First Listen!

New York radio is the best!
Don't seem like Maino is going anywhere anytime soon. He is back with All The Above featuring T-Pain. I love it; Brooklyn stand the hell up!



Mashonda is making the rounds dishing dirt bout her marriage but more importantly she is back with new music! Have a listen to the new ladies anthem entitled Dirty Laundry featuring Eve. Get'em gurl!



click the link for Wale's Good Girls ; feels like summer with this one! Shouts to FROactive for this one;-)

Welcome Home Mr. Forte

Kanye blogged this a day or two ago. I was a fan and my heart broke when the whole incident and his sentence went down. If you only know John Forte from the Fugees, do yourself a favor and cop the Poly Sci album release in 1998. Don't tell anyone, but I found mine years ago in the bargain bind at Amoeba records in the bay;-)


"Homecoming" John Forte + Talib Kweli from The ICU on Vimeo.

Done & Done!

The whole kit & kaboodle. I still feel the electricity a week later;-)

President Barack Obama 2009 Inauguration and Address

First Look>>Afro Samurai:The Resurrection

I have been seeing billboards for the movie Afro Samurai: The Resurrection
Thanks to Fader I now know that The RZA produced some tracks and that's really all I need to know to see it! Oh, and it stars Samuel Jackson too.
I fuckin' love Wu-Tang; Wu-Tang forever.

How To>>Cold Remedy

I'm sick! It's little, and in the beginning stages but once I feel that scratchy, raw feeling at the back of my throat, I know it's about to get U-G-L-Y. I had heard of taking ginger for it so I Googled a recipe. This is what Learning Herbs had to say:


>Boil some water
>Grate some fresh Ginger (yes, it looks hella crazy) into the boiling hot water.
>Simmer for 15-20 minutes.
>Add Lemon & Honey to taste
Drink up and let all the healing properties take effect!

Inauguration Coverage

Can't get away to be part of the festivite's? Check out Hulu.com's coverage.
Yes You Can!

Eartha Kitt Passes

Geez, I totally forgot Santa Baby on my Christmas mix below! I just logged into Yahoo! and read that Eartha Kitt has passed away of Colon Cancer. She was 81.
Peace to boski43 for the video tribute.

Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt;Henri René

Love, Peace & Soul

Jay-Z>>We Go Hard

Hot new music and Vid from Jay-Z feat. Santogold: We Go hard seen on Brooklyn Bodega. While it's no 'Swagger Like Us' I can definitely hear this being an anthem here soon.
Find this track on the forthcoming Notorious soundtrack.

Jay-Z on iLike - Get updates inside iTunes

Wanda Wednesday

Lol, Wanda is a contestant on a dating show!

Take 5>>Bikram Yoga

Bikram Yoga or Hot Yoga is a series of 26 yoga poses done in a room, usually maintained at a temperature of 100-105 degrees. This temperature promotes a massive amount of sweat which rids the body of toxins. It also makes the body very warm, and more flexible.

So I am 2 classes into the Bikram 30 days for $30 challenge and well, not sure if you would call it taking 5, it's more like...I mean I don't really know what it is like but that room is hotter than July and I am doing it!
I have taking my body through a lot in a year that marked my 34th year on earth, and included a move from the west to the east coast. I have partied and socialized and eaten whatever I have wanted and am feeling the effects are not exercising or eating like I should. I am going to use this time just before the new year to detox my mind body and spirit in an effort to honor the hard work that was done, and usher in a fresh 365 days to go out and hit it a little, harder, faster, bigger and badder;-)
And yeah, I can totally do this pose!

Kanye Wrote A Book

So, Kanye wants to help you get fresh like him. He co-wrote Thank You And You're Welcome!; a book of Yeism's to, as he puts it:

"creating then celebrating your moment!"

I love it.