First off, big salute to all the fathers out there. On the streets, at war, at work, hustling, locked up, who still find strength to maintain and still keep the babies. You’re raising the future. We doff our hats to you.

Back to our regular scheduled programming. What did you miss this week?

- The Lakers sonned whatever that other team was The Magic.

- Sa-Ra and Raheem DeVaughn provided more music to make more babies to.

- Killer Mike re-emerged to discipline you truant children.

- We looked back at the Jordan True Blues, the mack daddy of all sneakers, in my dishonest opinion.

- The good folks at Slaughterhouse embarrassed their children and entertained the rest of us with a little skit.

- Playboy Tre returned to the internet. No father pun here Read the rest of this entry »

And all this time, I knew these guys were still producing & influencing, but had no idea they were still working as a trio.

“Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love blends next-level production with a unique and unconstrained blend of street wit, dirty-sex talk, tall stories, and intergalactic future sounds, and is set to become essential listening for the summer of 2009.

‘There is something powerful about the Number 3. A triangle is architectures most structurally sound shape,” explains Keith. “And there is a sense of brotherhood among us, the strong sense of purpose we all share in our will to cleanse the proverbial palette of music!’ “

That’s right. New SA-RA album, The Age of Love : Nuclear Revolution, just in time for summer. Two discs @ that. Via Ubiquity Records. In the meanwhile, they’re currently working on Diddy’s Last Train To Paris along with material for Bilal & Sleepy Brown, all the while influencing Kanye’s sartorial choices.

Holler @ us, Taz!

As the days gets shorter and the weekly amount of posts get longer: the line continues to blur between real life events and the entertainment world. As always the Crew was here to cover it all.

On the political front LC gave us all a view of how people think in the Midwest when the paved roads turn to dirt. Gotty looked Palin right in the eyes and said “Fuck You & Your Glasses” (but mainly your glasses). David D. sent out an open invitation to Aaron McGruder to drop by and give some political commentary. And who would have ever thought that our weekly dose of Keri would introduce the world to a last minute political force. Read the rest of this entry »

Remember Taz Arnold from Sa-Ra?

Not only did they create aural masterpieces that were ahead of the game, they also were fashionable dudes (Kanye paid homage to Taz & crew in those regards, calling Taz specifically an icon.) Read the rest of this entry »