Brother Ali Live at Soundset

Peep the live performance from Brother Ali at Soundset 2009 of an unreleased track off new album, Street Preacher.

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Ahhhhhhhh!!!! Saw this piece, that is apparently of Madonna and her former husband Guy Ritchie, and had to share. The shocker is that it's for sale. Hey, I never quite understood art so I won't claim to be an expert but this piece scares me. 

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The UnFollowDiddy Movement

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs passed the one million followers mark on Twitter and recorded a message to his followers while on his jet, that he posted upon landing. It was a big moment for Diddy, who hit his followers with "WE DID IT!!!! A MILI A MILI A MILI!!! 1 MILLION FOLLOWERS!!! "

But almost immediately after passing one million followers, the unfollowdiddy movement started on twitter (we fully support... haha), quickly moving up the trending topics on twitter, above all the playoff and proposition 8 talk. How'd it start? @FoxxFiles claims responsibility for starting the movement.

Chris Foxx aka @FoxxFiles

"So tonight I started #unfollowdiddy which rose to #1 trending topics, Puff sent out subliminals to me and then blocked me for the 4th time," @FoxxFiles sent out in a Tweet during the early morning hours of May 27th.

"My name is Chris Foxx and yes I started #unfollowdiddy take that take that I see them subliminals," @FoxxFiles continued on Twitter.

@FoxxFiles "locked in" and went hard on pushing the unfollowdiddy movement and many folks joined in with reasons you should un-follow the music mogul. It quickly became hilarious to follow.

Here are a few:

"unfollowdiddy b/c they saw craig mack on Crenshaw selling pagers! *smh*"

"unfollowdiddy because he never shared his Proactiv with Craig Mack"

"unfollowdiddy because 112 isn't just their name its their account balance LMAO!!"

"unfollowdiddy Because somewhere Craig Mack is freestyling and broke, and that aint right."

"unfollowdiddy because Mario Winans COULD HAVE had a career."

"unfollowdiddy cuz hes in full promote mode for his album and everybody else is on the waiting list"

"unfollowdiddy Cause Ciroc Obama is ignorant"

"unfollowdiddy 'cause Carl Thomas wishes he never met him..at allllllll"

"unfollowdiddy for making Bad Boy an artist cemetery"

Diddy responded to the movement with this tweet, "Life is short! Use your time wisely! Only a fool waste time on negativity! While your trying to tear me down I'm already onto my next dream!"

Diddy followed it with, "I Love u even when you don’t love ME! I will always love you! I LOVE YOU! I believe in you! The devil is a liar! LETS GO!!!"

I had initially imagined Diddy sitting somewhere, shaking his head and mumbling "b*tcha**ness" as the unfollowdiddy trend rose on twitter. But Mr. Ciroc Obama (a name which I think President Obama should put an end to immediately) keeps the followers coming.

Because while it appeared that Diddy's numbers were going down for a moment, his numbers quickly reversed and were on a quick rise. So, perhaps the unfollowdiddy had the opposite result but reading the reasons why you should un-follow, were hilarious in itself (which could be considered a small victory).

“Ok enough of the games! I'm still here and aint goin nowhere! Go to sleep and when you wake up ill be at the finish line waitin for you! Lol” Diddy sent out in a tweet while comfortably above one million followers.

And in an effort to change the tide and prove the might of Diddy, he sent out the following tweet "#luvfollowingdiddy !!!! retweet and show them thev power of positivity! lets go!!! lol" Which as of writing this, has already found it's way on to the twitter trending list.

I wish more folks woke up and paid attention to the crazy stuff that Diddy does. It really appears that Bad Boy is the label artist go to disappear. Total? Craig Mack? Dream? Danity Kane? Carl Thomas? Oh, I can go on. Their number one client will always be Diddy. 

But, hey folks ... follow away.

Beastie Boys and The Roots

Performances like this is the best part of The Roots being on late night television. 

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The Knux on Sunday Night Sound Session

Check the freestyle and appearance on DJ Hyphen's Sunday Night Sound Session with the Knux. Also, check TheAudacityOfDope.com for this week's download of Sunday Night Sound Session. 

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Politics With Tha Lady Blogga: The Bronx is in the HOUSE!!!!! (Literally)

So I am listening to President Obama talk about Sonia Sotomayor (a name with such a ring to it), the Supreme Court nominee and I am grinning from ear to ear. He is talking about “Cardinal Spellman” and “the Bronx”…

We thought we made strides with electing an African American President but a Hispanic woman from the Bronx to serve on the Supreme Court??? No me digas…

For those of you who are unaware of who she is, Sonia Sotomayor started as the Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan and she blossomed from there. As the Presidents changed, she remained a fixture in the court systems. From Princeton, Yale, Manhattan Federal Court, and Appeals Court, she paved her way to the White House. And even though her road to appointment will not be easy, I am sure she will be a shoe-in.

Sotomayor remained active in her community as well. She is a hard-core Yankees fan and continues to keep up with what’s going on in the Bronx. I had the pleasure of hearing her speak at a Conference a few years ago and I was blown away. Her focus and message of motivation for young people was inspiring, even for me. She reminded the audience that it is not where you are from but where you want to be. Being a young girl from a Bronx Housing Project now being appointed in the White House, she speaks the truth.

