Jay Smart
{A.T.A.M}
April 18, 2008
Fifth & Fashion: Nike Air Yeezy
Sample of the Week!
WRITERS
Riding High by Faze O
BITERS
Please Listen to My Demo - EPMD
Record Company Pimpin - Ice Cube
Killa Lipstick - Ghostface Killah
Also sampled by Ice Cube's Cousin "KAM" on "Hang 'Um High" but that's not on Imeem, so here's a youtube link.
Enjoy your weekend Everybody.
DREW
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P.S. Feel free to post up your own samples in the comments every friday. Let's keep the juices flowing. Or if you've got ideas for a really cool sample of the week, email me and if I like it, I might use it one day.
Ill Phone Covers
Cognac is seeking new promotions, and that leads to them dropping these new hot ass gadgets. The special edition comes in Blackberry, iPhone, and for you listeners the iPod.
MAD Props to Mars X Antidote. Peep all the pictures over there.
DREW
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Jay-Z & Mary J. Blige Interview
Tavis Smiley interviews Jay and Mary. Really good interview. It's different from everything else because Jay-Z talks about work ethic and breaks down steps for everyone to become better. People need this.
DREW
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Obama Shakin Off All The Critics
EDIT:
I guess he ALSO flipped Hilary the Bird! Obama is a G!
DREW
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April 17, 2008
The mind is a terrible thing to SK8.
So Supreme is staying true to their namesake right now..they are collabing with Vans to create a Bad Brains-inspired Sk8-Hi. If you Get Up kids don't know who Bad Brains are, go back to high school and take some more music theory classes..then punch your teacher in the face with a sticker bush and skank your way outta the room. CUZ you're a PUNK!!!!!!! Well if you know who Bad Brains were that's what you would do. =)
There will be apparel as well.
GOOGLE IT SUCKA.
=ToP ! FLiTE=
Akon's Con Job
I never liked this guy from day 1, so I didn't know he claimed to once be a ringleader of a notorious car jacking group a la Gone in 60 Seconds Style. He also claims he owned 4 chop shops in Atlanta. But as the story goes, He was this ringleader, and several of his "employees" snitched on him, and he was chased in a stolen BMW but the car was too slow and he couldn't get away like he had done several times before in other high speed chases. He was then surrounded by cop cars, guns drawn and "Locked Up."
The Smoking Gun prevails once again. Some especially entertaining excerpts :
Akon spent the next three years in a Georgia prison. While inside, the 150-pound inmate "fought almost every day for two years," in the process becoming a "champion" who prevailed over both big and small inmates because, "I knew where to hit you to knock you out, so I didn't fear you."
The song, he recalled, "was like an anthem in there" and corrections officers would often ask him to sing its chorus ("I'm locked up/They won't let me out").
In reality, Akon was arrested for possession of a single stolen BMW and held in the DeKalb County jail for several months before prosecutors dropped all charges against him.
In a TSG interview, Brewer recalled that he was positioned outside a shopping center and that his stakeout had nothing to do with Akon; the singer was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. The performer happened to be driving a car whose license plates triggered a "stolen vehicle response" when the auto's tags were typed into a police computer. Brewer followed Akon until two uniformed backup officers arrived and pulled over the BMW 740 near Highway 78, according to a police report. He was taken into custody "without incident."
Akon said that he was "going up 78 headed toward DeKalb" when he was surrounded by police cars. With their weapons drawn, officers began simultaneously barking at him to get out of his car.
he was "driving a BMW 325, on my way to the chop shop" when he was apprehended. "That's the slowest car in the whole fleet...I'd been in high-speed pursuits before and always got away, but this time I didn't because the car was too slow.
In February 2007, Akon and "Devyne" Stephens paid $2.65 million for a 13.29 acre Fulton County estate. Photos of the two sprawling properties can be seen below.
Though it had been less than a year since the property was purchased (and despite the housing market being in distress, especially in the Atlanta area), Akon assured VH1 during a recent tour of the estate that his home was "already appraised for $25 million." Fittingly, the R&B star has dubbed his home "Dream Land.
During a Vibe interview last year, Akon eagerly repeated his phony stories of criminal entanglements, but balked when reporter Laura Checkoway asked about his age, which he has long sought to cloak. By all indications, he was born April 16, 1973, so birthday wishes are in order (though his first Copyright Office registration carried a 1972 year of birth). The singer explained to Checkoway that, "The only thing I hide is my age," adding, "Before I lie to you, I'd rather say nothing."
