I am straight up in love with Jazmine Sullivan.
‘Lions, Tigers & Bears‘ is the latest single off her debut album, ‘Fearless‘. Caught this video on Kev’s site, had to re-post as it was in my Top 10 Best Songs of 2008 list, courtesy of the homie Sean Deez posting his review in the first place and putting me on. This chick is the future.
That’s right, for all those in the West Coast area of the USA, we got a lil something for ya.
The homies The Understudies are embarking on a West Coast tour throughout January and February, with the first show kicking off tonight, Friday January 30th at Bollyhood, 3372 19th St @ Mission, San Francisco.
Over the month or so, the tour will feature The Understudies, Influence & Ro Knew, After Hijrah, Maleko & Optimus Rhymes, Incognito, and DJ MRC.
Click on the banner to check out the Facebook invite, and also peep the Understudies MySpace page for more info.
I just recently found about about this artist Lykke Li after hearing her on a track with Drake. She is pretty good, more after the jump.
Lykke Li @ NTBR Part 4 – “Hustlin’” from Drew Innis on Vimeo.
Finally, someone dropped a track talking about this epidemic.
Termanology goes in over a Primo beat with a bunch of hilarious lines talking about these new age homo thugs. Seriously, the next kid wearing tight pants who tells me they’re a Hip Hop head is gonna get smacked. If it’s anyone I’m down with… we ain’t down no more.
“Since when is it cool to dress like a dude who fucks another dude? Y’all To Wong Foo!”
Download here and please, leave the tight pants for the women…
It’s been a hot minute since Lupe was in town. Probably around a year, maybe more. We caught his show last time around, and shit was off the chain. He’s a very energetic performer and knows how to work the crowd.
This time around, Lupe was in Australia for the Big Day Out festival, possibly the biggest festival in the country. So of course, dude hooked up a little side show while he’s in town.
Melbourne is currently having a bit of a heat wave, with temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius all this week. And with the Lupe show going down the day after Australia Day, shit was bound to be hectic. Pez opened up the show, with a dope set alongside DJ Matik, 360 and Hailey Cramer (from Blue King Brown, one of my fave local roots bands). Dude is killin’ shit right now, big ups, Perry.
Muph & Plutonic came up after Pez, and I’ve never been a fan of these dudes but I gotta say, although Muph is one of the most chilled MC’s I’ve ever heard, his live presence is great. And the set with Plutonic on the drums and DJ Bonez on the decks really worked. They stayed on for too long, though.
So then it was Lupe time. Dude exploded onto the stage (no homo) with a full live band, and the sound man done fucked up, so he had to adjust levels and come back out again.
‘Kick Push’ started off proceedings, and even in the sweat box that is the Palace, the crowd went spastic.
Lupe ran through all the faves, including single ‘Superstar’, ‘Sunshine’, ‘Hip Hop Saved My Life’, ‘Day Dreaming’, ‘American Terrorist’, ‘Go Go Gadget Flow’ (which went OFF!), ‘Paris Tokyo’, ‘Hi-Definition’, ‘Streets On Fire’, ‘Dumb It Down’ and possibly more I forgot about. And when he came out for the encore in a politically inspired tee spouting ‘Free Gaza’, the crowd went insane.
Definitely set a new standard for live shows, in The Fam’s eyes. Not since Common have we seen such a hyped performance. And after reading the homegirl Kate Jean’s blog on her Lupe experience, it’s fairly clear the dude is loopy as fuck. Either way, he puts on a mean live show. Big ups.
The homie outta Denmark, Isjberg, is crazy on the boards. And after hearing Notion’s acapella’s for the Kevin Nottingham Remix competition, dude decided to do his own remix project, by combining Notion’s vocals with samples from Gangstarr‘s classic ‘Daily Operation‘ album to create ‘Daily Domi-NoTiOn‘.
Check out Isjberg’s blog post on ‘Daily Domi-NoTiOn‘
And here’s the tracklisting while we’re at it:
I like Dunks.
I was never one to care too much about the kicks I wear, and although I own some colourful pairs I’ve never gone too crazy with it.
Well… if I ever was going to get crazy with it, these would be the shoes I would start with.
This particular pair of Dunk Low Premium kicks takes its inspiration from the glorious 80′s movie that you just know you watched if you grew up in that era. That movie is Teen Wolf, from back when Michael J Fox was a teen heartthrob actor with his whole life in front of him.
Check these out…
Apparently there were only 72 pairs released worldwide, so if you want these hit up osneaker. They have a few smaller sizes left at the time of this post.
