happy 4th of july

must be deja vu

Not doing anything tonight? Bring in July 4th at Libation tonight over on 137 Ludlow (btwn Stanton and Rivington). Hot 97's Uncle Ralph & Peter Rosenberg will be assisting with the music for the evening. Free before 12:30 am (for more details peep Fusicology).

oklahoma!

Seattle Supersonics / NBA Chamionship, 1979

"its ironic, I had the brew she had the chronic / the lakers beat the supersonics" - ice cube

Did you hear the news? The Seattle Supersonics are leaving Seattle. 41 years of history, bought and sold, and moving to The Sooner State. Oklahoma City, OK to be exact. While Seattle must be reeling from the loss, Oklahomans are no doubt very excited about the impending move. Expansion sports teams bring great boosts to any metropolitan economy, not to mention the urban renewal programs surrounding the new stadium construction. New bars, clubs, shops, restaurants; all byproducts of a revived sports community. And the very best part of all? RE-NAMING YOUR TEAM!!

Like if when the Nets move to Brooklyn for example, we're gonna rename them "The Brooklyn Bull-Shits" or something equally hip hop. We have to - I'm pretty sure Hovito put that in the contracts somewhere. But how unbelievably HIP HOP of OKlahoma would it be for them to name their new team "The OK Players"? MAN!! Then they could draft a bunch of dudes from Philly, maybe start some online message boards...

real talk!

If memory serves correctly, this little banger came out on a Hiero compilation a few years back, just before the phrase REAL TALK lost all of it's meaning and gradually became down right insulting. Never saw the video, but it's a good example of how dope Ladybug Mecca is/was/will be at the Fest... wink wink, nudge nudge.

NEWS 7/2/08

•He makes commercials now too: Kanye, through his connection with Absolute Vodka, is now making humorous commercials. And yes, he's using it as yet another avenue to exploit how amazing a musician he is. Granted though, this little clip is funny. Fake tigers always seem to work: WOOOHAH

•Pump your breaks: Six more tracks leaked yesterday from Nas' previously Untitled album. Then you have the actual album getting pushed back two more weeks and you start to hope homie has a few new songs for us on the new album... SMOKING SECTION

Bridging The Gap

Whoop...Whoop...The Festival is in 11 days!

If you're not familiar, get familiar. Before Mickey was stirring up interest & controversy with "50 Shots (I'm Sean)", Kris was doing the same with this above recording.