Check out one of my many ‘A’ town favs, “85″ from Youngbloodz which features my boo Twan…I mean Big Boi and Jim Crow. [SIDEBAR: For those of you who just hit Hartsfield/Jackson International, Jim Crow consisted of Polow Da Don, Cutty Cartel and Mr. Mo.] Some people’s standard introduction to the “A” is I285 where they get caught up driving in a never ending loop…but I’m sure I85 is a close second, leading you from the far north straight to the ‘dirty’ south.
Happy Flashback Friday! Y’all ready for that weekly Atlanta history lesson? It’s coming…hold on!
Atlantic Records held a private listening party for T.I.’s hot artist, B.o.B., Friday evening. B.o.B., short for Bobby Ray is a Decatur bred musical phenomenon who’s been featured on several Grand Hustle songs. He’s got a hot song in rotation (I’ll be in the Sky), which is almost unheard of for a new artist without an album…AND he’s got a grand endorsement from The King himself:
I know that a lot of times it take an artist this talented, this diversified a little longer to break on an underbelly level cause it’s very very hard to get him to come back down to earth with us sometimes but I’m letting you know that nothing could be more worth your time than this artist right here…right now. This is the future of what I consider respectable in hip hop. It ain’t nothing this dude can’t do. If he don’t rap, it ain’t cause he can’t it’s cause he don’t feel like it. If he ain’t on no hood sh*t, it cause that ain’t how he feel.
So, rather than force him to do something he don’t wanna do, I’d just rather sit back and admire all the things he does do. He does the sh*t well, so it brings me great honor and enormous pleasure to introduce B.o.B. to the rest of the world and I hope y’all stand behind him as much as I do. And with that said I must bid you farewell. Keep it pimpin…
I can honestly say, B.o.B. is the truth and I CAN”T WAIT for his cd to drop. In case you still need some convincing, download the “Who the F*ck is B.o.B.” Mixtape below: (more…)
Play your position heffas! That’s what Tiny’s yellin right now to all of Tip’s jumpoffs! Word on the street is that one of em (cause I’m sure there’s many) is causing problems on Tiny’s MySpace page by getting all uppity about the fact that she’s been under T.I. many times.
All I can say is…Tiny, nice ring but your insecurities are showing. ~ (Strong Language Ahead): (more…)
Mary J. Blige was feeling extra charitable the other day while shopping in New York’s Diane von Furstenberg store. Mary apprently overheard a shopper who was there to pick up a dress on hold. The chick “mistakenly” thought the dress being held was $500, but in fact it was $900 (you know how those 9’s and 5’s sound alike over the phone…) Anyway…she couldn’t afford the balance. Well….Ms. Moneybags decides to help out the poor stranger by giving her the difference on the dress.
Blige told the saleswoman, “Go get the girl. I want to pay for the balance on the dress.” The customer at first declined Blige’s offer but relented after the singer said, “I know what it’s like to want something and not be able to have it. I insist.” The customer wanted to send her a check for the balance, but Blige said, “Just enjoy it. I’m blessed, so let me do this.” (Source)
I commend Mary…but the chick was there buying a $500 dress, so I’m almost certain that she wasn’t like STARVING or anything. But hey….it’s Mary’s money and it was a very sweet gesture. I’m just hoping to run into Mary at the gas station. This dayum Bentley’s a b*tch to fill up….
Xilla did a post while I was out about Shay “Buckeey” Johnson having an alledged sex tape. Well I dunno if it’s her or not but whoever it was obviously knew dude had a camera in her face. So goes the debate of choices. If you choose to be in a sex tape, can you really be pissed if it gets “released”…?
Word on the streets of the “A” is that Keyshia Cole’s new boo boxer Floyd Mayweather made it rain fake $100 dollar bills in the club Thursday night. Several people who caught the flying fakes have been shocked to discover that the money in their pockets isn’t real. SandaRose’s own photographer caught one of the bills and found out the bill was fake when he attempted to pay for gas the next day. V-103’s Porsche Foxx and Ryan Cameron also received numerous calls that people all around the city have been getting the same surprise after attempting to spend the cash. Ryan reported that it was possible that one of Floyd’s boys switched the bills with the counterfeit cash…whatever the case, I’m sure the Feds are gonna be knockin on Floyd’s door real soon…
FRESH off his split from Star Jones, Al Reynolds is back on the town. He hit club Home late last week with a new buxom lady friend, where he was drink ing and dancing till the wee hours. “He was at the bar with her. She was a pretty big girl,” said a cocktail waitress at the club. “They were dancing to hip-hop and bobbing their heads. He had on a white button-down [shirt], open with a diamond necklace hanging out. And he was drinking all night with his pinky in the air.” Also there was Sean Combs, who, oddly, sat in a corner reading a book. (Source)
The jokes write themselves. I promise you…I had nothing to do with this.
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