Good luck.
Aight, we’ve heard talk about these joints for a hot minute now, but it looks like we finally have official pics of the Kanye West Louis Vuitton collab, and a release date – June 2009. Click any image for more info.
The ‘Colourways‘ come in black, red and white (couldn’t get a pic of the white ones). Though the brown leather versions (below) are apparently not available as yet – they might have been ‘Yeezy customs.
I kinda dig ‘em to be honest. They definitely have that Hip Hop/Air Force 1 flavour to them. On the blog where I found ‘em, it mentioned that the back of the kicks has a ‘back wing’ that stops your jeans dragging on the ground or getting caught up in the shoes. Which is amazing, I hate it when that happens. I wonder how much they’ll be?
Also, these two other joints below were on the blog too. Dunno if they’re Kanye kicks or just other random Louis shoes, but they’re kinda fly, except for the whole pink thing.
And finally, here’s a little video of Kanye in Paris talking about the kicks and how his swagger is sitting on a hundred thousand trillion.
The grind-a-holic Ms. Regina Ross has taken a minute out of her busy schedule to chop it up with ya main man DJ Grain. Not only is she a model but she also a student and CEO of a magazine publication that focuses on spoken word poetry.
DJ Grain: Where are you from?
Regina Ross: I am from South Carolina, born in a town called Sumter and raised in the capitol, which is Columbia.
DJ Grain: How many years have you been modeling?
Regina Ross: I have been modeling for 15 years.
DJ Grain: What are the misconceptions people commonly have about models that are untrue?
Regina Ross: Some misconceptions that people may have about models is we are not very intellectual and that we have to be a certain size or height. Models come in all shapes and sizes, I consider a model a person who has something to market physically or mentality wise. I myself have many talents. I write poetry and I am in the process of publishing my own magazine for spoken word artist. Poets Serenity is one of my biggest projects because I have been writing much longer than modeling. I am also going to school for Medical Billing and Coding, which is a stable career choice I have made to maintain learning something new in the medical field, as it consistently changes all the time.
DJ Grain: What shows, videos, magazines, etc. have you been featured in?
Regina Ross: Some of the shows I have been involved in was as a promotional model for a show Dungeon Family’s own Backbone did back in South Carolina at the Coliseum; I was a featured model for a show UrbMob did at Lotus Lounge for new and upcoming artists. I also did a commercial for Pin Strikes Bowling Alley, MTV’s Album release party for T.I. at the Velvet Room. Fashion shows by Elegante, House of Style By Monique, LaChic Hair Studio, BBK Apparrel, Ruff Ryders Film Casting for The System Within, Black Experience Magazine, and various modeling competitions by international model and talent search companies.
DJ Grain: What photographers have you worked with?
Regina Ross: I have worked recently with Thad Fauster, D. Divine, J.W. Enterprises, JandD Images, K. Jones, Glamour Shots Promotional Model, and the list goes on…
DJ Grain: What photographers would you like to work with?
Regina Ross: I would love to work with Essence Magazine, Elite, Sean John, Baby Phat, Whilemenia, Black Barbies, Sean Anthony Photography, Leo Marshall, Ms. B. Breezy, XOXO. I would like to work with so many people, it would probably take all day to just name them all. But I would most definitely love to work with some of the top marketing agencies.
DJ Grain: Can you describe the grind of a model trying to break into the industry?
Regina Ross: The grind of modeling is persistence and taking the time out to go out and network and market yourself, so people can get a feel of your personality because they are not always looking for that look – sometimes they want to see what your personality is like. And I feel like if you’re a go getter than you can reach the goals you set. Going on photo shoots, open calls, networking, and just putting your foot forward to the work you have already invested time into. I feel like you can only do what God will allow you to do at that moment in your life, but patience and persistence will pay off eventually.
DJ Grain: Any words for the ladies out there that have aspirations of entering the modeling industry?
Regina Ross: Simply to just know God has your back and have faith. If you’re a single parent and out here trying to do your thing, keep pushing and keep praying. I know what it’s like, God is not blind and definitely not asleep. Stick with your dreams and don’t give up when it gets hard you get stronger, and you learn to be thankful for the good and the bad to cherish and endure all the blessings he has in store for you as you go through all the trials.
Contact info:
Regina Ross Myspace
modelreginaross@live.com
Yup, didn’t take ‘em long. Peep these shirts. I love these politically inspired joints (peep the Lupe Fiasco show pics coming up later today), and this one is freshhhhhhhhhh.
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