In Atlanta this weekend? Hit up the A3C Hip Hop Festival featuring live performances by Little Brother, Wale, The Clipse, B.O.B, and others.
In addition to performances, look forward to industry panels, art shows, and other events. According to the official schedule, the festival will take place at multiple venues in the East Atlanta Village area Oct 1-3, and all access passes are available. This should be a dope event, so check it out!
West coast hip hop ain’t dead! We got soulful, authentic, fly, real shit bubbling over here. Please don’t sleep! Check out my boy DJ Printz Paul’s latest mixtape “Peer Wax Vol. 1″ featuring artists like Pac Div, U-N-I, Dom Kennedy, Nipsey Hussle, and more. I could keep going, but you should check it out for yourself.
Thanks to Freshkutave.net for the image art
I know, I’m reaching. The blogosphere is having a field day with the recent marriage of Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom. These lovebirds have been dating for about a month, before tying the knot last Sunday here in Los Angeles. It’s rumored that Khloe has been around the block a few times with various ballers, while Lamar Odom has been laying pipe all around town. I wont judge anyone’s hoe activities, as these are grown adults who are allowed to do what they please with their genitalia. While their marriage screams “publicity stunt”, a teeny, tiny part of me wonders if what they have is real.
Marriage seems to be a trend in Hollywood rather than a sincere dedication of love and commitment between two people, but it’s still a serious matter. Whether you’re getting married for publicity or not, marriage is nothing to play with. It’s still a spiritual and legal commitment, and if shit goes awry, it’s not easy to get out of. Khloe and Lamar are two grown adults, and they probably know what they are getting into. And if they’re stupid enough to not be aware…well when the divorce comes they’ll figure it out.
The main gripe people have against their marriage is that the couple has only been dating for a month, tops. Personally I wouldn’t marry someone I only dated for a month, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with someone else doing it. Mainly because it doesn’t directly affect me or my lifestyle. There are couples who are together for decades and never truly know each other. Getting to know your partner is a continual process.
Instead of expecting the worse, we should wish these crazy kids the best. Ok, I’m bullshitting. I’m waiting to see if it will work out too. Reality show, maybe?
I don’t know about you, but fall is my favorite season for fashion (followed by spring). This year I’d like to start the season with a new accessory, specifically a nice timepiece for my wrist. Since I don’t have the chips to add the coveted Rolex timepiece to my collection (yet), I have a few other items up for consideration. Peep the wrist watches!
Menswear Watch
The menswear style watch is my top favorite for fall. A gold watch is timeless, blingy, and suggests success. Sign me up for all three!
Boombox Watch
This watch is the shit simply because it’s a boombox, and its just plain cool. ‘Nuff said.
Lucky Brand Peace Watch
This watch is unusual, big face and the wristband looks like a bracelet. I like that it looks like jewelry and not like a traditional watch.
What accessories are you looking forward to rocking this fall?
Ripped leggings are the new thing. A continuation of the grungy, punk look of ripped jeans. I can see buying a pair of ripped jeans, although I would rip my own, but I better not hear about anyone buying a pair of ripped leggings! You can make them for free using a pair of old leggings. Directions on DIY ripped leggings found over at Instructables.
Eve is a dope MC! She has the flow and the content. Her voice is missed in hip hop! I know she had to grow, I understand. The rap shit ain’t forever.
She has on my dress!
Nothing is more awkward than walking into a party and seeing another woman wearing your outfit. Here you are, thinking you are the finest thing walking this earth in your strapless mini, and another chick walks by wearing the same thing. Oh hell no! What to do?
1. Don’t get mad at the other woman. You can only be mad at the circumstances. It’s just a coincidence, it’s not worth causing a hoopla over. You don’t even know each other, it’s a pure accident. Unless it’s a swagger jacker situation, in which case you would be within your rights to be annoyed. If this isn’t the case, just let it go.
2. Accessorize, quick! Do you happen to have a mini jacket in the car? Throw it on over the dress. What about a pair of leggings? (It’s totally possible, women have all sorts of random things in our cars.) Pull your hair up, or let it down. Use anything at your disposal to differentiate the look from that of your copycat.
3. Acknowledge it. You’re going to run into each other at some point. Or someone will eventually bring it up. Walk up to the other woman and say something like, “great minds think alike.” She may give you side eye, but it’s worth it to play it cool and smooth out the situation with wry humor.
4. Don’t let it ruin your night. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not that big of a deal. Focus your energy on enjoying yourself. Make lemonade out of lemons.
Has anything like this ever happened to you? How have you/would you deal with it?
I have a busy day ahead of me – once I leave work I’m heading to a video shoot, so I will be on the move all day. I have exactly 10 minutes to prepare a meal to eat when I get home later, coz I for sure will not feel like cooking when I get home! And I don’t want to eat out, I want to save money and watch my waistline. No greasy takeout! So…what can I put together in 10 minutes?
INGREDIENTS (yields 2 servings)
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon rubbed dried sage leaves
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
3/4 teaspoon vegetable olive oil
2 center cut pork chops
DIRECTIONS
Mix paprika, cumin, black pepper, cayenne pepper, sage, and garlic salt in a small bowl. Coat each pork chop with the spice mixture.
Heat vegetable oil over high heat. Place pork chops in the skillet, reducing heat to medium. Cook until the pork is no longer pink in the center, 8 to 10 minutes each side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).
Serve with sauteed veggies or fresh green salad. It’s a meal! And an extra pork chop for later (yum).
Inspired by Cajun Spiced Pork on Allrecipes.com
He did it this time – Kanye managed to piss everyone off. As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Kanye crashed the stage on Taylor Swift in the middle of her acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music awards. Swift beat out Beyonce, the reigning Queen of everythingentertainment, in the best female video category. Apparently this Kanye disagreed with this judgment, bumrushing the stage 30 seconds into Swift’s acceptance speech “Sorry Taylor, but Beyonce’s video is the best shit evaaaaar!!!” (I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist of it.) #Fail for Kanye. People who hated him before hate him even more now, those on the fence are now annoyed, and even Kanye fans are saying “Come ‘Ye, that was foul.”
Kanye wouldn’t have pulled this antic on just anyone. He knew he could get away with it against someone like Taylor Swift. Imagine Kanye interrupting Alicia Keys, Pink, or Mary J. Blige during an award acceptance. Kanye would have gotten his preppy ass whipped! He would have never been able to pulled that BS on someone raised in the hood. No way, no how. Sweet, innocent little country singing Taylor Swift should have wrestled that mic out that fool’s hands and throat chopped his ass for stealing her shine during her big moment. I’m just sayin’.
To be fair, Kanye’s outburst was probably staged. The VMAs are notorious for weird, random incidents, so I don’t think this whole thing is a coincidence. I don’t think the producers specifically told Kanye to bumrush the stage, but I think the producers saw an opportunity when drunk Kanye showed up on the red carpet with a bottle of Hennessey in one hand and a catsuit-donned Amber Rose in the other. If it wasn’t staged, it was definitely cultivated.
Kudos to Beyonce for giving Taylor Swift the opportunity to do her acceptance speech over. Another #Fail for Kanye, because Beyonce ended up winning video of the year! All that hoopla for nothing.
Kanye needs some really, really good press to follow up on this one. Everybody hates ‘Ye right now, he better go feed some starving children or save some whales. Do something positive to counteract the fuckery. Put the Henny down and stop acting like a big baby. At this rate, it will be a cold day in hell before Kanye gets another invite to an award show. Maybe the Hoodie Awards, but that’s it.
