While we patiently wait for the REAL sports to start (hehe), you know the players are getting ready with conditioning and more things of that nature. And if you’re lucky enough to have HBO this year, you’d know the New York Jets are the current hosts of Hard Knocks, a behind-the-scenes look at a team’s training camp. Getting over consecutive 9-7 records takes an extra effort and the last thing they need is hotshot rookies creating a hostile environment in practice. Read the rest of this entry »

Life has its objects that are destined to be together to create a harmonious accord. Ebony & ivory. Peanut butter & jelly. Souljah Boy & Lil B. Where would Hip-Hop without such an ambiguously happy duo? To prove to you their love…of the music, they have united for the rich and visual presentation of their “Swag OD” video. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, Paul Cantor asked myself and a few other writers for our reactions to the “Runaway Love” remix featuring Bieber, Kanye and Rae with the question being “Is Kanye West’s ‘Runaway Love’ Remix The ‘Future Of Hip-Hop’?” Of course, answers varied greatly so it’s worth the click over to MTV’s RapFix to see everybody’s .02. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s finally happening. At the ripe age of 24, I’m becoming a grumpy old man. It started years ago, I guess, but really came to fruition this summer as I screamed to my television like I just caught it cheating on me with the mailman:

You’re going to join three other superstars? In my day, Jordan, Barkley, Magic and Bird would never have wanted to group up. That’s when athletes were athletes. This generation doesn’t know anything about the ’80s!

Granted, being alive in the Jordan era has forever cemented people around my age as the “Ho-Hum” generation, thoroughly unimpressed with pretty much anything else that happens in sports. But look around. It’s getting worse. Read the rest of this entry »

Jesse Boykins III simply does not get enough credit. A think a lot like Theophilus, he doesn’t fit into a neat box, thus he’s left to the side and partially ignored. Read the rest of this entry »

If you haven’t figured out by now, the party follows Grip Plyaz & not the other way around. All he needs is a pack of PBR’s, an ample amount of purp & a few witnesses to get things crackin’. To prove it, he grabbed FKi and video visionary Jeron Ward and stepped out to the corner store. Read the rest of this entry »

Finally. The word best describes the universal feeling surrounding Big Sean’s latest project. It may be the third time but this one could very well the beginning for G.O.O.D. Music’s lil’ big head. With no album date confirmed as of yet, Sean switches focus to crowd surfing with Don Cannon, remixing fat raps with Chip & $pitta and straight boooshittin’ through a tape full of energy, star power and materialistic madness. Read the rest of this entry »

This wasn’t on the halfway point’s best list for no reason. When I say “Holding You Down (Going In Circles)” has been in rotation since June 30th, it has really has been in rotation since June 30th. Read the rest of this entry »

The best thing about right now is that the NFL has a broadcast schedule for preseason games that keeps football on the screen from Thursday through Sunday. Sure, some of those games are basura, but they still trump my wife trying to watch The Real Housewives Of Some Random City each night. Live sports > reality catfights. Toss in the FIBA World Championship games airing as well and there’s just enough sports on TV to keep fans happy*. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve already seen the Stan Smith & Samba models from adidas’ Crafts Pack. Add in these Forum Mids and I’d say the stripes have all bases covered. The craftsmanship & quality of the leather look to be amazing yet it’s the contrast lining on the collar that sets off each of the shoes from the collection. Read the rest of this entry »

Very few MCs can come back from being verbally murdered. Jigga, Nas, KRS, Eazy-E and Doc Dre are among the rare survivors of vicious attacks on wax, but…they’re Hip-Hop Hall-of-Famers. Nick Cannon is not. Yet, despite being victimized by Eminem’s poison pen earlier this year, the America’s Got Talent host has unearthed his microphone from it’s grave and taken one very important stride for a comeback. Read the rest of this entry »

Casci Sade

The Top 5 Fantasy Football iPhone Apps [Complex]

Bushwick Bill Teeters On The Brink Of Deportation [Creative Loafing]

MILF Showdown: Halle Berry vs. Stacey Dash [The BVX]

RIP Missouri Strip Clubs, 1821 – 2010 [Bol] Read the rest of this entry »

“But the life that you live the only life that you know/Thankin’ God with only hope that something better in store…” – Big K.R.I.T., “My Interpretation”

I’ve never been more frustrated to write something as I have been with this. Capturing your own life is a lot more difficult than looking at someone or something else’s. I guess it’s because when you do, you’re the subject and the narrator. Almost as if you’re interviewing yourself.

Trust me, if you stop reading here, I’ll completely understand. Read the rest of this entry »

Tahiry was in attendance at…uhm…she hit the scene….you know what? I don’t know where/why/when this was taken and you shouldn’t care either. Read the rest of this entry »

OJ has already proven to be the poet laureate of his XXL class with compelling lyricism that should earn him an honorary degree in any prestigious university across the country. But why stop at molding minds with stupendous verbiage when he can show you with another one of his infamous talents: showmanship. Read the rest of this entry »