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All Day I Dream About SlamDunks…

Monday, November 7th, 2011

The labor negotiations for the NBA have turned into the pissing contest you knew it would become between the owners and players. I hope the players union can hold tight this time and not cave in like they did during the 1999 lockout fiasco.

In the meantime I’m gonna rock these MVP class Derrick Rose signature shoes I just got from adidas. The adiZero Rose.2s are super lightweight and comfortable without sacrificing any materials quality. The shoe reminds me in some respects of a boxing shoe for how it wraps the foot securely.

Don’t take my word for it tho’ and go out and touch a pair of the adiZero Rose.2 to feel what I’m telling you might be the next great basketball shoe. I can’t wait to see what Derrick Rose does in these kicks this season. The tagline for these shoes is ‘ALL FLIGHTS CANCELLED’ #shotsfired! LOL

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Never Trust A Big Butt And A Smile…

Monday, November 7th, 2011



BBD – ‘Poison’

Kim Kardashian has lifted the high watermark from the thigh to the waist with her marriage to divorce reality television show. Never before has a big butt been so profitable to a woman. Sure, there’s been other big butts in the game recently but Kim has shown that you can reach the heights of stardom with zero talent.

Who else comes to mind when you think of famous derrieres?

You have to laugh out loud when you think that BeYonce named her clothing company Dereon. That is some backwoods Texas ‘bama Black bullshit. Only Black people would think that Dereon is a fancy name. Unlike Kim K., BeYonce IS talented and works her ass off to boot.

Well, not her whole ass, but you know what I’m sayin’.

Jennifer Lopez isn’t as talented as BeYonce but then again she works even harder than BeYonce to get her paper up. Jel-Lo has already been married four or five times.

If she lives to be as old as Liz Taylor her marriage-divorce score will be at least a score.

Amber Rose has way less personal talent than BeYonce and J-Lo yet she still has more creative talent than Kim Kardashian. Amber Rose is a professional muse. She took KanYe West’s star and made it a supernova, then she took a middling mixtape rapper and made him mainstream. Where Kim K. takes other people’s swag from them Amber Rose gives away swag like an H & M gift bag.

We may never see Amber Rose getting wild paper from prostituting her image like Kim Kardashian because she doesn’t have those kind of managers surrounding her, but best believe it’s Amber Rose you want the kiss from. Baby, you’re a star.

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Duckdown Was Built For The Long Run…

Monday, November 7th, 2011

Editor’s note: The following piece was published in the November 2011 edition of The Source magazine. Copp that! Word to Combat Jack…

If you asked DruHa, the CEO of DuckDown Records, Hip-Hop’s longest lasting independent music label, how he has maintained his foothold in the music business for the better part of 17 years he will tell you that he sees the music game as a marathon and not a sprint. DruHa doesn’t push his artists to deliver music that they don’t feel is right. While this methodical pace may not resonate with pop music stardom it has helped DuckDown Records garner a loyal fanbase which continually supports their artists.

With the idea of being built for the steady pace that wins the race DruHa signed up to run in the ING 2011 NYC Marathon. This isn’t the kind of publicity stunt that your favorite rap impresario might pull off, but an honest and sincere effort to raise money and awareness towards Alzehimer’s disease. DruHa’s father, Harvey Friedman, passed away earlier this year after struggling with the disease for nearly a decade.

In DruHa’s own words, “I wanted to do something extremely challenging in memory of my father and to raise awareness about this compassionless disease. To properly train for a marathon, I’m quickly learning it takes dedication, perseverance and sacrifice of your personal time. All qualities my father exemplified; it’s a fitting way to pay tribute to him”.

After 17 years of the most real, most raw rap music you may have ever heard you should open up your wallets to support DruHa’s efforts in completing this grueling challenge. You can make your donation here: http://2011teamr2r.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=467404&supid=333503565

Consider this the karmic value for all the DuckDown music you’ve illegally downloaded.

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Queens Public Library Gets An Encore…

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

The new Queens Public Library Children’s Discovery Center was formerly my nightclub discovery zone called the ‘Encore’. Think of the ‘Shadow’ nightclub without all the diversity. Just bamboo earring chicks from the Southside and Hollis doing the cabbage patch in velour Fila tracksuits. Polotron lived on Hillside and 168th St. so the Encore on Merrick Ave. directly across from the 164th Street bus terminal was like playing a home game.

The New York Times (where I swiped the image from) talks about the city’s direction in giving good design criteria a priority when constructing and retrofitting public buildings. I’m proud to say that I’ve been part of this effort for over a decade. In that time I’ve watched New York City be transformed into it’s modern metropolitan masterplan.

There’s still spots which need to be fixed, but everytime I go to a 1st Saturday event I think about how the museum entrance retrofit made the museum more accessible to people and transformed the Prospect Heights neighborhood to the point I see single white females standing on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Nostrand after midnight. Great architecture informs, educates and ultimately it gentrifies.

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Water No Get Enemy…

Sunday, November 6th, 2011



Carlos Santana – ‘Black Magic Woman’

For this weekend at the Brooklyn Flea I pulled out the Santana ‘Black Magic Woman’ Dunk Highs in the hopes of having some goodluck voodoo I call ‘Shoedoo’. Shit started out bricker than a muvv too. I felt a kinda way about Chocolate Snowflake not checking the weather beforehand.

I ended up having a good day because my homey @MikeyCCL came thru and spent a grip on Deadstock Dallas’ refinery. LOL

My other folks came thru like @DrewPreme. While the shorty @plotzpie and her husband @fineartslibrary almost copped some expensive SB joints, but I guided them to some of my more affordable #swag. Even Terrence came thru and shot some video. Deadstock Dallas isn’t done yet. There are two(2) more outdoor weeks left of the BK Flea and I’m gonna have to pull out some real heatrocks to keep my spot warm.

My favorite trade today was to this weirdo who jumped on my John Byrne ‘Phoenix’ saga X-Men for $15 by offering me $12. I accepted. LOL. I had the comics tucked away in the shoebox of the Steve Nash Air Max 90 Quickstrike ‘Phoenix’. I’m like Crazy Eddie out here making deals and practically giving this shit away. Come thru and check on me Internets.

This weekend also included a visit to the Brooklyn Museum of Art to catch Rich Medina hold it down on the decks as he repped the Jump-N’Funk sonic movement. Brooklyn Museum of Art is the POP LIFE when afrobeat is the vibe. The sound in the great ballroom is all over the place unless you get there early and find that speaker sweet spot.

I’m telling you to get there early since I already know how to play the room. The 1st Saturday party was a fitting end to the day’s activities. I’m going back to the lab to curate another two(2) weeks of Deadstock Dallas at the Brooklyn Flea. I’m pulling out heat from ALL my collections so I hope it doesn’t snow again. My heat will melt that snow and turn it into water. And we all know water no get enemy.


Fela Kuti – ‘Water No Get Enemy’

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