Blitz the Ambassador, MTVu House Band series (Trailer and Snippet)

I caught this in an email just before Thanksgiving. I wanted to post it then but was busy catching up with fam and trying to enjoy some much needed downtime. I'm back to it and I'm definitely looking forward to this series. The homie Blitz the Ambassador is dope and I very much enjoy what he brings to music! Check out a brief descrip about the project, the trailer, plus a snippet from one of the tracks recorded! ENJOY!

"Check out this footage of Blitz the Ambassador, from the MTVu House Band series, recorded at Royal Blue Studios in Brooklyn, a completely analog facility run by platinum engineer/producer Robert Honablue (Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone, Leonard Bernstein, Aretha Franklin). Blitz recorded five songs during the session with a beefed up, 12-piece version of his Embassy Ensemble and several special guests, including John Forte and Bajah (of the Dry Eye Crew). The recording process was documented over a series of eight videos, which include interviews with Honablue, the special guests, Blitz himself and live footage of the songs "Kill the Radio", "Remembering the Future", "Nothing to Lose", "Dying to Live", and "Something to Believe". The video series will be released in succession after the holiday weekend."

Blitz the Ambassador LIVE Sessions from MVMT on Vimeo.

Remembering the Future (Snippet)


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#MusicMonday ... Kid Cudi "Solo Dolo"

I decided to throw out a bit of Kid Cudi today! I know a lot of folks have mixed feelings about the dude but I kind of dig is music. One thing is for sure, he writes a hell of a melody. Well, happy Monday and enjoy!




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When She Speaks, You Listen: Tha Lady Blogga "Open Letter to Mrs. Woods"

As I am the original sidebitch grinch, I figured I would shout-out my new friend Elin Woods who seems to have a zero tolerance for side chick foolery...

*Disclaimer* tha Lady Blogga does not condone domestic violence or adultery. But when a wife is faced with a such situation, it is usually dealt with by any means necessary... And that might include a 9 iron and some stitches.

Dear Elin,

I see your "How to Prevent Side Chick Situations" class has really paid off. I hope that your husband is okay and recovering from those car accident injuries he got. Girl, how did he end up hitting that fire hydrant and tree?

I hope it had nothing to do with those pesky "Rachel rumors" and that 9 iron that was in your hand. I applaud you for bustin' out that back window on the Escalade (re: Jazmine Sullivan) as you tried to save your husband from the accident. He should be grateful you were up at that hour.

I don't mean to get in your business but... Ummm, since he was going about 30 miles an hour and when he hit that tree, the airbags didn't deploy... How did he get those lacerations on his face? And who knocked him unconscious? Once again, I hope it had nothing to do with those pesky rumors and that 9 iron in your hand...

Actually, I'm lying.

If the allegations are true and your husband joined the masses of assholes that chase skirts other than the one they married, then perhaps he attained those lacerations and was knocked unconscious fair and square. I hope you didn't break a nail in the process. I don't know when men are going to realize that cheating is such a sucka move. If they are really unhappy with their wife's actions, let her go and keep it movin'. That's the man thing to do. So if they cheat and come back home, they have to endure the consequences. If that means he has to pull a 9 iron out of the crack of his ass, so be it.

Ya know, your reaction to side chick foolery was extremely unexpected. Many people are commenting that "black men marry white women to avoid those kinds of outbursts.". Well girl, this incident has a lot of men second guessing. I hope you're ready for the conspiracy theory backlash.

And I applaud your husband for informing the cops that he will not speak to them... I wonder why that is? If that was any other black man I know, he'd be under the jail.

Oh and I am so glad that you were rich and loaded before you married him. You know how ignorant people are. They would swear you wanted his money, but hell, you have your own!

Well this doesn't surprise me. All men have it in them. They are never satisfied and the scent of a woman's crotch always leads them astray. I mean you are a beautiful woman. You were a nanny so you know how to take care of home and children. What more could he ask for? Ohhhh... I know. He must be lookin' for the "Adina Howard" in you. After cooking, cleanin and taking care of kids, and balancing the finances, the freak in you should be available to him at all times, Right? And if it's not then they need to step out to find it.

Fuckin' jerks. Perhaps your husband should incorporate a little Nas into his musical selection. "Pussy Kills" homeboy. Shit is dangerous. Just ask Steve McNair. Oh wait... Nevermind.

Well... I hope his peen is satisfied and those lacerations on his face don't scar.

Talk to you soon hun...
~LB

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What I'm Watching....Slaughterhouse - "Microphone" Director's Cut

This album is still in heavy rotation for me. Slaughterhouse's Microphone video....




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When She Speaks, You Listen: Tha Lady Blogga "Black Friday"

Black Friday...

In this day of a huge government deficit and recession, people still gear up to spend lots of money today. This notorious day after Thanksgiving shopping called "Black Friday" still suckers folks into spending their money. A lot of the time, people are spending money they don't even have. Charging up hundreds and thousands of dollars on "door-buster" sales. I think that the funniest thing about this day is the fact that people have been standing on line to buy items since yesterday, and even the day before that. Is it really that serious, folks?

Do you really need to sit outside of Best Buy for 2 days with a tent to buy a Nintendo DSi? Honestly?

When are you guys going to realize that 9 times out of 10 the items that you are looking to buy were never in the store. It's a clever marketing tool that sucks you into the stores and you end up buying other stuff to help that stores sales increase for the day.

And what about the bunch of you that are rowdy about it and mob the store, banging on the glass because the store was supposed to open at 5 and it's 5:01. Then you rush in the store, creating a stampede like situation and end endangering the lives of other people. Once again, is it really that serious?