Truly, that is not that case.
Check out The Smoking Gun for more investigative reporting.
DREW
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Glow In The Dark Tour Opening Night Rundown
"Last night, I saw you in my dream. Now I can't wait to go to sleep."
A night to remember...at the least. Ok.. let's get it in
The show begins with Lupe Fiasco and the BLOOD GANG lol. They were dressed in all red. Him, Bishop G, Nikki Jean (who is beauty.), Sarah Green (who is stunning), Mathew Santos, and the background singers. Do you i guess. Anyway, no stranger to a Seattle crowd, Lupe put it down. Even though they hit him with the "yeah, we're gonna have you preform in front of the white curtain with nothing else behind you" action. He still gave a performance that left the crowd chanting his name. After the set, I talked to Bishop G, and he's gonna be working on an upcoming LP after the tour. Look out for that.
Next was N.E.R.D. They started off with a new song, which I'm sure will be on the net by the time they hit the 7th city. It was fire. They're performing in front of multiple LCD screens running graphics. Everybody in the band was hyped. They came with a couple FLY OR DIE cuts, but it was mostly that IN SEARCH OF...which was fine by me. Compton Ass Terry was on-stage. They had two drummers on opposite sides of the stage and had the ILLEST drum solo. Pharrell had issues with the smoke machine. Apparently he took some in and it effected his voice. I couldn't tell a difference. They served it! The crowd could have been a little more enthusiastic, but yeah, key performance. After the set, Pharrell came back on stage, because he was informed there were children in the audience. He apologized for using language not fit for their ears. He left with applause and awwww's. Stand up guy.
I shook Chad Hugo's Hand. You didn't
Anyway
Your girl put it down. I was skeptical. She's a pop act. Uber-Pop though. Anyway, she had a huge neon circle with an R and a star in the middle. She and her dancers had on neon and black outfits.
they're set was a black backdrop with scaffolding on both sides. Huge red blue and yellow spotlights towards the front of the stage. She set it off in there though. We were sitting down, but there were these people GIGGING! This one lady was standing on a speaker box with wheels on the bottom and just dancing her precious heart out. This other cat was dancing in the aisle like he just took 3 triple stacks. He was getting off, with no remorse. She had an amazing stage performance with good dancers, and she was actually singing. What more could you ask for?
Space. The final frontier. Seriously though I don't want to spoil anything for you. My description won't do it justice. Moving stage. GAMMA smoke lol, LIGHTS GALORE, and glow in the dark Nikes (as seen above). CRAZY. It plays like a movie. He really feels himself on this one (when doesn't he), but he gives you your money's worth by far. I honestly left like "damn I'm bout to come see that again...Oh, wait it wasn't a movie". But yeah, I love JANE
UPDATE: the homie at Electric Army got the SUPER EXCLUSIVE pics!
check em out. CLICK HERE
Worth every Penny
"I'm from a city in the Northwest, best city in the whole wide world" - LF
I just want to let everyone know that the concert WAS all that and more. If you don't get a chance to go when it comes around to your city. You're definitely missing out. I'm thinking about hitting the portland show myself. I'm really at a loss for words this time people. I don't really know what to say other than Kanye is a GENIUS. or he surrounds himself around them. Chase Chad in the buidling..He shows love. EVEN if we have to TURN THAT ASS AROUND! =P Nikki Jean. She shows love. Sarah Green. She Shows love. Rihanna was on point from beginning to end. She has a voice..I doubted it..but now I see why everyone says shes better than Beyonce..she has A VOICE..man. N.E.R.D.........most energy of the night next to Ye..
Pharrell Was doin the SKANK!!! I think I got a video of it. Anyway....the band..oh man. but chyea. I'll add more to my summary of the concert later tonite. PEACE!
Whatup Good Music.
Whatup FNF.
Whatup Rihanna(Ma you're amazing. WORD IS BOND.)
Whatup N.E.R.D.!
Whatup Seattle.
Drop-Bomb was in there! You heard it first!
=ToP ! FLiTE=
"I'm from a city in the Northwest best city in the whole wide wide world!
I got my 253-Tacoma, 206-Seattle flow.."
-M!ke Check. I SAID THIS SHIT MONTHS AGO. Props to Lupe for being on the same page as me creatively!!
---Edit:
Nikki Jean's Blog Featuring - The Man, The Legend. Kanye West
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