Ray Ray’s music stays in rotation Chez Contra™ because not only does the man make good music, he has good sense. Case in point, the above song and video. Let Ralph tell it, maintaining the spark in a relationship is far from easy. Few are [...]

In my MPSM 800 (Internship I) class, our final exam was to deliver an elevator pitch. Essentially, it is a 45 second to one minute spill you would give an executive on why they should hire you to be apart of their company. A verbal [...]

Quite a bit went down in between Sundays in the NFL as ESPN actually filled its airwaves with news and highlights instead of spouting off randomness. Okay, they made time for plenty of Randy Moss “news” (I think he admitted to having sex with Tiger [...]

Hey Hey Hey! It’s Shawna Chenee From “Amazing Race” Contestant To Playboy Playmate [Warming Glow] Beeper Code: The Caveman Days of Text Messaging [Gizmodo] Dwayne M. Carter, Esq. [XXL] Bengals Controlled Chris Henry’s Cash Flow [TMZ] Comedian Sinbad Files for Bankruptcy After Going Broke [BV] And For Tila Tequila’s Next Trick [...]

Another week in the books, another set of tracks that we like to call The Pack. Volume 3 in fact…Jack. Take that. In case you missed the first two volumes, backtrack, grab those as well and you should be able to create yourself a pretty [...]

Black Rob & The Lox with D. Dot on the boards off Black’s debut Life Story. Bad Boy Where Art Thou?

Hmm…Lupe fans were dismayed yesterday when word leaked his tape wasn’t coming out on Christmas. Let me find out that these Puppets are the reason he couldn’t get that mixtape done. Santa Vs. Blitzen. Given his history, I’m riding with Santa. “Kris Kringle” slayed/sleighed the [...]

In another lifetime, I remember that once we were headed for a night of partying. We were on the block and, before we could clear the area, we got pulled over. Three of us. Me, Cookiehead and KP. The usual routine: get out the car, [...]

The days where dancing solved all the dilemnas in music videos are probably long gone, but Omarion dedicates his single full of “agressive content” to the King Of Pop anyway. Looks to be a hybrid of “Beat It” and “Bad” which would have been epic, [...]

Every blue moon, Ali will drop off an audio offering, just to let followers know he’s still around and capable of wrecking a microphone with ease. Mike B. sent over this Chop Diesel-produced Veganomics’ installment. Thanks for checking in Vegas and we’ll see you in [...]

Sometimes artists come out of nowhere and take over your playlist without warning. For me, the latest artist to have done so is a soft spoken yet eloquent jazz singer named Melody Gardot. Ms. Gardot’s sophomore album My One and Only Thrill was released this [...]