Spotlight: Los

This rapper is from Baltimore City. He's pretty ill on these freestyles so you should check him out. Not sure if he can make it commercially... but maybe he doesn't care... which in that case, I COMPLETELY COSIGN! "'I promise you boo boo', Kevin Hart voice"

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This may be the only post of the week... unless there's more music that I think you need to here. I'm studying for the GRE; I'm taking it on Thursday... yet another reason to be glad that 2010 is finally coming to an end.

Happy Holidays everyone! Hope you got some ill presents and I hope that you're looking forward to the new year as much as I am!

Cipha Sounds, You F**ked Up

Cipha Sounds, who DJs for Hot 97's very popular morning show, really screwed himself over last Friday morning. I know a little more of the story then I'm sure many of you have heard, as I was listening live. When taking calls from listeners answering a question that concerned the HIV virus, Cipha Sounds said "The only reason I'm HIV negative is because I don't mess with Haitian girls." Yeah... I know, he f**ked up. He finished speaking and immediately his co-hosts, the always quick to judge Kate Foxx (though rightfully so this time) and Peter Rosenberg, took offense to the comment. He attempted to apologize immediately but seemed lost in his attempt to say the right thing.

As a regular listener to the morning show, I was caught very off guard by his comments because Cipha Sounds is never the type of dude to say anything besides what you expect a random dude from around the way to say. I would hope that any random dude around the way wouldn't feel the same way as Cipha Sounds. I was a big fan of the dude but saying some reckless s**t like that on the radio will guarantee the lost of many fans. As a radio personality, people are always listening so you have to watch everything you say. His attempt to be funny did more than just backfire; the 'joke' is in no way funny and has sparked the Haitian community.

For Now, Hot97 has suspended Cipha Sounds. The group protesting in the video above wants him fired. I don't think I necessarily agree with firing the guy but a very hefty suspension without pay may be a firm and resounding punishment. I also agree with the group that Hot97 should use this opportunity to push an HIV prevention campaign. Great things always come from the worse situations... that's what being American is all about anyway, right?!

Did Brett Favre Just Retire?!

I'm confused. If you know the answer, please tell me. Or is he retiring at the end of the season?

I don't know if you can cut grass in the Minnesota winter... but I've been wrong before.

Danny Woodhead Gets Played

My boy Anweezy told me about this a few days ago but I didn't know that there was video of it... and I didn't know that it was an undercover job.

I mean, the only reason I know what he looks like is that I looked him up after going to a Jets preseason game last year where he bounced off Eagles defenders over and over again.

As I am a Jets fan and hate the Patriots with everything I'm made of, it's hard for me to admit that Danny Woodhead is one of my favorites. If I were in that store I would have definitely purchased that Jersey and had him sign it. He'll be around for a minute.

What I Expect out of the Knicks Against the Heat

In 1999, I was no longer a Knicks fan. I was a 13 year old boy who had been living in basketball limbo for 5 years. To understand what I mean, see my post (here) on how the New York Knickerbockers broke my heart.

Basketball limbo consisted of me liking all teams that played hard. In some rivalries, you had to pick a side so when the Knicks played the Heat or the Pacers, I picked the Knicks. It's like when you flirt with that girl that you use to mess with but don't mess with anymore. Even if no one cares, you just won't mess with her on principle.. That's how it was with me and the Knicks; it was about principle. They broke my heart and I had too much pride to go back.

I did enjoy watching Grandmama throw it on people's head from time to time but I even enjoyed Reggie Miller making Jordan look slow or like a bad defender sometimes.

In one of their attempts to woo me back, the Knicks went into the 1999 playoffs as the 8th seed. An 8th seed that really wasn't an 8th seed as this was the NBA's short year due to the strike. I often argue that the Knicks would have been much, much higher seeded if they had an entire season. I mean, they were a good team. The following play is the one that sealed the deal for New York.

They went on to make it to the Finals but would lose to David Robinson, Tim Duncan and the Spurs in 5 games.

I respected their play but how could I accept a team that broke my heart at age 8? I couldn't...

But I do hope they beat the f**k out of the Heat tonight.

In Case You Didn't Know... (Kendrick Lamar)

This boy spits fire. He's from Compton. And Dr. Dre is on his team. That's all you really need to know about Kendrick Lamar. Enjoy these selections.

Realness followed by more realness

More realness followed by the dude just messing around on Kanye's "Monster"

Pay attention to this dude. Check out his "O.verly D.edicated" mixtape on datpiff.com.

Roscoe Dash, Wale and Waka's "No Hands" Acoustic Cover

Besides our dude saying the N word, I completely stand by this rendition.

Hopefully, you're not as surprised by the N word as I was since I told you. Also, he made Waka Flacka's part surprisingly bearable.

High School Ball Player Slams Ref

What I said... yeah... that happened.

Crazy. Never seen a ref get body slammed. I ref in a flag football league... that would suck if someone got that mad. I probably cannot express exactly what I would do if that happened but just know that something would get done. I'M JUST SAYING!

The Funniest and Cutest Thing

...You'll see until next year, at least! That is if you don't find yourself hanging around yours truly! Oh yeah! You see what I did there...

