a few things to celebrate.

first and foremost let me give a shout out to my girl tina sultini. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MA. if you see her on the streets of grand rapids, make sure you holla at her and give her a nice ass flash (or something equally offensive). love you, girl.


while we're giving birthday shout outs, we should also celebrate the birth of one of my favorites, erykah badu. she may be 36, but she is lookin' more fly than ever. also, you should either pick up, or think about picking up, her new album new amerykah part one because yes, it did drop today. releasing albums on your birthday? that is so classy.



while we are celebrating, we might as well hype up for the release of the incarcerated. remember shyne? probably not because he's been in prison since 2001...the only songs that i remember were his guest appearances in total's "sittin' home" and 112 "anywhere." apprarently he has two full-length albums (one he made in prison) that i now feel obliged to check out due to his public prison release.

shyne was the guy that took the fall for puff daddy and j-lo during that whole club shoot-out... yeah, one more reason why sean combs is just a little bitch. after seven years of sittin in a cell, shyne will be released this year because of his "good behavior". way to go, shyne. way to go.



it is rumored that NAS and JAY-Z will be releasing a duet album come next year titled "kings of hip hop". this is excellent news. but it would be even better if i knew it were true. i guess we'll see.

for all of you that are into the whole white-man-rapping-with-phat-beatz scene, atmosphere's slug and ant are putting out a weekly 'talk show' on youtube to promote their upcoming album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold. you can check out the first episode here. here. here. suprisingly they are charming even with their whole nascar-loving look.

to end this ,yet, another amazing post, i will leave you with common's new version of the light (version '08 it's love), which was produced by main man just blaze. besides the first ten words of the song, it sounds nothing like the other ten million versions. one more reason to take a listen.

la la land & cell phones.

let's face it, los angeles has a pretty sleazy image-- it's the kingdom of soul stealing talent.



first things that come to my mind when i think of LA: fake tits, fake hair, fake lips... basically all fake all the time. ya know, much like my girl, barbie--->



newsflash: taken from LA Times, this city is more real than you think. The city's new charter school will have a four year requirement of hip hop related courses. that is straight up cut. the article touches on chances that there will be students who do not fully appreciate/enjoy hip hop-- let's get serious, there is not one damn heartbeat out there that doesn't enjoy some aspect of hip hop. and if there are, then they must live a life soaked in misery.
click to read the whole article.

personally, i think schools should start incorporating hip hop at a younger age. get them young'ns while their fresh and easily influenced:




moving on....
let's congratulate timbaland for becoming verizon wireless' first ever "mobile producer in residence." it's actually happening; timbaland and verizon are TAKING OVER THE WORLD. for further information on this breaking conquest, you can read on it at mobiltor.com.

singles of the weekend:


"prey on sluts"---enough said. done and done.


we are all waiting patiently until april when the album drops, but that doesn't mean we can't taste the blow before we sell.