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"I am the Victim"

I don't care how many times I see this chin check, it's funny each time. It's funny because for a moment Charles Hamilton looks like he choked up and was on the verge of tears. It's also funny because it took the other dude like a solid minute to figure out what was going on. Needless to say, it's the punch that went viral and Chuck has tried to get ahead of it ever since. I wonder how that's working out, because he's been the butt of most jokes over the weekend. 

Briana, the chick who tagged that glass jaw of his wrote on her blog a day later about the incident, "We seriously have a sick, dysfunctional, high school relationship. But... it is what it is. Like I said earlier: I DID NOT MEAN TO DECK HIM. I was holding it back but the more I thought about what he said the more I wanted to hit him."

Sick, dysfunctional relationship? Does this mean that Chuck gets his chin checked often and this is the first time it was caught on camera? 

It is interesting to raise the point that if this was a woman that got punched on video, we'd all be pretty pissed. But I also wonder if we don't care much and are okay with it because it's both funny and Chuck's arrogance deserved it. Well, Star sounds off on the subject on VladTv.com and it's pretty funny. Check the vid.

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“Three strikes you out… I pity the pirates…errrr”

During the Cubs game on Monday, Mr. T threw out the first pitch and also blessed the mic with, “take me out to the ball game” or at least his version of the song. There are a couple of things that just go wrong and amount to an operation fail. First of all he’s rocking 1990 hammer pants that oh by the way is the American flag, with a matching bandana. Secondly, he sings like the drunken uncle that you are trying to get to sit down at every family function because he wants to do his version of some Temptations song, but doesn’t quite know the words. Cool the Cubs wanted to provide their fans with more entertainment than they probably bargained for. Saw this clip on Sports Center and I’m still laughing!

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Happy Birthday Lauryn...

A shout to Lauryn Hill on her birthday.

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Lets Make The Next Krush Groove

If they made Krush Groove today, who would be featured in the flick? The 1985 movie featured heavy weights like Run DMC, The Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, New Edition, Sheila E. and so many other cameos.

Let me throw out a few heads that would be dope in the newer flick … Little Brother, The Roots, Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Meth, Redman, KRS-One and Dead Prez. Maybe even feature cameos from heads like Kanye, Blu, Oddisee, Murs, Pharoahe, and Drake. I’m going to even throw Raheem DeVaughn, Alicia Keys, John Legend and Mary J. in for good measure. The cast possibilities are endless. What are your thoughts? Who would you throw in the mix?

Obviously, a classic is a classic and no need to recreate but how dope would it be to have another legendary hip-hop flick. I think we could use one. Just think of that soundtrack.

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Tha Lady Blogga Sounds Off...

Best I Ever Had? Celebrity “hook up” rumors are great. But what’s even better is the artists’ excuses or denials to those rumors. Recently, Rihanna and Drake were spotted in Lucky Strike Bowling alley sippin’ whiskey and apple juice, making out and getting cozy. It seems that since the Rihanna and Chris Brown episode, she has been finding all kinds of ways to get attention. Before this, she was seen getting cozy with a female cohort…

Drake decided to clear up the rumor by calling Rosenberg, a popular NYC on-air personality. Listen for yourself and decide if his performance and denial are genuine...

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What Would You Do with $6 mil? Dammit man … These kinds of things never happen to me.

Westpac Bank, which is a popular bank in New Zealand, mistakenly gave a business account $6.1 million dollars when they asked for a $6,000 overdraft. The account belonged to a couple who owned a New Zealand gas station. Upon discovery of the funds, they withdrew it and BOUNCED!!! They locked up the gas station and fled the country.

The couple was not able to get all of the money withdrawn as the bank recovered $1.85 million of it. The bank is working feverishly to recover the money. Interpol has been called in to help find the couple who are rumored to be in Hong Kong.

Honestly people… What would you do?

This mix-up was generated by human error, not a computer glitch. The couple is well known in the neighborhood. Their identity has not been released to the public, since this is a pending Interpol case. Fellow business owners who knew the couple described them as “nice” and “honest”… Apparently “honest” depends on what is at stake. The bank is angry with the couple for taking the funds and are asking that they pay it back. Westpac Bank is treating this as a robbery and calling the funds “stolen”. They are looking to file criminal charges against the couple.

I definitely am not mad at them for acting fast and taking the money. It is a tad bit dishonest, but in this day and age, who wouldn’t take the money and run?? If a bank mistakenly dropped $6 million dollars in your bank account, what would you do with it? And don’t say return it because I know that’s a lie!!

Can't Beat 'em, Join 'em? Saw this clip from the Ellen show and was slightly disturbed. Instead of being pissed that she’s associated with such wackness, she embraces it and does the Halle Berry dance… Sad. This track is like garbage on the street on a hot NYC day.

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What I'm Watching ... "She said you ain't got no defense..."

Imagine the money the NBA will pull in if Kobe and LeBron square off in the finals? Well, Nike is loving it and these puppet commercials are funny. Check it out.

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