Blog: from the polo fleece to the jesus piece

"sick as a general's mind when he's approaching war/ yeah, i'm getting better with time, i'm trying to focus more" juvenile "friends turn enemies" kool g rap ft/ prodigy "thought i told you" ransom "nightmares" finally, i have a consistent internet connection. i'm patiently waiting for verizon fios (fiber optic) internet and cable tv to get to my area. cox cable is on some grimy shit. last week they inexplicably took away all my hbo's. anyways, here's some recent joints from a couple of legends to get [...]

i haven't been able to get access to the internet in the last couple of days. it's been on and off, but hopefully the cox cable duns are going to come through and fix my internet. i'll be back with more updates when the internet is up and running smoothly. peace!

kardinall offishall ft/ akon "graveyard shift" *from not for sale i'm still getting used to living in the dc area. here's something interesting though for independence day... akon dropping bars. i don't see a future in rap outside of hooks for akon, but he gets props for saying "gwap". sorry, the link is on sendspace so it might be slower than usual.

sorry about no monday post. i just moved into my apartment in dc and then i had to make the trip back down to virginia beach to pick up some more shit. i still have no job. this can't be life!

famlay ft/ pharrell & the clipse "no time 4 no's" if you don't visit the smoking section regularly, you are fucking up. gotty and co. get their hands on a lot of exclusives. i had forgotten all about star trak second stringer, famlay, after "beeper" dropped. he and rosco p. coldchain seem to be on saigon status with their solo records. they have both dropped promising singles, but a couple of years have passed and not much has materialized, not that they have good role models on their label (e.g. the clipse) in terms [...]

i have some new shit to post, but i'm getting ready to move tomorrow morning so we'll see when i can get them up. the nba draft was last night and there weren't too many surprises to me. here's scattered thoughts about the draft... i'm not mad the hawks picked al horford over mike conley jr. it seemed like a dumb move to add another athletic type forward to the fold, but they were able to pick up acie law iv later on. they were the only two point guards of much interest and the hawks were able [...]

other than t.i. v.s. t.i.p. dropping there hasn't been much going on in terms of new music. i don't really want to talk about t.i. since most have already labeled the record a failure and after giving it a couple listens, it's definitely not anything spectacular. it was more predictable than fab's last. fab had the pusha t spot to give it a space in my playlist. there's not much to say about t.i. or the production, surprisingly. the video for "stronger" finally surfaced. though the image of kanye west with the dragon ball z glow [...]

rob & big is one of the freshest shows on television. that is all for now. be back in a minute.

the weekend was a nice break. if you don't know, t.i. vs. t.i.p. is available at the smoking section . i haven't gotten around to getting it myself, but how can i front when t.i. described it as "fuckin' opera". head over to from da bricks to get some joints from unknowns, rawcotiks, including a nice collab with dj honda. since i heard the handful of rawcotiks material provided by mr. dan love, i've been on the lookout for more. he's labeled them as "the greatest crew that never was" and i'm apt [...]

mickey factz "be free"

little brother "good clothes" from the getback ? i have no idea, but this is a pretty enjoyable joint. phonte and big pooh push some comedy spit. there are some skips here and there. actually, i have no clue if this is brand new, but it doesn't sound like 9th wonder on the production. it's lacking his signature snare. zing!

b.g. ft/ young jeezy "hustle" trey songz ft/ b.g. "long gone" yeah, lil wayne was the first to utter "bling, bling", but it was b.g.'s joint, b.g.'s record. what's really good? i got a couple of joints with b. gizzle, that's what. "hustle" with the assist by young jeezy is the first single from b.g.'s next record too hood to be hollywood . next up, b.g. and dj drama make an appearance on trey songz "long gone" which may or may not appear on his next record trey day . [...]

dj drama ft/ a bunch of cool guys "feds taking pictures" *from gangsta grillz 16: the streetz been waitin for those not narcotically inclined, that is carlos lehder. he pushed more weight than the clipse + young jeezy + rick ross, honest! for one of the last papers i had to do in college, i wrote twenty pages about the narcotics in jamaica. i had to keep it real academic, but i really just wanted to write about speed boats and miami vice fashions. remember miami vice, the movie? having grown up [...]

out of my mind , the reworking of pharrell's solo lp by ?uestlove and james poyser, has just been released (to the internet). i just started listening to it, but it's pretty dope musically. for some reason, pharrell's "rapping" sounds better this go around... must be the production! anyways, check back later and i'll have it up for the masses. have you seen the stills for the "stronger" video? kanye got that super saiyan glow. the video looks like it's going to be an event. dj drama is back with gangsta [...]

the game doctor's advocate (leftovers) track list 1. gutter (prod. by focus) 2. beautiful life (prod. by dr. dre) 3. murda (prod. by dr. dre) 4. my bitch (prod. by dj khalil) 5. still me (prod. by scott storch) 6. won't stop (prod. by dr. dre) 7. around the way (prod. by dr. dre) the game has been blessed by dope production for his two records, but how much better could doctor's advocate have been if it actually had dr. dre on the boards? i thought doctor's [...]

juvenile ft/ t-pain "everything" juvenile ft/ mannie fresh "who can i run to" *from diary of a soulja being from virginia, i'm on the mason-dixon line of hip-hop. virginia separates the north from the south, east coast from "the rest", new york hip-hop from the dirty south. on the block, you had to choose which region's music you were a devotee of. you either listened to nas or you listened to outkast. it was either the wu-tang clan or goodie mob. the west coast wasn't even an option. since [...]

mark ronson ft/ mickey factz "stop me" i'm not sure if this is an official mix, but new york bred mc, mickey factz, gets on mark ronson's "stop me" from his latest lp version . mickey just blacks out on this. if you haven't heard of mickey, i suggest you visit his home and download his mixtape in search of the n.e.r.d. which is basically mickey over n.e.r.d. instrumentals. between this and the jayzilla (jay-z and j dilla mash ups) tape i picked up, this is definitely my preference. have [...]

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being swept and losing the final two games at home.

sorry about the lack of updates in the last couple days. i've been on my grind trying to find work. i just applied for three jobs. hopefully, one of them gets back to me. keep your eye lids peeled for the return. in them mean times, check out the following joints... curtains for you, kid keeping your attention bullet by bullet. just a moment information abundant. let's talk about it better than yours alumnus, dewitz, starts up his personal presence.