The Precarious Posturing of "Swag"

1. Leather Duffle Full of Cash
2. Cadillac Truck


1. Stupid Amounts of Gold (Diddy Circa "Hate Me Now")
2. White Bitch on the Lap


1. The Stogie
2. The Hat


1. Killer Crossover
2. Fresh Pair of J's


1. "Summertime"
2. Bird Chest, Short Chain


1. Cool
2. Tall
3. Black

Ms. Pamela Grier

Queendom.

Pimping Du Jour

Down With The Coz.

Thierry LeGoues Photography

Imagine my train of thought. Its nearly 2 AM (1:55 AM). I’m writing. I’m blogging. I have a song in my head; Mary J. Blige “Sincerity” Featuring DMX & Nas. I go look for the record. I find it. I download it. I think of the movie Belly which starred both those rappers. I think of the director of the film, Hype Williams. I google Hype Williams Photography because I’m looking for inspiration. I come across the Thierry LeGoues photography whose work was featured spectacularly in the film. I steal the photos. I share them with you guys, like so:

and now...I'm speechless.

I Be Spike'd Out

I used to wanna be this guy.
My sense of Blackness had a lot to do with his films.
Lee is my mother's maiden name.
I used to tell folks I was related to Spike on my mama's side. LOL.


Mo' Betta Blues is my favorite Spike Lee Joint.

Whitney On Oprah

kinda mega.

Something Epic, Y'know?

This is a real mega moment. You have to understand that Jay-Z is a man of these moments. He does this kind of thing better than anyone in rap, You know? Do remember: This is the same guy brought Michael Jackson to Summer Jam in NY. I really admire this. Had to feel real tingly all over. My mom is a huge Oprah fan so this resonates with me.

Will Smith Philosophy

I'm ready to begin my day!

Grading Obama

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He's mad blackish

some silly shit

I couldn't make this up if I tried.
Murray's Hair Pomade>>>Go Fetch

Li'l Imus AKA Asher Roth

i got a tip about this last night and i waited around to see if it would surface on any of my favorite sites. Is this shit for real???




and I wonder...
what it means...

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Lupe Fiasco + Cornel West Interview

some phenomenal things still happen.
listen to the 60 min. interview here>>>GO FETCH

TBG S//S 2009 Look Book

tbg presents...not for sale from TBG on Vimeo.

found at October’s Very Own>>>

The Diddy Image

Puff gets an Image Award.
Congrats are in order.

Drunken Negro Face Cookies

I kid a lot but this is not something that I'm humored by.
This is appalling and utterly insulting. Ted Kefalinos is the owner of Lafayette French Pastry in Greenwich Village selling these Drunken Negro Heads. He apparently thinks its a "fun face". He was calling them Obama Heads on Inauguration Day in "honor" of our nation's new president. Oh, I fail to believe the idea was so innocent and naivete especially when visitors of the bakery were asked to try the "drunken n-word cookies"...Not NEGRO.

He asked a patron, "Would you like some drunken negro heads to go with your coffee? They're in honor of our new president. He's following in the same path of Abraham Lincoln; he will get his."

More news on this clown on Gothamist. Fox News Reports.

Bette Money!

She's now down with the Unit



I'm not a 50 Cent Fan but this is cool.

Kehinde Wiley...Crown the Blackness

Graduate of Yale.

New Found New Yorker.

California Native.

You can imagine two extremes but then there is a likeness of the worlds that is is melding. Imagine how Wiley must view people, if this is his visual. The pieces are like these 18th-Century Portaits featuring Urban Black Men. The images are always strong -- sometimes heroic and some a bit peculiar. Take a look at his site for collections of work. Right now you can catch the Kehinde Wiley Solo Show at Harlem's Studio Museum until 10/28/08. If you recall the VH1 Hip Honors Paintings of LL or Kane yada yada yada, Kehinde did those. It would be ill to see an Obama joint, i think.

Colbert + Nas

The Game gets choked up

No you're not about to see a video of the Game being strangled by some Suge Knight Henchmen. The Game speaks on the response of rappers (or the lack there of) to the Sean Bell slaying and police brutality.



wow.

"PRESSURE" killer mike ft. Ice Cube

Kill - a - mic!



is it an election year or what?!