Saturday, October 31, 2009

Recycled Costume....Before & After



Rosa apparently really likes this outfit......

....pre and post boob job.



Friday, October 30, 2009

"Leave it up to me while I be living proof To kick the truth to the young black youth..."

You have got to be kidding! Beans on Wall Street!


The Wall Street Journal apparently covers Hip Hop now......damn!
Even though their facts are a bit off.(Kay Slay didn't interview Beans.)
Anyway, get all info @ Miss Info's spot. It's Friday and my mind is on other things. :P

A lil depth to my "Turn Off" blog

Just a lil "explanation" in regards to this previous blog.

Q & A Session #3

Here's a popular question I've been getting.....

Thursday, October 29, 2009

New Alicia Keys




New joint off the Album for your listening pleasure.

Via Miss Info

Cassie on the red Carpet.......with a Twist.




1) Cassie's leaked nude pic becoming a tshirt....."Damn!!!"

2)T-Pain wearing said shirt on the red carpet of a of the Australian "This Is It" premiere last night......"Cold Blooded!!!!"

A fool and his money....


I wont front. I think about money a lot. Not so much in having it but all the things I could do and people I could help with it, but even in day dreaming I try to keep my ideas practical. I 100% agree with the following:

Money buys you three things: it buys fun, it buys security, and it buys time. The only problem is that if you neglect one of these three things at the expense of the others, you lose them all.


You've got to have balance. I came across this old story of a lottery winner who's fortunes didn't get much better with his winnings.

William "Bud" Post III, 66, whose $16.2 million in lottery winnings brought him debt, despair and heartache, causing the kind of trouble often recounted in country-western songs, died of respiratory failure Jan. 15 at a Pittsburgh area hospital.

"Everybody dreams of winning money, but nobody realizes the nightmares that come out of the woodwork, or the problems," he said in 1993, five years after winning the Pennsylvania lottery.


Full Article Here

Tuff Break......so how would you have spent that money?

Mi Casa es su casa


The following is the opening passage of today's entry from Punch Debt in the Face, a real point and witty financially themed blog:

I think it's quite funny how puzzled people become when I tell them I don't want to live with my girlfriend. I've been with Girl Ninja for three and a half years now, and apparently I didn't get the memo that I was required to move in with her after the first year. People look at me like I'm crazy, or making a big mistake.

You can read the rest of his blog here.

So this get's me to thinking about cohabitation and what beliefs I have, what beliefs others have, etc,etc.....

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

You got the GLOW!!!!!


Kanye West's Highly Successful" Glow in the Dark" Tour has been translated into pure imagery within his recently released photography book. Here are a bunch of my favs for various reasons. *Click here for the full online gallery*

Images after the Jumpington :P

Get Away and Get Ya Hump On.....


I'm just passing the word here. Insane Flight/Hotel Sales are underway. Pull off a nice weekend getaway with these. ACT FAST!!!!!

For y'all like me in the North East especially the Tri State, here's a nice Atlantic City Hotel Hook Up. *Details Here*

American Airlines just kicked off a Winter Sale too. *Details Here*


Southwest has a killer sale going on till the tomorrow. *Details Here*

And Airtran is always at it was Sales. *Details Here*

Menage' ????



Hey I'm just saying......

TWI......


Too many beers, 2 drinks too many, that one patron shot that you shouldn't have had.It can all open the flood gates to disaster via the Texting/Typing While Intoxicated. This incident happened last night but I was drinking. I was on the receiving end of the most unexpected, random ass TWI exchange in a while. Usually when drunk texting happens to me its a friend, with no sexual intent what so ever, its just random messages or pix of the drinks for the night.(Hey Jillz!!!)

Anyway, it's opening night for the NBA season and I'm watching the Lakers when my yahoo messenger goes off. A random generic "Hey" from an old former coworker. This isn't anyone I've ever chilled with outside of that old job so I'm assuming she has my info from when I was promoting parties. So the basic general small talk ensues then it devolves into her drunken confession of some sort of long standing desire for me. I'm like "huh?" This chick a) Aint my type and b)has some crazy rasta baby daddy. But I listen cuz I'm curious where she's going with this. Thank god for "Smileys" cuz I could reply to this rambling without actually saying anything. Fortunately she seemed to wear her self out before she got too explicit and said good night. I wonder if she'll realize what she was saying at some time today. SMh

You ever have a moment like that? Just a complete lustful rambling of your "attraction" to someone you really have little to no regular contact with?

