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Even Tom Doesn’t Use MySpace Anymore [The Consumerist]

Tarantino Wants To Do A Western About Slavery [Film Drunk]

Two Dozen Carriers Worldwide Unite Against Apple’s App Store [Paid Content]

STDs: The Valentine Gift That No One Wanted [Fly Guy Chronicles]

Does Dead Prez Still Have A Pulse? [Urban Daily] Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Landon A.

With snow draping much of the Midwest there’s not much for a studious young college student to do on his day off than burn one and listen to the vinyl that’s accumulated over the last month or so. Odly enough, around the same time I re-discovered my dusty copy of reggae singer John Holt’s 1983 single “Police in Helicopter” so did Bama’s own Rich Boy.As an ode to his favorite herbal supplement and the crooked Jake that try to keep him from enjoying his lady, Rich Boy revamps the classic reggae joint with his country drawl, switching back and forth between his signature flow and a cover of the original chorus.

While snow piles up outside my window and stretches further south to places it hasn’t visited in years, it’s joints like this that turn an afternoon with a space heater to an afternoon in the islands.

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Download — Rich Boy – “Helicopters”

Props to BluHaze because I just snagged all of his links instead of reupping each track individually. If you should want all of these, here they are in one zip file.

Download — Rich Boy – “Game Proper”

Download — Rich Boy Feat. Lowlife & Mambo – “Struggling”

Download — Rich Boy Feat. Al Myte – “Crawling”

Download — Rich Boy Feat. Supa Villain – “Time Travel”

“…Cause this ain’t just rap, this how I really kick it.”

Watching this studio/club footage of Gucci, I know realize how and why he violated the terms of parole. When your whole essence is about selling your lifestyle, you have to be an active participant in that lifestyle or a damn good actor. Which one Gucci is I’m not sure. But getting wrapped in the late nights, loose women and illegal substances all sound like a cocktail for cloudy piss and failed drug tests. Or, in his case, sleeping late and forgetting to do your community service hours.

And where the fuck do women still shoot birds @? I bet some of these chicks still got the tags on their clothes. Basic bitches © Lil Duval.

Burr!

Free from her major label deal, Jovi’s back taking chances musically, doing things more natural and without the (mis)guided pressures of suits trying to pigeonhole her sound. Singing over a familiar Smif-N-Wessun jack, the songstress taps her Kingston roots for this carefree tune that’s an ode to doing your own thing.

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Download — Jovi Rockwell – “Keep It Real”

Expect a new mixtape in March. For now, we keep our eyes focused on her BandCamp page for future updates and music.

Props to Tunji for the assist.

Unreleased material from the keeper of the funk, otherwise known as Dãm, “courtesy of D.F. straight from the lab.” Read the rest of this entry »

Unless TSS is your only source for music & entertainment (as it should be), then you’ve probably heard or seen a video of model/”journalist” Joy Daily lambasting Wale (and Black men as a whole) over his depiction of “pretty girls” for his music video of the same name. Read the rest of this entry »

Fortunately, I am old enough to remember watching Mike’s Game 1 performance against the Trail Blazers in 1992. Money absolutely torched the Blazers, hitting eight three-pointers and scoring 35 points in the first half. On the sixth trifecta, he turned to Magic, who was announcing the game, shook his head in disbelief and did “the shrug.” LC argues that Chappelle originated it, but considering Kanye’s Windy City roots I bet he was watching the same game I was in 1992.

And Messenjah Matt does it again, immortalizing another Jordan moment.

LOL @ Rick Adelman at the 1:20 mark.

H/T: StreetLevel

When you mention the dopest female MCs, does her name ever get brought up? If the answer is no, your bracket needs to be reshuffled a bit. While Luda may have reneged on the Battle Of The Sexes teamup, she’s got T-Pain to fall back on to allow her to showcase her skills. Shawnna, the OG Barbie Doll, revs through her R.P.M.’s on the mic to give Teddy Pain’s Nappy Boy All Stars Vol. 1 some credibility. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ll spare you all with the whole “but futbol is the World’s game” spiel. This is America and we most of us don’t play that crap. But check this out,  FIFA 10 is the best sports game I’ve played in a minute. It has more compelling features than Fight Night: Round 4 and Madden 10 , isn’t brought down with bugs like NBA 2K10 and its fun to play even if you don’t follow soccer.

The beauty of this game lies in its learning curve. If you’re new to soccer games all you need to master is basic passing, attacking and defending techniques. The default difficulty is very generous to newcomers as you don’t have to worry about squad options, advanced moves and the like. Then when you come to grips with how it plays you’ll uncover all kinds of sophisticated maneuvers, shots, formations that best suit your squad and more. You can try them out along various set pieces in the practice arena at your leisure as well. Essentially, the game gives you all the tools you need to improve before setting foot on the pitch.

