here to listen to The Lame talk about fingerin' Vida.

If I didn't know any better I would've thought that The Game was still a virgin. But the fact that he has a son lets me know he's had sex at least 1 time. What grown ass man, let alone a celebrity, is that excited about fingering a woman? I don't care who she is...Halle Berry, Keri Hilson, Christina Milian, Kim or Kourtney Kardashian. Okay I'm lyin' I would be extremely excited about all of them, but I wouldn't be all on the radio bragging about it...that's so lame and immature. I'd just put it in my tell all book, Confessions of a Bloggin' Man Whore: These Fingers Aren't Just For Typin'...

Somebody Pull Drake To The Side...

....and tell him to re-think this whole Young Money affiliation. I mean seriously, it hasn't been a good look for him. First it was the BET Awards performance and now this...


Yep...Drake is now a spokesperson for Strapped condoms.

I know WTF? How? Why?

Well Lil' Wayne is the main spokesperson for the line of condoms and I'm guessing he persuaded Drake to join him. Never heard of Strapped condoms?

Neither has Lil' Wayne apparently or else he wouldn't have a child with her and her, or one on the way with her and another one on the way with her.

Like seriously? I know that people pick celebrities to endorse their products because they feel that they're more influential than some regular Joe Smoe, but picking a celebrity with 2 children by 2 different women and 2 children on the way by 2 more woman to endorse a line of condoms is just retarded. Either Wayne doesn't use these condoms at all or he does and they don't work...which is even worse. Either way nobody with an ounce of God given sense would purchase these things.

Slaughterhouse - The One...

Currently my favorite Hip-Hop group...that is all.

Bonus:
Slaughterhouse - The One
Just in case you didn't get it before.

Slaughterhouse -Warriors
Off of Royce's recent EP The Revival.

The Worst Tribute Song Ever...

...was recently recorded by the newest addition to the Los Angeles Lakers, Ron Artest.

You may not have known, may not remember, or maybe you just completely blocked it from your memory...but Ron Artest tried to pursue a rap career a few years back.

Fortunately, for the sake of mankind and all creatures with the ability to hear, a brave Hobbit came along and formed a fellowship, then they set out on a long ass mission to rid the world of the evil that is Ron Artest's music. After 10 hours and 3 DVDs the Hobbit finally made it to Mordor, where he took all of Ron's recordings and threw them into the fiery pits of Mount Doom...destroying them forever.

Unfortunately, the death of Michael Jackson was powerful enough to resurrect Ron Artest's desire to rap...

Ron Artest - Michael, Michael

*sigh*

Shaq, Kobe, Iverson, and now Artest...will NBA players ever be comfortable with getting paid millions of dollars to just dribble a ball?

Random Pic: Lauren London...

...was at Diddy's 4th of July White Party looking all fine...and plump. Remember that rumor about her being pregnant by Lil' Wayne? At this point I think it's safe to say that she's pregnant...now whether or not it's Wayne's still hasn't been confirmed. But where there's smoke, there's usually fire so chances are that's Weezy F Baby's lovechild.

I'm blown because despite the fact that Lil' Wayne looks like a mogwai that was fed at 12:01am and had a gallon of spring water poured all over him, he was still able to hit Lauren London. Which means that any guy with a face had a good chance of gettin' with New New.

Oh yeah, I almost almost forgot...Wayne's rich and famous, so that probably had a lil' somethin' to do with it.

Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah...Hey, Hey, Hey...

...goodbyyyyyyye.

By now I'm sure you've heard that VIBE magazine is no more. If you haven't then let me fill you in...VIBE magazine, after 16 years in business, closed it doors on Wednesday June 30, 2009. To be honest I'm not surprised in the least bit...just a few months ago one of my former favorite magazines, KING, closed its doors. Unfortunately, they weren't the first magazines to go out of business and they definitely won't be the last. The print aspect of media, newspapers and magazines, are on the brink of becoming extinct and have been for a while. Remember back when The Source was considered the Holy Bible of hip-hop? That was back when you couldn't wait for next month's issue so you could see how many mics an upcoming album was gonna get, or see who was featured in the unsigned hype column or just to read an in-depth interview with your favorite artist.

Well, those days are long gone...and while I don't think that newspapers and magazines are going to become completely obsolete by tomorrow, I do feel like they're going to die a slow and painful death.

Why do I say that? Well there's a few things that have happened over the past few years that have made their demise inevitable.

The Internet Came Along and Bitch Slapped The Print Industry
I wrote this and immediately after I finished I was able to post it for you to read. Now if I was writing this for a magazine or newspaper there would've been a delay from the time I finished writing this to the time it was available to you. That delay could've been a matter of hours (newspaper) or a matter of weeks (magazine) depending on the type of print it was published in. Regardless of the length of the delay, the fact that it exist is the very reason why the internet has the completely overthrown print as the primary source for news and other types of information.

