First, World AIDS Day kicked off nation wide December 1st. If you're afraid to go get tested because of your dirty blood SUCK IT UP! Especially of you're African American. Did you know that over 50% of the new AIDS cases reported come from African Americans that look like you and me? GO GET TESTED AND SAVE YOUR LIFE!
Click here to find out the facts about AIDS and how you can get tested, and click here to take quizes about sex, STD's and the facts about "laying down the pipe" or "rippin' the mic," if you get my drift.
Snoop Dogg appeared on 106 & Park this week to talk about his latest album, Ego Trippin', and doing his doggy business. The album is just a few months away and I can't wait. I'm a huge Snoop fan, and this is one album I am so excited about! If you have not seen the video for his latest single, Sensual Seduction, take a peak here.
Uncle Snoop definitely stepped outside of his element in this video and into his ode to Zapp & Roger. I love the funkadelic feel, and the grainy film they used. You can tell that the gain was up high during filming (there I go again with that film school jargon). The wardrobes, the lyrics to the song and the video itself took me back to a time where my parents reminisced about their hey day when I was a kid. It also makes me happy that there is at least one artist out there that does not make cookie cuter type music. We can always count on Uncle Snoop to save the day.
At any rate, Ego Trippin' is slated to drop in stores in February.
Speaking of albums, Grand Daddy Too Short's album drops December 4th. So I'm looking at the advertisement for the album, and the gray hairs aren't doing it for me. There are so many people in the Bay area that deserve some shine, and I wish he would push that fresh meat out there a little more. Lord knows the game needs someone to play super-save-a-h*e.
And speaking of dropping, Diamond left Crime Mob to pursue other interests, like her solo career. Click here to read more. Word is that Miss Diamond is dropping a mixtape that is going to be raw and unadulterated. How did I know Crime Mob would come to this? Maybe it's just me, but I personally liked Princess' flow a little better. Maybe because I've been hearing her spit on tracks before I really listened to Diamond. Ah well, such is life and I wish Diamond much success in the future.
Also, after Beyaki's appearance on the American Music Awards with Country music group Sugarland, ybf reported that she is slated to drop a country album. I guess she won't be going on hiatus afterall, as I've been hoping. Click to read more. Jesus, take the wheel...
I've been having terrible internet connectivity thanks to Windows Vista, but I finally got a chance to catch up on what's been hot out there in the blog world thanks to those tips from Jeannie Jones' afternoon show on WKYS out here in Chocolate City. It was R. Kelly the Pied Piper/Platinum Pissedr and his, shall we say, dealings with his publicist's 19-year old daughter. Click to read more. Why is he even on tour? Shouldn't he be on trial somewhere in Chicago? Hmmm...
It was also the tragic shooting death of Mannie Fresh's sister Angela Bryant. Click to read more. The city of New Orleans needs to clean house right about now. It's a damn shame there is so much crime going on down there with no entity aggressively taking action toward this madness. Many prayers to Manny Fresh's family and loved ones.
And finally, I got the chance to see the highly revered film American Gangster the week before Turkey Day.
Hated it!
I think that the plot was great, and that the movie had the potential to go further and be ten times better than what it was. I also think that every character in the movie did a wonderful acting job with the roles they were given, even T.I.'s 10 minutes of fame.
But I think that the wrong character was developed (the cop), there was not much insight given into the intensity of New York City's broken down narcotics division, and how they transported the dope should have been placed at the BEGINNING of the movie, instead of the end. In all, I think that the script was so poorly written and they could have done a MUCH better job at story telling. I felt like I was being told gossip and not a legendary story that changed NYC, the United States Armed Forces and, ultimately the way policemen do business in the United States. That is all I can tell you without spoiling it for those who have not seen it yet. But if you do, I encourage you to wait till it comes on HBO.
But on the other end of the spectrum, I like Jay-Z's album American Gangster. That is, what I have heard from it.
At any rate, I gotta zip. Stay blessed!
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