For some reason, WHATEVER REASON, there are a slew of nasty sports documentaries coming out soon. Along with this, I will be seeing Tyson (out the Friday) and the new Kobe Bryant-Spike Lee project. I don't know if this lives up to hoop dreams, but I'm excited.

Dat Kid From Cleveland

Click here to get Cudi's newest mixtape. It has all the songs you know and love by him, including I Poke Her Face, Buggin Out '09 and Sky Might Fall. Personally, I like Cudi most of the time but think it's more about the people around him- the people making beats- that make him great. I'm still not 100% on Cudi. Don't worry, I'll probably convert soon enough.

Sort of in the words from that girl in Poltergeist: He's Heee-eeer

Happy 4/20 people, go buy this while you're blunt cruisin'.

I'm Addicted to You...

Over the last couple weeks, I've become addicted to three songs; literally addicted... can't go 30 minutes without hearing at least one of em.

Drake feat. Trey Songz and Lil Wayne - Successful



GLC feat. Kanye and T-Pain - Flight School



Big Sean - Say You Will



Hope you enjoy...

In Sports News...

John Madden retires from broadcasting. Ironically (or so we think) it's in the same year as Brett Favre's retirement.

A-Trak Infinit +1

Hip Hop 4 Free apparently has it. I haven't listened to it yet, by I hear it is like one continuous set. That's pretty dope. It won't be better than A-Trak's brother's band, but whatever.

Lupe, Kenna and Justin Timberlake are hanging out at the top of Mt. KILIMANJARO....

Via Contact Music:

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and rapper LUPE FIASCO have been recruited by pop singer KENNA to climb Mount Kilimanjaro this autumn (09) in a bid to raise money for charity.
The trio will be joined by a team of adventurers assembled by Ethiopian-born Kenna as they scale the 19,000-foot (5,890 metre) African peak as part of a fundraising and awareness effort for the worldwide water crisis.
The mammoth climb will serve as a personal triumph for Out of Control hitmaker Kenna, who almost lost his father to the water shortage.
He tells America's Elle magazine, "My dad almost died as a child from waterborne diseases in Ethiopia, and he had talked to me about digging a well there, and I thought, 'I have too many friends who would be concerned with the subject of clean water. Maybe I can help out.'"
And Fiasco insists he's ready for the challenge, which he plans to turn into a fun race with his pal: "I'm an adventure junkie. Part of the motivation is beating Kenna to the top. Sabotaging his tent, taking the lining out of his coat, lacing it with ants or something like that."

Albums You Should NOT Illegally Download

I have some rules as to which albums I support downloading.
1) Albums from first time artists. If I'm going to pay money for an album, considering how easy it is to get an album for free, I want to know it's going to be good. That's why an artist has to prove his merit. Some guys can come out with awesome mixtapes and not translate to album artists. However, I will go back and buy a rookie album after the fact if the artist turns out to be an artist I want to support (example: Food & Liquor, College Dropout). I should note that I will be breaking this rule next week when I buy Asleep in the Bread Isle.

2) Artists that are down with giving away their album for free. This one is pretty self explanatory. If Radiohead is giving away In Rainbows for nothing, I'm not going to pay money. It's basic economics, really. The thinking with these albums is that the band will make it's fans love them and pay to see them live or support them later. This is the Lil Wayne Ideology.

3) History lessons. If you want to go back 10 years to learn about hip-hop's roots, go ahead. And don't bother paying. We all know the odds of you going to a record store and asking for a Eric B & Rakim album is unrealistic. Example, I went to a Best Buy a couple months back to buy De La Soul's 3 Feet High & Rising. I wanted to support what is one of the most fun albums, regardless of genre, of the last 20 years. When I couldn't find the album, I asked the Best Buy employee for help. When I told him which album I wanted, he looked at me like I was wearing girl jeans. He pretty much said nobody buys old school hip hop albums. I mean, I could have bought the album on iTunes, but what's the point? I like buying an album and getting a hard copy with an album cover and everything.

You can make your own rules, but make sure you support music to a certain extent, be it buying every album or buying no albums and going to see artists live.

Cassie goes Britney... kinda

I love Cassie (voice and looks), but this isn't getting her any points...

Proof South Park runs the world

From Kanye's Blog:

SOUTH PARK pt. 3 I WAS AT CHEESECAKE FACTORY YESTERDAY AND THE MANAGER BROUGHT ME A PLATE OF FISH STICKS... (in a sarcastic tone) uuuuuuum, GREAT! : /




This is too great.