We currently live in an age of instant information, the days of waiting 30 days or even 24hrs to read about something that just happened 5mins ago seems asinine. Today's generation is more impatient than ever. Everything is about instant gratification....we want what we want, when we want it and unfortunately for print it just isn't capable of satisfying us anymore.

Magazines Became Politicians
Most of you know that I reside in the city of Chicago and with that said, no other major city in America is as grimey when it comes to politics as The Windy City. Shout out to Daley and Blago. Whether or not your city or town participates in the perfidious side of politics, there's one thing you can always count on...taxes. With the current economic crisis just about every city and state in America is seeing a decline in tax revenue. So what's their solution? Raise taxes and cut public services...so basically the citizens pay more for less.

Well at some point magazines took a look at this business model (because whether or not you realize it, politics and government is a business) and decided that it would work for them. Right after the internet bitch slapped print, a lot of magazines and newspapers saw a decline in sales. So what was their solution? Raise prices and cut content...so basically readers pay more for less. Remember when magazines were less than $3 and the pages were abundant with articles. Then one day you went to pick up your favorite magazine and you got to the register and it was $3.95. You chalked it up and paid for it only to find out that for every one page of content, there was three pages of ads. As fly as Willie Esco clothing, Master P sneakers and Davoucci leathers might've been (that's sarcasm), you didn't pay damn near $4 for an urban version of GQ.

People Started To Like Trees Again
If only Captain Planet was alive to see this shit...people are more concerned with protecting the planet than ever before. A few years ago Al Gore scared the living shit out of everybody with the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, and now everybody wants to save the earth. Hey, nothing wrong with that...I'm all for it considering the fact that we have absolutely nowhere else to go in this entire galaxy. Quick question...

How Many Trees Did I Kill Writing This Post?

...and that's why destroying a tree to print up magazines that will be read in about 20mins and thrown out seems kind of impractical. Especially when you consider the fact that you can publish that same information on the internet without harming a leaf, let alone a whole tree. Some people might say, "If people just recycled we wouldn't have to kill so many trees". Yeah, we've been there and tried that. I don't know if you've noticed, but Americans are a bunch of lazy bastards. We're talkin' about the same group of people who catch elevators to the 2nd floor, drive 2 blocks to go to the corner store, sit in the drive-thru for 20mins when going in would only take 5mins and use remote controls for car stereos.


Of course there a other reasons why magazines and newspapers are shutting down left and right. I just think that the three that I listed contributed or are contributing the most to their demise. Oh well, the sad part is that I actually like the feel of holding and reading a book, magazine or newspaper. I still stop at the gas station at least 2-3 times a week and purchase the newspaper. It's rare, but from time to time I still buy books and magazines just because I get tired of reading everything off of a damn computer screen. Well, while you may never hold a new issue of VIBE in your hand again, all may not be lost for the company. In a very recent interview (like last week) with EbonyJet.com, former owner of VIBE magazine, Quincy Jones said...

“I’m trying to buy my magazine back now....They just messed my magazine all up, but I’m gonna get it back. You better believe it, I’m’a take it online because print and all that stuff is over.”

Even Quincy sees where print is headed.

New Consequence, Slaughterhouse, Wale, Trey Songz, Drake...

Yeah I know, usually I post four songs at a time, but like I said earlier I'm playin' catch up.

Consequence - Whatever You Want Ft. Kanye West & John Legend
I haven't listened to this yet...but on another note "Grammy Family" was the ish.

Slaughterhouse - The One
I saw these guys at the Rock The Bells concert and enjoyed their performance. I'm definitely looking forward to their album.

Wale - Pretty Girls
I haven't really listened to this, but I have listened to Wale's mixtape Back To The Feature which is dope from beginning to end. If you haven't heard it do yourself a favor and download it. It's under the "Get Familiar" section to your left.

Trey Songz - I Need A Girl Remix Ft. Mase
If you attend Pastor Mason Betha's church go play in traffic.

Drake - Best I Ever Had Remix Ft. Mase
If you give tithes to Pastor Mason Betha's church go play in traffic...during rush hour.

Drake - Think Good Thoughts Ft. Phonte & Elzhi
I uploaded this last week but it cut off after about 30 secs...this is the whole song. Thanks Serena for pointing that out.

Jay-Z - D.O.A....

I know I'm late, but I'm playin' catch up from last week. Plus this ish goes hard as hell, so you'll just have to get over it.

Btw I'm glad he D.O.A.'d that damn hair...Death of Taco Meat.