FIFA 10 is better tuned to account for actual player roles than ever before. Previous iterations let users execute picture perfect crosses, through passes and seemingly unstoppable attacks for high scoring games at whim. Now it’s like EA actually paid attention to individual player abilities. For example, a player like Xavi is good at setting up strikers for a goal. Just don’t expect him to put the ball behind the net. Meanwhile, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, one of the world’s best strikers, isn’t as good as Xavi when it comes to squaring up teammates for scoring opportunities. The same can be said for Messi who, despite his spectacular scoring ability, is prone to getting tackled by bigger defenders if he’s careless. These dynamics help emulate actual team play better than any team based sports game I’ve played this year. Take in the fact that the game does a decent job of incorporating randomness such as botched passes, flubbed gimme goals and the occasional screamer (thankfully these are rare) and you have a tight playing game of futbol on your hands.

There are too many modes to list here. Just know that the online play is relatively solid as is traditional local multi-player. FIFA 10 players can put their face in the game à la Fight Night: Round 4 in the virtual pro mode. From there you can choose your team, position and perform various challenges to improve your player. If you ever messed with NBA 2K10’s My Player Mode aka “The Darvin Ham Simulator” you’ll find that they’re pretty similar. The biggest difference here is virtual pro isn’t as frustrating in the early going if you know how to play. What’s more is you can import your pro into a quick match, online match and even use him in an online club with friends. The manager mode (franchise mode) is still here if all that sounds too complicated. You play games, entertain transfer offers and improve your rep as a new manager for whatever club you choose. Expectations change depending on what team you roll with. So if you pick Manchester United you’re expected to dominate Premier League. Meanwhile a team like Liverpool would look to shake things up and make a run for the title.

It may sound like EA cut me a check for this review (I wish.) But in honesty I can’t fault this game for much other than some tired commentary, fastidious game face set up and occasional online connection issues. Plus you have to pay $10 bucks to play the Live Season mode (it lets you follow top European Leagues and play their schedules.) Most everything else about this game and it’s not a hard game to learn. In closing, FIFA 10 is pretty much golden. Give it a shot if you haven’t already. Plus with the World Cup coming, it’s a great way to study up on the world’s greatest players.

Hip-Hop takes the first part of the year off for the most part & I take the chance to do the same. The three albums above have been the bulk of my listening over the past few weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

As the longevity of viral video continually keeps local retailers advertising for free, more and more small business owners are beginning to stoop to laughable levels of oddity in order to sell their stores. Such is the case for the alluring Big Head and Ten Gauge of Red House Furniture and Appliances in good ol’ Norf Ca’lina, the state where not even skin color can come between a man and his used futon pad.

As this continues to make it’s e-rounds, I’d be willing to bet Red House has seen at least a 30% increase in sales. Which is quite a ROI, considering that Scorsese-esque ad probably cost all of twenty bucks and a few un(?)soiled mattresses in trade to produce.

Kudos: Crunk & Disorderly

Find yourself repulsed by the whole idea of Valentine’s Day? Still washing off the repugnant stench of love that permeated the air? Trying to figure out how you’re going to balance your checkbook after buying that special someone an exorbitant gift and now your pockets are already regretting it? Read the rest of this entry »

Belated Valentine’s Day wishes from Rosa Acosta & Marisa Elise in the form of videos created by IEC Studios. Trill talk, these would be good for any day of the year but if it takes a holiday for us to receive these as gift bags, that’s fine and dandy.

We watch and salute them, as you should. Read the rest of this entry »

Is there anyone who hasn’t owned at least one pair of Chucks in their lifetime? With an endless array of colors, countless materials available to be used and, more than anything, a never-ending supply of buyers make Chuck Taylors as American as apple pie, white tees and hearing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at sporting events. For this pair, the shoe picks up a heather grey cotton, making it comparable to LC’s favorite sweatpants. Available now @ places where they sell cool like Sneakersnstuff. Read the rest of this entry »

“Nine by my side, how I’m doing, Man I’m doing fine, Chi state of mind, exercise grind all the time.”

In a polar opposite of his last video, GLC gets a colorful video treatment, courtesy of Noah Banks. Don’t get it twisted, the song itself is still expresses the same ice-in-the-veins coldness. Yet the video (and the splashes of silhouetted ladies) makes all the pimpin’ contained within the lines seem like a vanglorious gig for both males and females. Read the rest of this entry »