Before Valentine’s gets into full swing, we offer up this audio morsel, courtesy of Dirty Waters. Taken from a 1997 radio broadcast, Stretch & Bobbito serve up two healthy hours of tasteful selections, low on the syrupy songs prone to making your ears hurt and the mind deject the whole concept of a holiday themed around a winged baby armed with a bow & arrow. Read the rest of this entry »

Looking back at what a grand, content-filled week it was.

– Baracka Flocka Flame had the internuts in a tizzy, as did Willow’s “Whip My Hair” video.

– Use a condom, save the race. Beware handpicked “10 Women Who Should Never Reproduce.” Read the rest of this entry »

The Stretch & Bobbito show borders on legendary for breaking the mold by putting raw, new music on the air and the relationship between the host providing commentary and comedy. In my arrogant opinion, a music collection isn’t complete unless you have at least a handful of their recordings Read the rest of this entry »

There was a time in life when having a pair of Pro-Keds meant something. This was many moons before million dollar endorsements, technological advances, advertising campaigns…hell, it was right after tennis shoes came to be. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve read several different autobiographies & biographies over the past several months. Bobby Womack. Sly Stone. Marvin Gaye. James Brown. Fred Wesley. They all had one name that recurred within their pages: Stevie Wonder. Across genres & decades, Stevie’s music has sold literally tens of millions of copies chronicling many different emotions & experiences along the way. What many may not realize is Stevie’s work as it pertains to others. Read the rest of this entry »

Say “Squeeze!” Felicia Chong On Titillating Tuesday

Relapse: The New Kingdom Come? [XXL]

Victoria Gotti’s $3.5 Million Dollar “Growing Up Gotti” Home Facing Foreclosure [The Life Files]

A Brief History: Sports Announcers and Their Questionable, Memorable Comments [The Big Lead]

Jacking For Blogs: Swizz Is Still Banging Alicia Keys and He Wants You To Know It [C&D]

Greatest NBA Playoff Shots [FanDome]

15 MIA Kool-Aid Flavors [Gunaxin]

Postal Service: Worker Stole $20,000 In Stamps [CNN]

Dallas Penn: Bobbito Garcia [OSD]

Best Sites Online To Watch Movies For Free [Wallet Pop]

Parra x Nike Air Maxim 1 [Street Level]

12 Awesome Sports Brawls That Got Ugly [Hail Mary Jane]

So, it’s been a few since the last time. You’ll have to pardon me for the lack of writing on what I’ve read. But it’s been more because I’ve managed to run across one interesting hardcover after another. Couple that with what’s been a completely jacked up schedule & it didn’t leave much time to give you any book reports.

Nevertheless, here’s a few of note that are worth a read & they should hold you over til we meet come back to this space again.

Reefer Men: The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Drug Ring by Tony Thompson

Want to know how hundreds of tons (yes, TONS) of Thai weed made it to the US throughout the 70′s & 80′s and hundreds of millions (yes, HUNDREDS of millions) of dollars were made in the process? Read the story of “The Ring” – a consortium of sixteen smugglers who lived the life and the criminal case to bring their epic reign to an end. Props to Neil D. for turning me on to this one.

Nike Air Force I 25th Anniversary Book & Bobbito’s Where’d You Get Those?

Coffetable readers for sneakerheads. I copped two of the Anniversary Book — one to rock, one to stock.

Giant Steps – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

If you thought all there was to Kareem was sky hooks, goggles & quiet fury, consider yourself mistaken.

Midnight Mover: The True Story of the Greatest Soul Singer in the World by Bobby Womack

Despite the braggadocios title, Bobby has contributed so much to the world of music, having worked with seemingly every single name that you can imagine: Clapton, Sam Cooke, Jimi, Aretha and many more. The better part is that he’s got personable tales regarding everyone he encountered. I bought/received this book three times in a two week span (don’t ask lol)…but it was well worth it. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m not even sure if Stretch has posted this on KK yet. I’ve been sitting on it for a minute but somehow omitted it from the other Stretch & Bobbito post. I told the guy Legend that I was gonna make an effort to up some good, classic mixtapes over the next few days & weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

In these days of Clear Channel, I’m glad Stretch is bloggin’ and offering up examples of what the radio frequencies used to sound like. I’m not even from NY nor was I an actual witness to Stretch & Bobbito on the radio at any time. But every few months, my man used to dub their shows & send out a box full of tapes…and we ate into them like Now & Laters. Read the rest of this entry »