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It's a Blouse ...

Dude wore a blouse. Yes, I said blouse! There is no way to get around it, plain and simple ... Chris Brown is wearing a blouse in his apology vid. I don't have much to say about his words because I was distracted by his blatant wearing of a neon colored blouse. To me, that's an EPIC fail!

Here are some of my tweets from @ThroatChopU

- I'm pretty sure the shirt Chris Brown wore in that apology vid can be categorized as a blouse

- The rest of chris brown's clothes was at the cleaners. He was also wearing bball shorts as underwear

- TMZ is reporting that the blouse Chris Brown wore in apology vid is actually Rihannas'. It was a secret msg to her. lol

- They prob spent so much time working on the right words for Chris Brown would say but not enough time telling him not to wear a blouse ...

- TMZ Reports that Chris Brown got his shirt in vid from Forever 21 ... Nice blouse!

- My bad, I'm being unfair to Chris Brown ... but so was his stylist for picking out that neon blouse!

- It says a lot about a man to 1. apologize 2. wear a blouse when apologizing. Thanks Chris Brown!

- In all fairness, I didn't listen to what Chris Brown was saying because his neon blouse was distracting

-TMZ is reporting Chris Brown 2 do apology vid for shirt he wore in 1st vid. It's rumored he'll be wearing a "wife beater"

- In his apology vid Chris Brown wore a shirt that a chef at a restaurant named the Pink Flamingo would wear

- TMZ is now reporting that Chris Brown apology vid was also audition tape 4 Cosby Show movie hence Gordan Gatrell shirt

-"Birthday Blouse" Chris Brown's comeback single produced by Bobby Brown feat. Pacman Jones

Check It ... MC Lyte "Rocking w/the Best"

I dig it. Check the MC Lyte "Rocking with the Best".

What I'm Listening To...Keelay & Zaire - "Alright With Me" feat. Dminor and Phonte

Much appreciation goes out to @Summa_Reign for dropping a little tidbit of music in my ear. She mentioned she was listening to a Dminor. I searched for him and found this video by Keelay & Zaire featuring Dminor and Phonte. Dope, smooth, great vibe with this kind of music. I love finding this kind of music for my listening pleasure and I hope you do too. Check it out!




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I remember the first time I heard this story, I thought it was absolutely ridiculous. Watching the clip today on rippdemup.blogspot.com made me laugh, especially the Sports Center Intro "Jones infamously took to the club stage to quote, 'make it rain'". Like my man said on his blog, lets go ahead and file this one under "Never should have given you n*ggas money".

Slaughterhouse - One

Shout out to Got That Good?'s blog for this video. Slaughterhouse's 1st single off their upcoming album that will be released August 11th. Check out the video and cop the album when it drops!

"Knock You Down" Acoustic Cover

This Keri Hilson, Kanye and Ne-Yo song may be a bit overplayed on the radio (actually very overplayed) but I dig this acoustic cover. Homegirl's voice is good and dude comes in and definitely does his thing. A friend sent the link and I figured I'd share. Peace.

Road to Release Day: Eternia & MoSS: "AT LAST" Episode 6

In Episode #6, Eternia revisits the playground with 88-Keys and makes a grown man cry in Queens, after an impromptu performance on the block with Mauikai. 88 & E reminisce over recorded tracks that never leaked (including a song w/ Kanye West & E?!) and Skyzoo recalls the 1st time he saw E spit @ Squeeze Radio.



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Music Monday - Soul Position "Hand Me Downs"

This track is real talk! It's been kicking around for a bit but it's still relevant.

There is some crap coming from the mainstream music market right now. No disrespect to folks that attended a community college (I did) but it's like mainstream music is turning into a community college, because anyone and everyone can get in. The music industry use to be Harvard but now it's your local community college spot.

Here's the forumla: Just give us a catchy hook and no content... Oh, and a dance step or too also. Who cares, right?! Labels don't care about artist development, because you'll be out and irelevant when the next instructional-dance-ringtone-song hits the scene. Nah, I want more from my music.

For music cats out here just looking to enter the industry for a job to make money, look elsewhere if you don't have any passion or love for your craft, because it's disrespectful. Be an artist, because right now a lot of these cats are record company employees. You know the difference? An artist does what's in their heart and an employee does exactly what their boss says.

Check this Soul Position joint, Hand Me Downs. Happy Monday and enjoy!

[Chorus]
Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look what we Handed Down

Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look What We Handed Down

[Verse 1]
My mommy gave me Donny Hathaway
I miss the Positivity, I want to bring it back
But Rap now-a-days is by a bunch of ignorant cats
No young gifted and black
Just guns, bitches and crack
I react by turning off BET and Sambo's telling me what blackness is supposed to be
Used to give us world news now it's all videos replaced Tavis Smiley with reality shows
If you let the TV define what black is you think ice and violence is all we think that matters
I guess this is what happens when rappers look up to thugs
And kids look up to rappers
To some of y'all if I don't talk about the gat enough
Or sell crack enough
I ain't black enough
But I rather be a pro at being myself
Than be an idiot trying to be somebody else, what?!

[Chorus]
Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look What we Handed Down

Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look What We Handed Down

[Verse 2]
I'm at the bus stop with my bike
Been there for awhile
Mom's taught me how to catch this route when I was a child
-Another kid walks up freakin up black and mild
Fifteen same age, I learn shits wild
An older lady walks up greets us with a smile
Asks how we both doing and sits down
She knows what's it's like to grow up in the south
Civil Rights when the whites was hosing us down
I started thinking to myself that even though that time's were tougher
They still took time out to speak to one another
But look at us, me and this young brother
Acting to proud to break down and speak to each other
So inside I felt ashamed
Not sure of how to but I wanna change
And as long as I'm alive than the fact remains
That it's never too late for us to break the chains
Come on y'all

[Chorus]
Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look What we Handed Down

Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look What We Handed Down