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Today’s Headline: Dame Dash Is Saving Hip-Hop

Clap Cowards wins today’s attention-getter by talking about Damon Dash. “What separates Dame from Jay is that Jay is still in the business of (among other things) selling records as Jay-Z The Brand. Dame is no longer in the spotlight.
November 6th, 2009 | Everything Else, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Lady Gaga x My Little Pony

Well, isn’t that special? © The Church Lady Apparently the artist & designer, Mari Kasurinen, is pretty famous for replicating entertainers and celeb figures. I think I’ll try to cop my niece one as a stocking stuffer.
November 6th, 2009 | Everything Else, Gadgets, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Women’s Soccer Just Got Gully

The WNBA could learn a few things about spicing up the action just by looking @ this women’s soccer match between BYU and New Mexico. I keed I keed. Terrible terrible play from New Mexico. I don’t even think the old Detroit Bad Boys were this despicable or at least not as blatant.
November 6th, 2009 | SMOKE BREAK, Sports, Videos | Read More

Phil Ivey Is Baller Status

Poker superstar Phil Ivey is the embodiment of recession-proof. Not that I would suggest him to start a rap career, but he sure can back up the exaggerated wealth aspect. Coincidentally, his manager is Chris “Gotti” Lorenzo (Irv Gotti’s brother) but I doubt he’ll be grabbing...
November 5th, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, TV/Movies, Videos | Read More

Today’s Headline: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Record “Empire State Of Mind Part 2″

MTV reported it, Alicia’s rep confirmed it and we shall be the proud recipients of “Empire State of Mind Part 2,” to be featured on Alicia’s Elements Of Freedom. Yay © Wale. Read the full story @ MTV
November 5th, 2009 | Everything Else, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

“One Year Down…”

“… With At Least Three More To Go.” A day late, but never a dollar short. I’m not sure how your respective states’ elections went, but Tuesday marked 365 days since America decided to place some pigment in that big ass mansion on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Or, if we want to...
November 5th, 2009 | EDUTAINMENT, Everything Else, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Future Attractions: Jack Threads Fitted Sale

The short version — This Saturday, 11.07. Brand name fitteds. Very good discounts. That’s the gist of things.
November 5th, 2009 | GENERAL, Gear, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

“What Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger…”

No closet can have too many blue oxford shirts. After that, the color spectrum branches out particular to the wearer, but gray would be another dominant color, or at least that’s how it plays out in my closet. STPL updates some of the basics with their Winter line, including this simple shirt...
November 5th, 2009 | GENERAL, Gear, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Today’s Headline: Dear Lil Wayne, Stop Promoting The Bloods

Today’s headline comes from The Urban Daily’s Casey Gane-McCalla, who asks Wayne to slow up on soowoo’in’. I know you don’t think you’re a role model. Still your record label, BET and urban and pop radio are constantly marketing your music to children between the ages of...
November 4th, 2009 | Everything Else, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

“What Do Hanging Sneakers Mean To You?”

BBC News took it upon themselves to hit the streets of New York, posing the question to various citizens in an attempt to discover the meaning behind sneakers hanging on power lines & telephone wires. With it varying so much from neighborhood to neighborhood, does anybody really know?
November 4th, 2009 | SMOKE BREAK, TV/Movies, Videos | Read More

TSS Presents Smoking Sessions With Royce Da 5′9″

Growth & Patience. These are the two themes that Trackstar the DJ selected to title his Royce Da 5’9” compilation. Appropriate choices as well, as these are two themes that an MC in Royce’s shoes must have to survive in this industry.
November 4th, 2009 | "Smoking Sessions With...", ARTIST INTERVIEWS, AUDIO, GENERAL, MUSIC, Videos | Read More

Video: Scratch The Ultimate DJ (Inside The Lab)

Not allowing Jay-Z & Eminem to create a monopoly with DJ Hero, Genuis Products is upping the ante and taking Hip-Hop back to the essence with Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. With credible contributors in Quincy Jones III and Mixmaster Mike, the game utilizes two pieces of real DJ equipment, the Numark...
November 4th, 2009 | AUDIO, Gadgets, Videos | Read More

Precious

Man listen. I’m going to watch this movie. And you know what? You probably should too. Initially, when the girls over at RBN tried to put me on to it, I kinda hit the snooze button and rolled over. My initial thoughts were all negative. Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry? Give me a break and a damn...
November 4th, 2009 | EDUTAINMENT, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, TV/Movies, Videos | Read More

Black Mamba

Yeah buddy. Black leather, red heel tab, gummy soles. What more could a man want?
November 4th, 2009 | Gear, SMOKE BREAK | Read More

Video: 50 Cent Breaks Down…

…on Connecticut Radio Morning Show. Fiddy is such the emotional cat these days. You saw his passion when pertaining to Fat Joe’s lastest clunker and now, with word that the Rick Ross PD only moved 4,000 units, it’s Niagra Falls all over again.
November 3rd, 2009 | GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, Videos | Read More