Everyone's fav Rose......no not Amber

Rosa Acosta gets it in for SUPREME Mag


Tuesday, October 27, 2009

BET HIP HOP AWARDS HIGHLIGHTS


This 2 hour "award show" can be summed up as follows.

1.Cyphers 1, 2 & 3

2.Ice Cube Lifetime Achievement Awards

3.Goodie Mob

I guess Twitters good for something.....


Shout out to my buddy DanniGurl who just came up BIG thru ApartmentGuide.com on Twitter. Congrats Ms. Tingle. Don't spend that all in one place. ;)

See this is the Nicki I like


See she's calm. Talking regular, cute and playful. I can dig that. Not the over animated Wide ditzy chick she's rapping as these days.

I tusm eb gnikaeps sdrawkcab

Some will get the title now, some will get it later and some will miss it completely....

I'm laying here not sleeping and realized why I don't sleep as much because I spend a good portion of the night talking to myself. It's usually an internal conversation but I enjoy it because when I talk to myself there's never any confusion or misunderstanding. For whatever reason I get various statements, comments etc from people that make me think I'm communicating in a foreign language or that I need socializing 101. It gets frustrating to say simple straight forward things and get blazay ass replies that scream out "I'm really not that interested" or even worse, having my words taken for EVERYTHING but the most common and direct of meanings. And let's be clear this is only when communicating with women. But with me it goes a lil further. As I've said before I think of others in a lot of the things I do so if something is asked of me if it's not a huge inconvenience I'll do it. But often I'll hold a feeling of "was that really needed".

I know that I personally have a way of expressing myself that may take a degree of getting used to.Not because its rude or offensive or complex. It's just not the way average guys talk. I don't say what you "want" to hear if its not the reality of things. But I always say what I mean and mean what I say. A word I use a lot in speaking and in writing/text is "interesting". I've been told that that sounds like I'm disinterested......ooook.So when I was told that, I purposely cut back on using that word when chatting with my particular friend.I was told that when I say "Damn" in reply to less then positive news "it's not that supportive"....ooooook.I've been told by people how to talk or too make sure I talk more when meeting new people. Now I'm not the life of the party chatter box.Never have been, never will be but I swear to you this pisses me off to high heaven! I have friends and associates coming out the ass. I deal with a variety of people all day and across the damn country. Why does a nearly 30 yr old man need to be told how to speak?I wonder if it's just that curious female trait/need/characteristic that tells them they can change men?I don't know. What makes me double-take at this is that I never tell anyone to alter how they communicate with me in that manner. I let people do what they do. If your a lil excessive on the TMI I'll tell you and as I stated in the turn off blog I'd rather not hear tons of cursing but if you're not my partner its not so serious. Overall I let people be.

I know who's who and what to expect. Some people are more dramatic and over the top, some are more sexual and prone to TMI, some are bossy, some people give lengthy essays type statements, some drop ok with striking consistency, some are ghetto(even if they don't know it), etc,etc.....different communicative styles that I never try to change. And believe me, in the rare instances that I've attempted to spark change it doesn't happen. I change for others while others do what they do with no attempt of changing for me. No complaints. I just make mental notes. I'll always have myself to talk to. Since people act like I must be speaking backwards.

Limits on Love

Just how much does love factor into a relationship? How much will you overlook simply because you love someone? Does love make you bite your tongue for fear of making waves? Or does it make you act with more certainty because of what is at sake?

At this point of my life I know what Love is to me.I also know that while Love is a focal point to the relationship I want. It is not the be all end all of what goes into it. I will not settle in the areas of functionality and compatibility just because of the drug like effects of love.

Love has earned my respect by the number of emotional beat downs it's handed out to me over the years. The fact that I never stay down and only get stronger has forced Mistress Love to respect me too. But now as I stand and look out over the horizon preparing for the future. I know that I'm preparing for my next bout with love. Not as I have before with mere emotion, but with plans, wants, needs, expectations that will be met if I am to claim another partner.

