The official word comes tonight, but the guys at Ball Don’t Lie got the scoop on the All-Star reserves. As a Boston fan, I’m happy Rajon Rondo got a deserved spot. Paul Pierce too, even if it may be on legacy at this stage.

Point guards Deron Williams of Utah, Chicago’s Derrick Rose and Boston’s Rajon Rondo will make their All-Star Game debuts next month in Dallas, sources said Thursday. Besides Rondo and Rose, the East roster includes Boston’s Paul Pierce, Toronto’s Chris Bosh, Charlotte’s Gerald Wallace and Atlanta’s Joe Johnson and Al Horford.

The West reserves are the New Orleans’ Chris Paul, the Lakers’ Pau Gasol, Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant, Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki, Memphis’ Zach Randolph and Portland’s Brandon Roy.

Knicks fans, quit your whining. David Lee hasn’t played defense since his days at the Swamp.

The amount of young talent on the team bodes well for the future of the league as well as for the tens of thousands that will flock to Dallas’ football mega church for the game. Now if only AI can come up with a phantom ankle injury…

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“I’ll take ‘Unoriginal Hip-Hop Song Titles’ for $1000, Alex”

Coming off their debut album A Love Supreme, Y-O & Thurzday aren’t exactly known for going down easy street when it comes to their songs.  So it’s understandable to look at the song title and assume they’ve maxed out their creative energy on the first go around.  Thankfully, for all parties involved, that isn’t the case here. Read the rest of this entry »

As if the writeup for the video didn’t get you amped for the track, Young Earl wants each of you to personally upload his latest banger on your iPods and/or mix CDs and take this heavy dosage of pimpalation he’s bestowed on the game. Read the rest of this entry »

Not a whole lot to say, other than this has been an amazing journey to watch.

That, and, “WhadidIsay? Huh? Exactly. We told you so.”

Keeping in the spirit of strong spring releases for the Hip-Hop community, the Kidz from down the hall will be entering the Land Of Make Believe with a star-studded cast including Just Blaze, Chip Tha Ripper, MC Lyte, Donnis, Amanda Diva, and The Kid Daytona. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite the numerous times you’ve ripped on Snooki’s robust arms or The Situation’s overall lack of humanity, deep down a little piece of your Guido-loving heart was disappointed MTV’s Jersey Shore had met its materialistic maker.

Well, my little melanoma gnocchis, you can break back out the popcorn and hair gel, because Variety is reporting these infamous Italian stallions will likely be making their return to television this summer. Read the rest of this entry »

Sleep, jeer, or sneer if you wanna. Tony Yayo is successfully progressing with his solo career. The fact that Marvin benefits from not having a largely ignored mixtape hustle like Banks or unenthused audience like Curtis, makes him the current Unit marquee man by default. Attempting to take full advantage of such opportunism, Yayo gets blunted, takes a camera into his boss’ closet and shoots a video for his next project GPG: Gun Powder Guru. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve got a problem. Give or take a few records, I’m a fan of DJ Khaled and the great majority of his catalog. And you know what? I don’t mind dude yelling nonsense over each song either. It’s quite funny and brings added hype to the compilation. That’s the point of a DJ right? Read the rest of this entry »

Horse Award Recipient Lingkoya

Soulja Boy Writes First Book “Teenage Millionaire” [WooHa]

Timberland Boot Company F/W 2009-2010 [PRoBus]

Kim Kardashian To Ride Around Super Bowl In An Armored Limo [The Shutdown Corner]

Salaam Remi On ‘Thief’s Theme’ Vs ‘Hip Hop Is Dead’ [Soul Culture]

Andre Dawson Will Enter HOF As Expo [With Leather]

Stack Bundles’ Little Brother Launches Rap Career [The Boombox] Read the rest of this entry »

Warbled Spider-Man theme music. Japanese Jidaigeki flick tidbits. Distortion, static and boom-bap living together in perfect harmony. A diverse (if not offsetting) musical palette is necessary to complete a sharp witted, lyrical bonanza and in the Wu-Tang Clan’s strongest year as a collective, that’s exactly was summoned for Genius b.k.a. GZA’s career highlight, Liquid Swords. Read the rest of this entry »

Remember back about four years when if a rapper needed to enhance a hot remix, the only MC called was Mr. Tung Twista himself?

Whether it was R&B (Sting, Usher, Brandy), Crunk (Trillville, Smitty, David Banner) or just fat-laced, unfiltered Hip-Hop (Busta Rhymes, Mobb Deep, Bleek), the man with Crook County’s finest flow would not only show up any other featured artist, but give said song enough of an adrenaline rush to help cater to listeners who might not have peeped game on the original.

Well, it looks like Ludacris hasn’t forgotten either, as Twist has been enlisted to retwerk Chris Bridges’ lead single from his upcoming Battle Of The Sexes (now a “compilation”). And from the sound of it, the Guinness World Records holder hasn’t lost a syllabic step.

Oh, Officer Ross got a call, too. Don’t ask me why.

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Download — Ludacris Feat. Twista & Rick Ross – “How Low” (Remix)

In an effort to spotlight his recently-released 5-LP Toeachizown boxset we’ve hyped for months,
us humanoids have been blessed with another complementary morsel of interplanetary skunk courtesy of Dãm-Funk. This particular giveaway resonates like the inside of my noggin after I’ve played slammy-chasey with Burnetts and a 3-footer. It feels right at the time, but leaves you drooling five minutes later. Read the rest of this entry »

“If they coming tell’em come now, Sunset to sundown, I don’t put my gun down and I ain’t trying to run clown…fully loaded up knowing it’s something in the shadows.”

With another one off his The Green Ghost Project with Green Lantern, Styles speaks on phantasms, pharaohs, poetry and pistols. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the biggest headlines today has nothing to do with a natural disaster or President Obama’s upcoming state of the union address. Nope, a large majority of the world focused its attention on Steve Jobs and Apple as they unveiled their iPad. Read the rest of this entry »