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Friday and whatnot
Posted by: | CommentsSo I’m on my way to Philly checkin put the upcoming releases from some hip hoppers…Asher Roth and Ricky Ross… Feelin’ both of ‘ em …cautiously.
Bad day on Roth’s joint describe’s this flight! Obnoxious ass giddy high a school girls complaining about the six of regional jet and giggling like there’s no tomorrow!
Either way, those of you going b to buy Asher’s offering on Monday have a lot of good tracks to look forward to. At the end of the day… He does sound like Em…but he’ll acknowledge it tho…he really is nice on the mic and fills a void in the game…I mean hate all you want but anything is better than stanky laffy taffy ass soulja boo boo ass shit!!!
Damn I can’t wait until I get away from that shit fo good!!! How you gonna let PAC and BIG die and let these crab ass rappers live? Ahh… But I digress 
I know Officer Ricky is on the TOS short list for my blocs Shadyville crew but Deeper than Rap really didn’t suck as much as it could’ve. I just nope sells enough copies and merch to pay for all those cameos and that production.
Tonight I touch down in Philly for the release party for King and The Cauze…. It’s tuff.. Download a copy monday @ thisis50.com
Pow! Hit me any of ya monkey asses need anything!
Deuces!!!!
Before I lay it down for the night…
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Easy going … Steven and Emma
MARTIN ROSE
By DEIDRE SANDERS
Sun Agony Aunt
WE can all feel jaded about sex sometimes and swapping partners for the odd night can sound like the best way to sharpen up your appetite without risking your relationship.
After all, if you’re both doing it openly, what can be the harm?
But it’s not as simple as that.
Advice … Agony Aunt Deidre Sanders
Our sex life is closely linked with our emotions.
What can be safe as a fantasy can be very risky for our relationships when real people get involved.
Judging by the readers who get in touch with me, it is usually the man in a couple pressing to try swapping and swinging.
Men are often more capable than women of having sex without getting emotionally involved.
But they may react very differently afterwards about their partner having made love with other men.
And whatever the woman’s experience, it’s bad news.
If she has a rotten time then she will feel dirtied and resentful – and perhaps be left feeling very insecure if he enjoyed himself.
If she has a good time, her partner may well be the one left feeling insecure.
Most men feel very vulnerable if there’s a chance their prowess as a lover may not compare favourably.
So this supposed safe way of enjoying sex with someone new can result in broken relationships, wrecked families and a lot of grief.
And that is quite apart from the risk of sexual infections if protection isn’t used.
Or suppose there is a contraception failure and one of the women gets pregnant? It happens.
I suggest anyone drawn to swinging asks themselves why.
Is it that your love life has become dull or unsatisfying, or there is some tension in your relationship?
You may be able to sort these out together. If you get stuck, Relate counsellors can help (0300 100 1234 or relate.org.uk).
OK SO THAT’S THE FUN PART!
This one flew under the radar screen for months, but we just learned Scott Storch — formerly a wildly wealthy music producer for the likes of Dr. Dre and 50 Cent — has been charged with grand theft auto.
Storch allegedly leased a Bentley but never returned it after the expiration date. It took the leasing company 7 months to find it.
Storch pled not guilty in Broward County Court last Friday.
Fun Fact: Lil Kim had a Bentley repossessed back in ‘08 — which just happened to be a gift from none other than Storch himself. We don’t know if it’s the same Bentley.
Steve Rifkind says Asher Roth Album TOP 5 EVER
Steve Rifkind says Asher Roth Album TOP 5 EVER from Kush Robinson on Vimeo.
What if Eminem pursued a degree in elementary education, popped his collar, and liked his parents? Though comparing an on-the-rise Caucasian rapper to the real Slim Shady may seem hopelessly facile, Asher Roth — the boyish 23-year-old behind the surprise top 10 iTunes hit ”I Love College” — does initially come off like a junior-varsity Marshall Mathers, eerily echoing the 36-year-old superstar’s nasal delivery and back-of-the-classroom cockiness.
