I have this same question, its Day 5 of my NBA boycott

My answer is: The league no longer wants to market itself with players like the legendary Allen Iverson, in spite of his talent. Its practically turning into a development league with a bunch of no name players unworthy of a marque, with a few exceptions (i.e. Lebron, Chris Paul, Carmelo, etc). But I live in Philly and they expect a player like Lou Williams to develop a scorer's mentality. Isn't that the reason A.I. was traded in the first place? Ridiculous. Nothing against Lou, I think he's a good player...coming off the bench.

I think teams want players they can control and mold into what they want versus a player that stays true to who they are and makes no excuses or exceptions. Players that won't challenge coaches or make demands. Its what you call a 40 Million Dollar Slave.

Lords of the Underground "Chief Rocka"

This is a goodie from 1993!

Miss Issa "Throw Up"

Finally a song that really expresses this urge, lol. I like it.

Wale: "If Tupac Had Twitter"

Wale poses some questions that I found myself answering out loud. People knew Pac was the from East Coast, so that wasn't breaking news when the beef started. Let's set the record straight it was Death Row vs. Bad Boy, the East vs. West was the media hype. And Pac wasn't even signed to Death Row he was still locked up. It was Suge calling out Puff at The Source Awards. So Pac had his own issues about being shot at the studio and Suge played on that and got him out of jail and signed him to Death Row. It was the perfect move.

During the days of Tupac, people got information by reading magazines and listening to the radio. All of the breaking news came via radio and usually a magazine like Vibe or The Source would do an in depth article in their next issue. I would say VIBE provided the best coverage during this time.

If twitter was around back in 95-96, Biggie would have sent Pac a direct message or texted him on his phone and they would have talked. It would have been over in a week I think, if not the day Pac got wheeled in the courtroom after being shot up the night before. And Pac didn't revolt against East Coast artists, they came at him first and he slayed them. He also never got a chance to build his empire the reason why he was killed, duh.

I still got love for Wale, he just needs a refresher course on his Tupac History, lol.

Weekend Fresh: Clipse respond to blog comments (Funny vid)

While We Were Stuck on Old Sh*t...Rihanna was making the funky dope moves

Nokia, Island Def Jam Music Group, Universal Music Group International & Superstar Artist Rihanna Announce Breakthrough Global Music Partnership

Nokia announced the launch of a groundbreaking new global music partnership - Nokia
Play 2010 - with the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) and Universal Music
Group International (UMGI). This announcement coincides with the global
availability of the Nokia X6, a powerful entertainment device in combination
with Comes With Music, Nokia's 'all-you-can-eat-music' offering.

Created to deliver unique and exclusive music content to fans around the
world, the partnership will see IDJMG & UMGI launch international superstar
Rihanna's highly-anticipated new album, Rated R, with Nokia via an exclusive
live, streamed concert and simultaneous listening parties in multiple
locations around the globe on November 16th 2009.

Streamed live from London, Rihanna will perform for the very first time a
select number of tracks from her new album. In front of fans in London and an
audience globally, the exclusive gig will showcase Nokia and IDJMG's ability
to bring fans closer to artists, and artists closer to fans via its home on
http://www.nokia.com/rihanna.

Click here to read more!

Jay-Z's BP3 2010 Tour Dates Announced

Opening Act will be Young Jeezy!

Confirmed Dates as of 11/5/09:

Feb 22 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Feb 23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Feb 25 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
Feb 27 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Feb 28 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Mar 03 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Mar 07 Norfolk, VA Scope Arena
Mar 11 Boston, MA TD Garden
Mar 16 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
Mar 19 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Mar 20 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
Mar 22 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Mar 24 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
Mar 26 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

Pre-Sale begins on November 10th. Additional information will be announced shortly for stops in East Rutherford, Uniondale, Atlantic City and Detroit. For complete ticket, tour and on sale information visit LiveNation.com.

Source: roc4life.com

The Jacksons - Can You Feel It

I'm Back

Between Septa strikes, midterms, and presentations. I'm back with a Throwback video.