This is life. No game. They say to make your next more your best move. And I seriously plan to do so. It's not that I will not be the same kind person I was before. But I was never one to really ask much of people. I asked for the bare minimum.(Funny how at times even that wasn't given) But now the stakes will be higher and so will the requirements. It's evolution I guess, but I feel good about it.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Thinking Out Loud


So I saw the fan made video that Chris Brown blasted thru his twitter and it's cute. And please believe I'm the last guy that would knock someone for having trouble getting over or past something or someone. But when you have 85,000 plus people "following" you. Some things you may want to do in private.

See the vid after the Jump. Sweet or Creepy?

Sunday, October 25, 2009

She knows what she wants so how will she get it?



Simple Question for the women. How do you go about getting the attention and interest of a guy you want? Not talking high school crush but you see someone you have serious interest in. If you want it to evolve what do you do to make it known both verbally and thru actions.

(And please none of that "I don't chase men bullshit")

New D Block Music



A lil sumthin' new from the home team!!!
(Apologies for the annoying DJ)

A Weekend Hip Hop Gift from the Empire State



Tommy_Boy_Presents_Hip_Hop_Essentials_(1979-1991)_Vol._12-Retail-2006

| 01.| Kurtis Blow - the Breaks | 07:57 |
| 02.| Beastie Boys - Hold it Now, Hit It! | 03:28 |
| 03.| Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force | 04:31 |
| | - Looking for the Perfect Beat | |
| 04.| Run-D.M.C. - Rock Box | 05:31 |
| 05.| Just-Ice - Cold Getting Dumb | 04:33 |
| 06.| MC Shan - the Bridge | 06:34 |
| 07.| De La Soul - Me, Myself & I | 03:41 |
| 08.| Main Source - Live at the Barbeque | 04:36 |
| 09.| King Tee - Played Like A Piano | 04:59 |
| 10.| Heavy D & the Boyz - We Got Our Own Thang | 03:53 |
| 11.| Fearless Four - It's Magic | 05:32 |
| 12.| Cold Crush Brothers - Weekend | 03:50 |

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ICNOE9R7

Saturday, October 24, 2009

It gets no better......


...even if I'll be hungry again in an hour.

Truth & Respect through Faith.

This is a clip of the Steve Harvey moment I mentioned a few weaks ago that I found to be very powerful. At least it was to me.....

Friday, October 23, 2009

Paula Patton = Yummy


Robin Thicke, I salute you.

40% off Jordans........Get on it NY

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Honestly...


I realize that I am becoming more unapologetic about things. And I like it. 100% assurance in what you do makes many decisions, issues and interactions so much easier to deal with.

Q & A Session #2

This weeks Question comes from Telisha aka Goddess Intellect.

Respect N.Y, The Mecca' of Hip Hop


Just back home from BB Kings where Styles P & Jada Kiss shut it down.

Styles P BB King from BlacC Yankee on Vimeo.



Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Here we go.......They're Coming!!!!!


Hump Day gets interrupted by Chris Brown's interview with Angie Martinez. Here comes the judges on their high horses.

HUMP DAY QUESTION


While with Hump Day usually comes thought of doing certain things to certain people. But at the moment I'm curious about what turns you off. Ever come I across a person that is appealing to you on some level adn they just do something that immediate hit your off switch? I can honestly say a female with a dirty mouth does it for me. I don't mean a dirty mouth sexually, but if you can't express yourself without "Hoe, trick, bitch, nigga, shit , fuck, ass" coming out of your mouth, it's just not going to work out.

Turn offs....what are yours?What will stop the path to Humping dead in it's tracks.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Is this what it's come to?


What the Hell man!?!? The WWE (always WWF to me) is truly on it's last legs if you ask me.
Last Monday Night RAW was hosted by Snoop Dogg......Really? 2 weeks prior by Al Sharpton!!! Al SHARPTON!!!!!! That was not a typo what is this!?!? It's bad enough that the story lines suck ass, that HHH and the Undertaker are showing their age, that the "young talent" is not that talented but give me a break!!!!

