Throwback Thursday: Calm & Coolie

I'm in a smooth, lounge type mode right now, word to 155 John St.
Camp Lo Classic.

Similar to the below mentioned Zaputos, Get Acquainted.

Foot Crack.

Post success of their conquest of Court Footwear Domination Jordan decided to direct their attention elsewhere, since the majority of those wearing Js are never on the court.
Their brand has evolved into a luxury brand of casual shoe.
These units, the Campus Chukka Shoe give you the name, with affordable cost, without compromising style. Some J fanatics will be flipping they wig, but you cannot hate on that deep red patent leather.
Ooooweee.
For approximately $125, you should Get Acquainted.

Fabolous & The Dream New XXL Cover

I understand if i'm alone on this one, but I think this cover is dope.

The-Dream's Championship belt is heeeeeavy.

Shaq MMA Man in 2years?

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Here's a clip of Shaq Diesel talking reckless about all sorts of athletes, similar to "Cant Stop The Reign 2008" with Kay Slay.
Pay attention, homie hints to retirement in 2 years, and calls out Chuck Liddell.
Chuck definitely wont be fighting in 2 years.
Way to protect yourself from that showdown big guy.

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Tupac Throwback Tuesday

Today, Lesane Parish Crooks, b/k/a, Tupac Amaru Shakur would have been 38.
His music undeniably lives on today, & in Hip Hop purists' circles; his name still champions amongst the greatest emcees to ever hold a mic. This post is in dedication to his life, his work, & his legacy.
Pour Out A Lil' Liquor & RIP Makaveli The Don.

Yea... i know, Throwbacks are supposed to happen on Thursday.
I missed Thursday.
Do something about it.

"She's With Me."

Ol' girl wont have an issue getting out of this one.

Your friendly Neighbouring Country President was having a town hall @ Southwest High School in Green Bay yesterday, & was asked a question about health care by John Corpus, who was accompanied by his daughter, Kennedy.
He informed Obama that his daughter was missing school to be present, so what does Mr. President do?
What any respectable President would do. He writes the pickney a note:
"To Kennedy's teacher:
Please excuse Kennedy's absence.
She's with me.
Barack Obama."

Priceless.

Throwback Thursday: Finding Some Ways

This track aint that old, but it's still a throwback,& I still luv it.
Refamiliarize & enjoy.

Current Shady Climate

I'm gonna be honest. I've never been a big fan of Eminem. I recognize talent, I recognize skill, both of which he genuinely possesses. What he doesnt possess is stand alone quality. I always tell people, "he only hot on other niggas joints"(that usually comes up because of Renegade, Love Me, anything on Chronic 2001).
Let's be real, while niggas enjoy his shit too, its primarily white people that love this guy. For that displaced caucasian @ the start of the millenium when HipHop had/was cemented/ing it's place in mainstream, white boys & girls did not know how to openly rep what they liked. A legitimate skilled white rapper did the trick. He put his bum on your lips(twice), never saw an ass like that, & lost himself...a few times...& people still love dude. That was before 2009, when riding the wave of a gimmick (being white) didnt require him to really connect.

It's mid 2009, and dude is still making "hits" selling over 600k in opening week of Relapse. Sincere congrats to him, however it appears people may have gotten tired of his routine.
I'm not making this up, couldn't if I tried.
This is a excerpt from a concert goer @ the LA show w/ Jay-Z (posted below). I'm not knocking his performance skills, but it seems that people are realizing this dude's skill is above, while music is sub par. If you look back at his singles, yikes.
Read below:
"When Eminem rapped with Jay [at the launch concert for the new DJ Hero video game] , the crowd loved it," said one eyewitness. "But when he continued on his own and did songs off his new album, the energy just died. People were pumped to see him, but he wasn't interacting with his fans. His performance was mechanical, without a lot of personality, and people were pretty disappointed."

Said a second partygoer, "After Eminem finished his set, he left the stage and was waiting on the sidelines, hoping that the crowd would cheer so that he'd have to do an encore. Unfortunately for him, that didn't happen - people started to file out before his set was even done, and didn't seem to really care if he came back or not. So he didn't." -NY Daily News

This is the same sitution with G.Unit. They rode the wave, word to Biggaveli. It was all pull, barely any push when the Unit first appeared. They took over. Now that people actually have to work to promote, they dont know what the FUCK they doing. Holla @ Sha$XL... thats almost a direct quote.

Interscope is over. Defjam is over. The Bridge been over.

Seems Atlantic is the new Zion, word to Blueprint III's alleged home.

DJ Semtex & Drake Drizzy Bombaclaut LOL

DRAKE INTERVIEW - LIVE FROM HYDE PARK, LONDON [PART 1] from DJ SEMTEX on Vimeo.

Mr.TO.OnHisBack is on the other side of the pond in the UK doing an interview, being the cool, down to earth type nigga he really is.
He addresses going independent, the SOB performance, & basically gives it away that he is giving the pipe to Rihanna.

Way to go.

Jay-Z & Eminem, Live Renegade Performance

In the rarist of forms ever, the G.O.A.T. & the other guy do a live performance of Renegade. This performance apparently was lastnight in LA...
Regardless, take in 2 of the nicest on the mic doing it alongside one another.

J.Cole - Simba

The newest cosign of Hip Hop's MJ bears the same initial, followed by Cole instead of the letter Z.
Tentatively signed to Iceberg's newest independnt imprint, Roc Nation, this slim nigga is hungry, and eats the mic on this track.
J.Cole aka Young Simba go hard.

What Ever Happened To...

...that album Q-Tip & Common were supposed to come out with? They mentioned that in '07. Hmmmm...

Procrastination is a muhhf*

I Know You Hear Our Footsteps....

...we're coming

B.
J.
K.
T.
L.

Slaughterhouse - Move On

This has got to be one of the dopest lyrical tracks in the last...shit, i dunno.
4 superlyrical niggas in one group, one track. They bars so ill, it takes all 8 mins plus to envelop their potent product.
Turn the volume up, and take in the real.