Archive for April, 2009

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Chester French – Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance…

April 29, 2009

So…Who the hell is Chester French?

Chester French is a band made up of two members, Max and D.A., both Harvard grads. The band, who named themselves after sculptor Daniel Chester French (who designed the statue at the Lincoln Memorial), sparked a bidding war between Kanye and Pharrell before landing on Star Trak records about 2 years ago. Their sound is kind of retro influenced pop rock…..Clinton Sparks described it as “putting The Beatles and Outkast together.” This mixtape will allow those who haven’t been exposed to the sound of Chester French an opportunity to “get familiar“. There’s a wide range of guest appearances including Diddy, Pharrell, Jermaine Dupri, Wale, Bun B, Talib Kweli, Mickey Factz, Cassie, Solange, Janelle Monae, N.O.R.E., Kardinal Offishall, Pusha-T of The Clipse, Common, Lady GaGa, Ben Lyons and The Mad Rapper.

Shout out to Reese (www.100styles.com …get familiar) and D Grizzle for tweeting/talking about these guys…I would probably still be sleeping on them if they hadn’t.

Download link and tracklist after the jump…

Btw the full name of the mixtape is…

Chester French & Clinton Sparks Present: Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance – Get Familiar with Chester French

They just released their debut album, Love the Future…so if you’re feeling their mixtape go cop the album.

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This Only Promotes The Stereotype…

April 28, 2009

Sooooo…Popeyes had a special last Wednesday for Earth Day, 8 pieces of chicken for $4.99. Many locations ran out of chicken….all hell broke loose as a result.


Memorable Quotes:

“We can’t feed our kids?….because yall didn’t order enough chicken…”
“It’s very disappointing, I wanted some chicken today.”
“They should’ve had a stockpile of chicken for this day.”
“They should’ve had a tractor trailer out back….with extra chicken….on ice.”
“I was trying to feed my family tonight. I can’t get that bucket in now.”

*sigh*

Thanks a lot ABC. Why would you as a Black person sit up there and do an interview for this?

Side Note: The real question is wtf does Popeye’s chicken have to do with Earth Day?

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Look What You’ve Done…

April 28, 2009

Beyoncé’s thriller Basic Instinct, Fatal Attraction Obsessed, came in at #1 at the box office, raking in an estimated $28.5 million over the weekend. It reportedly brought in $11 million its opening night.

*sigh* Why Beyoncé fans? Why?

You know what this means right? More Sasha Fierce movies are on the way. Look, Beyoncé can definitely sing, I’m not denying that. She can definitely make hits…I even find myself nodding to half of her songs when they come on, and that Diva beat was sick as hell. (Did I just type that? Must go back and erase)…but the woman can not act.

C’mon…everybody knows this movie was destined for a straight to TV/DVD release. All they had to do was replace Idris with Leon and that would’ve been it. Do you know what the name of this movie was before they changed it to Obsessed?

The original title was…

Oh No She Didn’t

…..if that shit doesn’t scream BET Blackbuster movie, then I don’t know what does. Unfortunately, I’m not making this up, just go to the ‘Additional Details’ section of IMDB.

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She Came Back For You…

April 23, 2009

No…that’s not Jackie Chan, or the woman from Memoirs of a Geisha, it’s Lil’ Kim.

Question: Does Lil Kim have any friends? I mean at least one real friend? Because if she did she wouldn’t be walking around like this.

Hey ladies, just imagine it’s Friday night and you and your girls are getting ready to go out. Everybody’s meeting up at your place and your best friend shows up looking like this.

Let me guess…your reaction would be somewhere between…

“Hey bitch, go wash your face.”

and

“Hey bitch, go wash your face before we go.”

More pics…


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The Foreign Exchange – Take Off The Blues/Valediction…

April 23, 2009

…featuring Darien Brockington.

In the words of Clinton Sparks, “Get Familiar”…..ASAP.

This is off of the The Foreign Exchange’s latest release Leave It All Behind. Btw for those of you who have no idea who the hell Foreign Exhange is, it’s a group made up of Phonte (of Little Brother) and Dutch producer Nicolay.

Sorry no Pretty Ricky over this way, they’re Patrón….this is Don Julio…a lot smoother.

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New Fabolous, Elzhi, Lil’ Wayne & Drake…

April 21, 2009

Fabolous Ft. The-Dream – Throw It In The Bag
Is it me or is The-Dream the new R. Kelly minus the urine?

Fabolous Ft. Jeremih – It’s My Time
Don’t know who Jerimih is? He’s the one who made that greazy ass song “Birthday Sex”.