Monoploy Gang! Bang Bang!....LOL


Ok y'all it's monopoly time at Mc Donalds again. And I say we need to use this technology to get over. We know they spread certain pieces all over the nation to keep the winners few and far between. So I say screw that. Communicate with your online people nation wide and get that money. I've got Pacific Ave and N.Carolina Ave, I need one more green piece. If you have it holla and I'm going 1/2 on the $50,000 with you. Let's put the internet to real use.

New Rhianna.....Yummy



Am I a lil twited for REALLY liking this cover image? ;)

Download Here

Monday, October 19, 2009

Movie house Snacks......


This is random as hell but I'm now sooooo in the mood for candy. Like I just want to hit the movies to get an over sized pack of Twizzlers and Junior Mints.....with the popcorn and soda(w/ Bacardi) of course. Hmmmmmmm I might just do that.

Win Vs. Fail

Win.....


vs.

.........Fail

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Sweetest Day???......Really????


Over at Mason Says I learned something new. Apparently, Valentines day has an lesser known sibling called Sweetest Day. It's meaning is as follows:

Sweetest Day is an observance celebrated primarily in the Great Lakes region, and parts of the Northeast United States on the third Saturday in October[1]. Once known as a day to spread love and cheer to the unfortunate, this popular holiday in the northern U.S. is now known as a day to show affection to the loved ones in your life. It is described by Retail Confectioners International as an "occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, aged and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.


I wonder how many guys came out of pocket for this?

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Not on some Vampire tip.......


......but some nibble action wouldn't be bad.

Great minds think a like...


Via Evierobbie

We hold everyone to basic standards

iSUPPORT Hip Hop Always....


...I'll be here.

Even Nerds Have Limits....


OK, when I first saw the cover image floating around the internet I thought i was joke. Like there would be a Marge interview and that's it. They actually did a pictorial spread of Marge Simpson......really?I openly acknowledge the nerd in me but even that side has limits. Anyway, for those interested in the Issue click below for a full scan PDF download.

Download Here

Friday, October 16, 2009

THE HON. MIN. FARRAKHAN SPEAKS ON HUMAN SEXUALITY & BLACK MALE/FEMALE RELATIONSHIPS.

Always an interesting speaker....



Feel good actions.

Simple question. Ladies, a male friend very close and dear to you comes into some tough times. What things have you done to make him feel better. This can apply to a friend, crush, boyfriend, etc....

I'm looking for real life example and also how were your actions received by this person?

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Q & A Session #1

Thanks to Evita for the question..hopefully more to come.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Progress or Poor Choice???


I heard about this briefly last night and decided I wanted to ask y'all about this.A young woman, Nikole Churchill was just crown Miss Hampton University. That's Hampton U the HBCU in VA. Sounds cool right? Well Ms. Churchill isn't black she's mixed. 1/2 Italian (moms side) 1/2 Guam (Dads side). Now apparently there are students upset that she doesn't and can't represent the school properly because she's not black. The 22 yr old nursing major wrote a letter to President Obama a fellow Hawaiian expressing her feeling of how much progress this represents. I didn't go to a HBCU so I only hear stuff. I guess I can see both sides of this dispute. But also, hearing that she's from Guam reminds me of one of my dearest friends, Mz.J that represents for black folk at times BETTER then some black folk represent themselves.

Was only a matter of time

Yup, the "streets/internets" are going in on Ms. Minaj and her recent physical changes. It's nothing I ain't know but after all Lil Kim has done is it really that big a deal?

Why y'all MAd?!?!?!

The International Tennis Federation is considering fining Serena Williams $500,000 and taking her spot in the 2010 Australian Open for her recent ESPN magazine spread. Y'all are riding pretty high on that horse over in tennis land I see. Lames.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Suspect Co-Signature


Co-Sign. You read/hear something you genuinely feel and agree with then you co-sign. It's a pretty simple concept that when applied properly shows support to your follow man, but there's always the flip side, i.e Suspect Co-signing. This is basically equal to cheerleader or as the homie Mz.J would say "jumping on the blogwagon."

Now before the "people do what they want" and "everyone has the freedom to do whatever" lines stop flying understand this isn't an attempt to stop this act or change minds about. I'm merely curious about it. My main curiosity, with a few specfic blogs in mind, is do folk really co-sign crazy,wild and at times reckless and possibly self destructive actions because they really agree with it or is it to in some way live through the blogger(s) in question?

For example I may come across a blog that says something like this.