My most prevalent "Black Friday" memory is last year when the Walmart worker got killed when the crowd rushed in the store to buy flat screen TV's that were not even in stock. That was my local Walmart, by the way. If that is not ridiculous, then I don't know what is. Was it really that serious?

How about the people that fight over items in the store?! Literally. Pulling and tugging at items like their lives really depended on it. Ridiculous.

Last but not least, how about the bunch of you that are writing bad checks to purchase these things. You know that's a crime, right?

We have been programmed to believe that this is a "must-do" and continue to feed into it. There are more important things in life to worry about. But I'm guessing for some of you, this is as deep as it gets.

You won't catch tha LB out there with you fools. Aside from the fact that my patience for unruly crowds is short, shopping before the holidays is the way to go. Online and in-store, the shopping deals are good if not better before the holiday season begins. I can't wait to watch the news to see what kind of fuckery goes on today.

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Mos Def, Talib Kweli and The Roots Perform on The Jimmy Fallon Show

FRESH! Always good to see Mos Def and Talib Kweli together. Then you throw in the The Roots and you have pure dopeness. What's really good with Jimmy Fallon's love for great hip-hop? Peace to the homie @jose3030 for posting the link. Enjoy.

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The Formula to Pop Crap Rap ...

I’m tired of the gimmick filled phony people in rap music today. So I took to video to talk about how easy it is to create one.

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KRS-One & Buckshot - Survival Skills (Official Video)

Check out the new video by none other than two hip hop legends KRS-One and Buckshot...




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How Twilight Works via The Oatmeal

I got this link forwarded to me and felt the need, the extreme need to share this. I couldn't stop laughing after every few sentences. Hilarious and priceless. Might offend some people but those that may be offended may be too sensitive to handle this kind of humor. I swear, I almost thought I wrote this under some subliminal split personality persona. Haha. Check it out...

(This was written and illustrated by The Oatmeal)

A few weeks ago I had the miserable experience of reading Twilight. A friend bought it for me and I took it with me to read on a long flight from Seattle to Houston. I knew it was going to be crappy, but I thought it would be a guilty pleasure kind of crappy - where you know it's bad but you still get enjoyment out of it. I actually managed to power through around 400 pages until I gave up and started reading Sky Mall. I've been seeing Twilight everywhere lately, especially with Vampire Teens II New Moon's release, so I thought I'd break down why chicks go apeshit for it.

First off, the author creates a main character which is an empty shell. Her appearance isn't described in detail; that way, any female can slip into it and easily fantasize about being this person. I read 400 pages of that book and barely had any idea of what the main character looked like; as far as I was concerned she was a giant Lego brick. Appearance aside, her personality is portrayed as insecure, fumbling, and awkward - a combination anyone who ever went through puberty can relate to. By creating this "empty shell," the character becomes less of a person and more of something a female reader can put on and wear. Because I forgot her name (I think it was Barbara or Brando or something like that), I'm going to refer to her as "Pants" from here on out.

So after a few chapters of listening to Pants whine about high school, sucking at volleyball, and being the center of attention, the second major character is introduced. Imagine everything women want in a man, then exaggerate it by ten thousand - and you've got Edward Cullen. The level of detail that the author goes into while describing Edward's appearance is remarkable. At one point while reading I started counting the number of times the author used the expression "Edward's perfect face," and it was far into the double digits. The author excruciatingly details his muscular pecs, clothing, hair, eye color - even his goddamn breath (I'm not joking).

Edward intensely listens to everything Pants has to say, even if she's bitching about she had diarrhea on Christmas or her preferred method for cutting a sandwich in half. As far as the reader is concerned, Edward cares about nothing in the world more than Pants. What the author has done is created a perfect male figure - a pale Greek statue which the reader can worship and in turn be worshipped by.

So what about men that like Twilight?
If you're male and you like Twilight, you're gay. I don't mean that in the derogatory sense, I mean it in the "you want to put your testicles against another man's testicles while gripping handfuls of chesthair" kind of way.

And the movie?
The movie is just the same uninspired crap shat out onto a film reel. If you like the taste of horse manure on your bologna sandwiches, you're probably gonna like it on your birthday cake as well. The same principle applies with Twilight.

Beyond that, it's just a romance novel with the occasional vampire teen drama bullshit peppered here and there. It doesn't really break any new ground in the realm of vampire fiction, other than portraying vampires as a family of uncomfortable retards who prance around the woods eating deer and bunny rabbits. There's lots of nervous lip-biting, tender kisses between Pants and Edward, and lengthy descriptions of every feature of Edward's body. Pants is a static character who never really progresses beyond being an insecure vampire fangirl who obsesses over Edward. Whether her character grows beyond that is unknown to me, I'd stopped reading by then and shifted my attention to an electric butt-massaging chair in Sky Mall.

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Download ... Epiphany "RESPECT Pt. 1 (Epiphany)"

"Epiphany's DJBooth and WeAllScheme sponsored RESPECT mini-mixtape series has finally arrived. If you've never given Piph a listen before, listen to part 1 of the RESPECT series fittingly titled Epiphany and you'll instantly hear the flow that demands RESPECT. The 4 part series continues with the RESPECT of Womens, Life, and Natch (Epiphany's producer) to be released in the upcoming weeks."

"From Here"

Epiphany - RESPECT Pt. 1 (Epiphany)

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#MusicMonday Ray Charles "(Night Time Is) The Right Time"

This is a classic episode of The Cosby Show and a classic Ray Charles track. "(Night Time Is) The Right Time" is my joint and I figured why not throw it out there on this Music Monday! Happy Monday and enjoy!




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"You've Lost That Beefing Feeling" @jsmooth995 on Beans & Jay

The homie Jay Smooth provides commentary on the beef between Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z and oh yeah, 50. I always dig his videos. Enjoy!

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