Lil Wayne & Drake – I’m Goin’ In
Short, sweet and straight to the point.

Elzhi – Deep (prod. by Black Milk)
Stop sleeping on Elzhi and Black Milk.

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Random Quote: Hulk Hogan…

April 21, 2009

Hulk Hogan recently talked to Rolling Stone about his divorce to Linda Bollea, whom he has been married to for 24 years. He also discussed his feelings regarding her relationship with her boyfriend, Charlie Hill, and how he can relate to America’s favorite Bronco drivin’, isotona wearing, knife wielding, NFL hall-of-famer…

“I could have turned everything into a crime scene, like OJ, cutting everybody’s throat.”

“You live half a mile from the 20,000-square-foot home you can’t go to anymore, you’re driving through downtown Clearwater [Florida] and see a 19-year-old boy driving your Escalade, and you know that a 19-year-old boy is sleeping in your bed, with your wife….I totally understand OJ. I get it.”

A Few Things…

1.) He better pray to whoever he believes in, that Linda and her boyfriend never go missing and/or are found brutally murdered. Can you say prime suspect? The only thing the prosecutor will have to do is bring this interview up and he’ll be putting on exhibition matches in the confines of prison….red underwear and all.

2.) Do you know how he found out that his wife was divorcing him? No, it wasn’t thru a phone call or text, that would’ve been great. A newspaper reporter asked him about the divorce. He didn’t know what the reporter was talking about, so the reporter informed him that his wife had filed for a divorce. His response:

“Holy smokes….wow, you just knocked the bottom out of me.”

How shitty is that? Everybody knew his wife was divorcing him before he did. That’s the kind of information you should know before anybody else, let alone the general public. That’s like somebody walking up to you and being like…

“Hey man, how are you handling that Chlamydia?”

…and you have no idea what they’re talking about…that is until you go get tested.

3.) He’s a very strong guy emotionally, considering the fact that he hasn’t touched Linda and Charlie. I mean that’s pretty fucked up…his wife left him for one of his daughter’s former high school classmates. No seriously, the guy went to school with his daughter. Think about it, 15 years ago this kid was probably walking around wearing Hulkamania Fruit of Looms and calling everybody “Brother”. Now he’s driving Mr. Hogan’s Escalade around town and giving his wife back shots in his 20,000 sq. ft. mansion.

4.) Fuck O.J. Simpson.

I was in high school when the whole O.J. murder trial was going on. I remember when he got aquitted…Black people everywhere where jumping around like slavery had just been abolished.

For what? It wasn’t a victory for anybody. Especially not Black people. O.J. didn’t give a shit about you then and he doesn’t give a shit about you now. I’m not 100% sure if he did it….I’m only about 99.9% sure, but he got off anyway because he was rich and able to acquire the representation of the brilliant Johnny Cochran (R.I.P.) and his defense team.

And what did O.J. “If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened book writing ass” Simpson do years down the line?

Get locked up.

Karma…course correction…

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Kanye’s Louis Vuitton Ad Campaign…

April 21, 2009

Look at Amber getting her model on. She’s definitely benefiting from this relationship…traveling around the world, modeling and who knows what’s next. I’m not mad at her…in the words of the Classical Greek philosopher Socrates….

“We just using what we got to get what we want.”

…oh wait, that was that wack ass stripper from The Player’s Club. Anywho, more pics after the jump….

Btw Kanye’s Black Louis Vuitton Jasper’s > Kanye’s Black Air Yeezy’s


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Clipse Ft. Kanye West – Kinda Like A Big Deal…

April 21, 2009

Dope x Dope + Dope =
Clipse Ft. Kanye West – Kinda Like A Big Deal

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Mr. Pro Sports Heckler Guy…

April 20, 2009

This past weekend was pretty amazing for sports fans across ChicaGo. The Bulls beat Boston, the Cubs beat the Cardinals, the White Sox beat the Rays and the Blackhawks beat the Flames.

If your team got their ass kicked by one of those teams……that’s life, get over it.

I know…when you were a kid, more often than not parents, teachers and coaches touted the mantra “everyone’s a winner”. Well, we’re all adults now and we know that’s bullshit…..for every winner there’s a loser. Unfortunately, life is just like sports in a lot of ways….mainly because there tends to be a lot more losers than winners.

Luckily in life there aren’t angry and disgruntle fans there to defame, embarrass, disrespect and curse you out when you’re losing. But it’s another story when it comes to sports….

Bud Light’s Real Men of Genius – Mr. Pro Sports Heckler Guy