"blah blah....I went to the club, had some drinks....blah,blah.....saw a couple guys I thought were cute...blah,blah.......ended up with a 2-3 phone #'s,blah,blah.....I ended up in the bathroom with one of the guys.....but he only ate me out...blah,blah....then I got real wasted and bumped into my homegurl who dropped me home...blah blah.....then I got a call from one of the other guys at the club, the cutest one...blah,blah....so he came thru and the sex was great blah......and I woke up not knowing where my underwear was......"


So there you have a wild and crazy night/morning.....then it may be followed by a series of comments saying....

"Damn girl that was a wild night.DO YOUR THANG!!"......."You so crazy.I wish I could get it in like you"......"OMG!LMMFAO!Sounds like you had a great night!" etc,etc,etc....


I wish I was over doing it but I'm really not. So after reading something like this I can't help but wonder would these people co sign just as much if this story was coming from a cousin, sister or close friend in their offline world. Is it simply cheering on what another does that they personally would never want to be caught up in? Could really be an degree of envy for the wild and spontaneous life?

Just wondering. When ever I see extreme actions of any sort not bring about a mixed response of both negative and positive it always catches my eye a bit.

Quick BET Hip Hop Awards pix and thoughts

The awards don't air for a couple weeks but instead of telling you what happened I'll just throw a few pix and thoughts out....


...I think the camera just wanted a excuse to look at Kim's boobs. Well Played.


I'm sorry but Kid N' Play can do NO WRONG with me. :)

Bobby Valentino as the hip hop Nerd.....as Tiny writes T.I tellin' him about this Bullshit.

So Ummmmm, I guess the time limit on Lola's ass injections ran out just as Ms. Minaj got hers? Because neither of them looked like this a couple yrs ago. Hey put out all the songs you want ladies.Just shoot videos for them that I can put on mute.

"Good Hair" (Over)Sensitivity?


As most folk are aware, Chris Rock's movie Good Hair opened this past weekend.I haven't seen it as it's not a pressing priority but I heard that last week on Oprah a woman expressed her concern and feelings that she felt Chris was belittling black women. Her exchange with Chris went as follows:

I work in corporate America and I don’t want to be the butt of everyone’s joke when I walk out of a salon and my hair is nice and I have people walking up to me saying “Your hair is nice. Is it a weave? Is that Indian hair? ….It’s all mine”


Chris asks her if her hair is real and can he touch it. She let’s him

See, you can touch black women’s hair. The point is “we sit in the salon a long time. We don’t want you to touch it”. The trailer had me really upset. We are trying to promote positive black women and I felt as though you belittled us. When other races see the movie, they are going to laugh but they are laughing at us. If you had included other races, it would have been funny to us but it’s not.


Now to a degree I do see her point but I have to reserve judgment until I see the movie. I will say that at least from my vantage point black women are sometimes the worst and harshest critics of their fellow women. I guess I'll have to go check this out and see for myself.

Oprah Via Necole Bitchie

Tuff Break SK Users


I was hit with quite a few send me your contacts request this past weekend because apparently many Tmobile Sidekicks users lost ALL their supposedly saved info.
**Full Story**

Sidekick..............FAIL

See Bright Eyes, you converted just in time ;).

**UPDATE...SK's Discontinued**

Nerd Moment!!! Alvin Earthworm Presents SUper Mario Bros Z

This is actually an online series that has been on going for a while now. But I had to blast it for those that weren't aware of it. Its Super Mario meets Sonic with the flash and hype of Dragonball Z. The action scenes are crazy. Take a moment and watch Episode 1 and you can follow it at Alvin's official youtube page.

Columbus what?????



You already know.......

Pokemon Menstrual Pad......


........FAIL

Next Book Up......



The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships. This was a suggested read from Miss Epitome and I'm hearing good things so I'm going in on this. I'm sometimes cautious at "relationship" books but since Steve Harvey's was pretty good I'll see if I can go 2 for 2 with this.

Opinions/views/review in the not too distant future.

New York rules another Sports Sunday......


New York Yankees beat Minnesota Twins to sweep ALDS, move on to face Los Angeles Angels in ALCS

New York Giants defense beats up on Oakland Raiders, JaMarcus Russell

 
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