I just peeped this link to Questlove’s Celebrity Stories and I was transfixed for hours.
This also reminded me to pass y’all the link to the OKayPlayer Holiday Jam. Fill out the form and camp out in front of B.B.Kings with me on Wednesday nite.
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Questo For President…
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010SKI SLOPE LIFESTYLIN’…
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Of course I don’t ski! What Black man skis?
Of course I like to LOOK like I can ski. That is the purview of the Black man. And that I can do well in extreme cold weather lifestyle gear.
I dig shawl collars. You slip on a turtleneck under that jawn and you are good to go in even the most brick ass weather.
Peep the pullover ski jacket. Polo hasn’t done this in a minute.
All I need now is a nifty chapeau to top off this outfit.
The hunt is on.
Jets On The Ground…
Monday, December 13th, 2010
When Thanksgiving rolled around the Jets were one of the best teams in the league. Just like the NFL is an acronym for Not For Long, it didn’t take long for the Jets to start looking like stuffed turkeys.
In two consecutive weeks everything that has been dominant about the Jets has been torn down. Sure, Tom Brady is one of the greatest quarterbacks to play pro football, but when the Dolphins play in the division they really aren’t any better than the Bills. The Jets needed to win this home game badly because their next two games are on the road.
The Jets can beat the Steelers and the Bears but not if they keep playing dumb shook football like they have the past two weeks. I’d prefer less Rex Ryan pregame quotes for the rest of the month. Let’s go Jets. Don’t let the ghosts of Richard Todd, Ken O’Brien and Christmas’ past put lumps of coal in your cleats.
Back To The Future…
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Dr.Dre’s latest single from the near mythical proposed album ‘Detox’ is being met with mostly guffaws not at the music but at Dre’s choice of apparel. It’s not like he didn’t pioneer the extra-fitted double-breasted look twenty something years ago. Why switch your pitch if it can still get your plate out? Mangled baseball metaphor aside, the new single ‘Kush’ is a return to the formula that the Doctor has perfected.
Posse cuts?
Ghostwriters?!
Nate Dogg?!?
All of this is the chemistry that Dr.Dre mixes into his best music, along with the dopest drum tracks and piano riffs out the ass [ll]. You can act like you won’t fux with ‘Kush’, but if you leave your mom’s basement anytime in the next two weeks and find yourself in the club you best believe you will be bobbing your head to this track.
‘Kush’
‘Parental Discretion Iz Advised’
The bassline and masterful intro from the D.O.C. makes this track. D.O.C. even had enough verses in his rhymebook to make Dre sound nice with his. This shit still bangs hard after 20 years in the tapedeck. Are you peeping the piano plucks?
‘The Chronic’
This is emo rap in case any of y’all didn’t know. Dr.Dre rhymes about the breakup of his relationship [ll] with Eazy-E on top of a classic P-Funk bassline. Bernie Worrell inspired synth keys roll around in the background. Are you bobbing your head yet?
‘Still D.R.E.’
The drumkick is razor sharp. The synth bass is sublime. But above all the piano licks are supreme. And Jay’s pen is the frosting on top. Put this joint in rap’s top 100 all time tracks.
‘The Next Episode’
Hard. Body.
Dr.Dre’s jackets are still tight.
And so are his tracks.
‘Nuff said
SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
I’m calling the Air Jordan XIII ‘Altitude’ colorway my beautiful dark sneaker fantasy.
I got caught up in the hype and beasted on these kicks.
TheShoGame.com also put together a tight little clip of the release in Atlanta…