Chester French - Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance...

So...Who the hell is Chester French?

Chester French is a band made up of two members, Max and D.A., both Harvard grads. The band, who named themselves after sculptor Daniel Chester French (who designed the statue at the Lincoln Memorial), sparked a bidding war between Kanye and Pharrell before landing on Star Trak records about 2 years ago. Their sound is kind of retro influenced pop rock.....Clinton Sparks described it as "putting The Beatles and Outkast together." This mixtape will allow those who haven't been exposed to the sound of Chester French an opportunity to "get familiar". There's a wide range of guest appearances including Diddy, Pharrell, Jermaine Dupri, Wale, Bun B, Talib Kweli, Mickey Factz, Cassie, Solange, Janelle Monae, N.O.R.E., Kardinal Offishall, Pusha-T of The Clipse, Common, Lady GaGa, Ben Lyons and The Mad Rapper.

Shout out to Reese (www.100styles.com ...get familiar) and D Grizzle for tweeting/talking about these guys...I would probably still be sleeping on them if they hadn't.

Download link and tracklist after the jump...

Btw the full name of the mixtape is...

Chester French & Clinton Sparks Present: Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance - Get Familiar with Chester French

They just released their debut album, Love the Future...so if you're feeling their mixtape go cop the album.

This Only Promotes The Stereotype...

Sooooo...Popeyes had a special last Wednesday for Earth Day, 8 pieces of chicken for $4.99. Many locations ran out of chicken....all hell broke loose as a result.


Memorable Quotes:
"We can't feed our kids?....because yall didn't order enough chicken..."
"It's very disappointing, I wanted some chicken today."
"They should've had a stockpile of chicken for this day."
"They should've had a tractor trailer out back....with extra chicken....on ice."
"I was trying to feed my family tonight. I can't get that bucket in now."

*sigh*

Thanks a lot ABC. Why would you as a Black person sit up there and do an interview for this?

Side Note: The real question is wtf does Popeye's chicken have to do with Earth Day?

Look What You've Done...

Beyoncé's thriller Basic Instinct, Fatal Attraction Obsessed, came in at #1 at the box office, raking in an estimated $28.5 million over the weekend. It reportedly brought in $11 million its opening night.

*sigh* Why Beyoncé fans? Why?

You know what this means right? More Sasha Fierce movies are on the way. Look, Beyoncé can definitely sing, I'm not denying that. She can definitely make hits...I even find myself nodding to half of her songs when they come on, and that Diva beat was sick as hell. (Did I just type that? Must go back and erase)...but the woman can not act.

C'mon...everybody knows this movie was destined for a straight to TV/DVD release. All they had to do was replace Idris with Leon and that would've been it. Do you know what the name of this movie was before they changed it to Obsessed?

The original title was...

Oh No She Didn't

.....if that shit doesn't scream BET Blackbuster movie, then I don't know what does. Unfortunately, I'm not making this up, just go to the 'Additional Details' section of IMDB.

She Came Back For You...

No...that's not Jackie Chan, or the woman from Memoirs of a Geisha, it's Lil' Kim.

Question: Does Lil Kim have any friends? I mean at least one real friend? Because if she did she wouldn't be walking around like this.

Hey ladies, just imagine it's Friday night and you and your girls are getting ready to go out. Everybody's meeting up at your place and your best friend shows up looking like this.

Let me guess...your reaction would be somewhere between...

"Hey bitch, go wash your face."

and

"Hey bitch, go wash your face before we go."

More pics...

The Foreign Exchange - Take Off The Blues/Valediction...

...featuring Darien Brockington.

In the words of Clinton Sparks, "Get Familiar".....ASAP.

This is off of the The Foreign Exchange's latest release Leave It All Behind. Btw for those of you who have no idea who the hell Foreign Exhange is, it's a group made up of Phonte (of Little Brother) and Dutch producer Nicolay.

Sorry no Pretty Ricky over this way, they're Patrón....this is Don Julio...a lot smoother.