On this debut album Asleep in the Bread Aisle, Roth fully acknowledges the white elephant in the room with the song ”As I Em,” intoning, ”Because we have the same complexion and similar voice inflection/It’s easy to see the pieces and to reach for that connection…not much that I can say except I’m sick of it.” In that case, he’s going to be feeling ill for a good while. But if critics and mainstream hip-hop fans can find room in the game for more than one melanin-deficient MC, Roth might surprise them. ”College,” his loping ode to women, weed, and one-dollar pizza slices, provides an irresistible dose of lowbrow higher-education hedonism. And though he makes good use of street-accredited guests like Cee-Lo (the soul-slicked ”Be by Myself”) and Jazze Pha (syncopated goof ”Bad Day”), Roth never floats sham tales of suburban hardship here. Instead, he just wants to have a good time — and for the most part, he provides one as well. B
AND IN SHADY NEWS…HERE’S SOME UPCOMING COVERS…
BTW here’s the vid…and no, it’s really not Jessica Simpson on the hook!
KING & THE CAUZE MIXTAPE
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This is one of my favorite pieces of work going on right ‘chere! Show this friday in Philly…see below!
Remembering the one of the greatest…
Posted by: | CommentsI remember the Sunday morning I woke up and heard on KMEL that Biggie had been murdered in L.A. I was one of those kids that loved Pac and was so angry that he had been taken away from us, then I was kinda like…damn… but I just heard the dude on the The Dogg House ( Bay Area morning show) like 2 days ago.
It wasn’t too long after…11:45 am Tuesday March, 25 to be exact…that I had ditched class and dipped over to the Wherehouse in Menlo Park, purchased and listened to an instant classic.
Life After Death was one of those albums that changed me as a Hip Hop fan. I had already been hearing Hypnotize on the radio and I opted to start with CD 2… Going Back To Cali…naturally was the first track I dropped and I was like “oh shit, this cat is the truth!” as I listened to the man proclaim “… I’ma spell my name one more time, check it, it’s the N.O.T.O.R.I.O. – U.S. you just lay down slow. Recognize a real Don when you see one; sippin on booze at the House of Blues…”
I went back to the beginning of 2 and listened to the whole thing all the way through from the chant’s of ”It’s Bone and Biggie Biggie” to end “Drink ballentine, all the time. Slugs hit your chest tap you spine, flatline. Heard through the grapevine, you got fucked fo times. Damn that three to nine, fucked you up for real doe . Sling steal slow, as for remorse, we feel no.” It was a wrap. If I wasn’t before, I was then a bonafide fan; not because it was cool, or because the posthumous release had cryptic foresight like Makeveli did. It was because I saw the growth of an MC who loved what he did. If Ready To Die was gritty and raw with the intensity of a lyricist that was trying to make a point; Life After Death showcased a polished MC that set the tone and raised the bar for those who would, in their own way, emulate his style.
Finally, CD1, I loved it for the rights and purposes that are still discussed to this day. I did, however, find my “hit factor ear” with “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems.” I must’ve listened that 8 times in a row the first round of repeats on the discman. The production value was on time but man…the passion in the chicks voice in the adlib of the hook “what’s goin’s on? somebody tell me, what’s goin’ on?” It hit me…really hit me…like Marvin Gaye singin, “What’s Goin’ On.” I admit it, I was a pawn in the East VS West hype but I stopped and thought this dude B.I.G. is gone. I will never get to open up another one of his CD’s; I won’t get to ever see him rip up a stage; I won’t ever get to see hip slap Puff for that big ass fake Rolex in the video. But he is alive! Every time any one of his verses are played in the car, in a nightclub and… oh shit!… the tributes at any Hip Hop show ever since. So I thank you Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace for the contributions to the game, the seemingly countless joints piled in my crates that still rock parties and remain relevant, and all the relationships built on while listening to you speak. Peace big homie!
Watch this about 2:15 in…