This kid is like the second coming of Creflo Dollar.

The Definition of Yaowa

How best to put all the conversation to rest?!?! Have Joell Ortiz, himself, tell you what me means. (This is probably old but it's new to me so screw all of you that knew this already)

Joell Ortiz- YAOWA from Hot Mop Films on Vimeo.

YAOWA!

Lebron Sucks

I've always thought that LeBron sucks, well, at least after his first year but then again, I'm just a hater in general. I was all for him succeeding when no one else thought that he would live up to the hype surrounding him! And then he did and he created his own I'm-famous-and-really-good-at-basketball-so-I-can-be-a-dick persona that I didn't really approve of... so yeah. He sucks. I'm just glad that there's a whole city that agrees with me now!

This pic is from his pregame ritual of chalking his hands and tossing it up in the air at the scorer's table. It's special because it's the first time he's doing it in an away jersey in Cleveland.


If yo look closely enough at the picture, I've gone ahead and highlighted some things for you (I'm such a nice guy... mostly when it comes to hating on LBJ).

Outlined in red, you can see in this shot that there were at least 6 individuals who decided that flipping LBJ off would be in their best interests.

Outlined in cyan (yes, I know my colors and so what if cyan is a spring color and no, I'm not gay. ugh.) you can see the one civilized hater who decided to just give LeBron the thumbs down... as if to say, "Mr. James, I wholeheartedly disagree with your life choices! I deplore you!"

Outlined in green is a woman with a LeBron Heat jersey on. Over his name "James", it wittingly reads "LeQuit". Next to her, her friend is pointing at the jersey, as if to say "Hey buddy, check this out. Why don't cha?!" (Do they talk like that in Cleveland? I based that voice off of Bobby's mom* from Bobby's World. I have no clue where they are actually from in that show.)

Lastly and yes, the least important, we have Carlos Arroyo outlined in white. No one cares about him at all and he starts on the Heat. At least he's not Joel Anthony though... no one cares about him AND he sucks in general at basketball.

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Conan, I'm so Glad You're Back

no words.

(Update: In case the video doesn't work for you, which it seems to not be, use this link!)

none.

Extra Ill: Miss Mica Phone Majesty

Miss Mica Phone Majesty - Time (ft. C. Brook)

I went to college with this girl and she's extra extra talented. Her singing and songwriting abilities speak for themselves. Check this new song she just released.



And check her Facebook Page here for other songs. I'm a big fan.

No Smiling Allowed

So on Monday night as Monday Night Football's national audience viewed the game, Arizona Cardinals' Quarterback Derek Anderson was found on the sidelines smiling as his* team was getting trounced by the San Francisco 49ers to the tune of 27 to 6. Many found this unsettling (well pretty much everybody who has ever cared about winning) including someone in the post game press conference who had the balls to ask him about it. To say the least, it didn't go well.

As a friend told me, it will one day make a great Coors Light commercial. For now, I guess we got to settle for Dwight Howard's impersonation of Anderson.

(Here's the link to Dwight's video since Blogger hates me and refuses to allow me to put up this video. Waaaaaaaaack)

Will Howard get any flack for this? Derek Anderson didn't have a personality until this past Monday night but will he find a way to hit Howard back? I guess it would be helpful for him to hit an open receiver or not get hit as much first.

*His job only because two other QBs were deemed unacceptable by the Cardinals after losing top tier QB Kurt Warner to retirement.

The Michael Jackson Experience

So... I've heard about this game and I thought that it would be corny and the Wii version actually does look pretty corny. But at the same time, it's Michael Jackson's music and a cartoon version of him dancing on screen so it's kinda cool.

The real baller, less corny, top secret reason that this game isn't all that corny and more than kinda cool is the version they're releasing for Microsoft's Kinect (If you don't know about Kinect, it's like Wii but without a remote and it's an attachment for XBox. Look whatever else you want to know about it up, I'm not Wikipedia; this is Wikipedia). Basically, with the Kinect, it'll be handsfree and the game will put a computer generated image of you (yes you, in your pajama clothed self... unless you play naked which is totally cool if A, you're alone and B, you don't plan to play online) on the screen! That's cool. Straight up cool as hell.

Wii Games - E3 2011 - Michael Jackson The Experience

Now you can "Get up on that t.v. mama, [and] tear shit down" as Kanye would put it. Read more about it here!

Keri Hilson's New Video "The Way You Love Me"

You're welcome, fellow men. Jojo is in the video... last time I've seen Jojo in something that I liked was... oh, yeah... that never happened!

Sometimes I like to talk about the artist or what not if I'm going to post a video... but that would be mean. You have a lot of watching to do. Enjoy.

God Bless America.

30K; Income for a Struggling U.S. Family of 4 or an Overly Impressive War Weapon?

Both!

The U.S. is now using a new weapon in Afghanistan called "the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System". It's the first time an individual soldier is equipped with such technology. It shoots bullets and fires grenades. The "game-changer" technology is the ability to detect enemies, even if they're behind walls or whatever else. And it only costs the salary of a small U.S. family!



Sounds like something out of Black Ops. The weapon is impressive but why can't we use this money elsewhere? Read more about the weapon and what it does here.