BROWN FLANNEL NIKE AIR FORCE 1 AVAILABLE THIS SATURDAY NOV 1ST

This Air Force 1 features a combination of a brown leather upper, black accents, a brown swoosh, and Bone/Black plaid side panels . It is also complemented by an original white midsole. The colorway is perfect for the Fall/Winter seasons, so check your nearest retailer this weekend for these kicks

NBA ON TNT X NIKE HYPERDUNK

Those rat finks @ TNT got their own version of the Hyperdunks, all the nuances down to lacing the set’s colors into the shoe and features Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and Ernie Johnson’s faces in cartoon caricatures on the shoe’s tongue.

But I wouldn’t stress getting a pair, simply because only 48 pairs will be released.

I TOLD JAY I DID A SONG WITH COLDPLAY

Hov’s rhymes and Coldplay’s backdrops put together by Mick and Terry. How can you go wrong with that? Remember this was put together by Ohioans next week when your waiting on us to get it together and tally our votes. Remember what we have to deal with out here. Let alone politrix. Link and tracklist after the jump.

1) Intro (produced by Mick Boogie & Terry Urban)
2) Public Speeding (produced by Cookin’ Soul)
3) Know My Place (produced by The Amps)
4) Never Changing (produced by nVMe)
5) Miss Trouble (produced by Judah)
6) Back At My Place (produced by Remot)
7) No Love Coming Home (produced by The Kickdrums)
8) Lost Part 1 (produced by Coldplay)
9) A Spy’s Prayer (produced by nVMe)
10) Science Is Ignorant (produced by Gooch)
11) The Reverse Fix (produced by Mick Boogie & nVMe)
12) Hola Blanco (produced by Garbs Infinite)
13) Take The Hill (produced by nVMe)
14) Lost Part 2 (remixed by Mick Boogie)
15) Cold Success (produced by 9th Wonder)
16) What If We Cry? (produced by Remot)
17) Beach Chair (produced by Coldplay)
18) Falling In Shadows (produced by 6th Sense)
19) Life of Clocks (produced by Terry Urban)
20) X-Y-Z (produced by Hasan Insane)

T.I. FEAT. RIHANNA - “LIVE YOUR LIFE” VIDEO

Kobe Byrant, Alex Rodriquez, Tony Hawk, Micheal Phelps - Guitar Commerical

GLC - I Ain't Even On Yet Mixtape

GLC - I Ain't Even On Yet... Mixtape

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Ruby Hornet x Bump J

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Notorious - Trailer

BET AWARDS FREESTYLE CIPHERS

Above is the third installment from the BET Hip Hop Awards freestyle cipher featuring Ace Hood, Juelz, Loso & Jada or "The Def Jam Edition" of the shows freestyle installment which Kiss won by a landslide.

BREAKING NEWS: Jennifer Hudson's Mother & Brother Found Dead

CHICAGO - Authorities investigating the shooting deaths of Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother were searching for the missing 7-year-old nephew of the Oscar-winning actress.

A suspect in the deaths was in custody Friday night, but young Julian King had not been seen since the bodies of Darnell Donerson, 57, and Jason Hudson, 29, were found Friday afternoon.

A family member entering Donerson's South Side home Friday afternoon found the woman shot on the living room floor. Responding officers later found Hanson shot in the bedroom, police said.

At least one of the victims suffered defensive wounds, said authorities who described the shooting as domestic violence.

William Balfour, a man suspected in the deaths, was arrested Friday but had not been charged, law enforcement sources told the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times.

Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said investigators were talking to "a number of people in custody" but she declined to elaborate. An Amber Alert issued Friday said Balfour was a suspect in the double homicide.

Records from the Illinois Department of Corrections show Balfour, 27, is on parole and spent nearly seven years in prison for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possessing a stolen vehicle. Public records show one of Balfour's addresses as the home where Donerson and Jason Hudson were shot.

The Cook County medical examiner's office said autopsies for Donerson and Jason Hudson were pending.

Balfour's mother, Michelle, said her son had been married to Hudson's sister, Julia, for several years, but they were separated. She also said Donerson had ordered him to move out of the family's home last winter.

Jennifer Hudson's personal publicist, Lisa Kasteler, said the family wanted privacy.

The tragedy comes as Hudson, who grew up in Chicago, continues to reach new heights in her career. Her song "Spotlight" is No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts and her recently released, self-tiled debut album has been a top seller. She was featured in this year's blockbuster "Sex and the City" movie and is also starring in the hit film "The Secret Life of Bees."

She won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2007 for her role in "Dreamgirls." In an interview last year with Vogue, Hudson credited her mother with encouraging her to audition for "American Idol," which launched her career.

The singer, whose father died when she was a teenager, described herself as very close to her family. In a recent AP interview she said her family, which includes older siblings Julia and Jason, helped keep her grounded.

"My faith in God and my family, they're very realistic and very normal, they're not into the whole limelight kind of thing, so when I go home to Chicago that's just another place that's home," she said. "I stand in line with everybody else, or, when I go home to my mom I'm just Jennifer, (so she says), 'You get up and you take care of your own stuff.' And I love that; I don't like when people tell you everything you want to hear, I want to hear the truth, you know what I mean."

Hudson recently announced her engagement to David Otunga, best known for his stint on VH1's reality show "I Love New York."

Hudson's representatives would not disclose her whereabouts Friday. She had been scheduled to appear Monday in Los Angeles to collect an ensemble cast honor at the Hollywood Awards for "The Secret Life of Bees" with co-stars including Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning.

MEET THE NEW BLACKBERRY STORM

Not to be confused with the newly released Blackberry Bold, the Blackberry Storm is RIM's answer to the iPhone with it's touchscreen capabilities where as the Bold was more along the lines of the classic Blackberry PDA motif with a more futuristic and aerodynamic design. The Storm features a 480 x 360 pixel color display, GPS and Blackberry maps, 3.2 megapixel camera, video recorder, media player & on the screen touch screen keyboard. Guess it's safe to say "Crackberry" is high on the heels on the cell phone market the iPhone has cornered

Nelly Forms Rap SUPER-GROUP!!!!!!!

Nelly has teamed up with Akon, T-Pain and Pharrell Williams to form a rap super-group. The Hot In Herre hit-maker, who was previously rumored to be working with T.I., revealed his plans to join forces with his fellow rappers on a new record.

He tells us, "Me, Akon, T-Pain and Pharrell are talking about doing a project. We got a host of things we're trying to do - possibly put together this new 2009 (Bell Biv DeVoe) type of thing." And Nelly isn't worried about conflicted schedules getting in the way of the collaboration.

He adds, "I don't think you try to put things together with people you don't think you can accomplish (them) with. With 'Kon, with Pain and Pharrell, I know it's more about the music than anything. It's about leaving something. I think we're all OK as far as the money thing goes. I don't think anybody is hurting. You wanna do things you can be remembered by. Make a mark. I think that's something that's foremost on all our minds."

However, Williams is keeping quiet the project: "Those are all my boys. I'm kinda like the only one that adheres to the oath of secrecy. I don't wanna break that," and refuses to reveal what direction the sound will take, adding, "Well, seeing as though I'm supposed to be upholding my end of the bargain of upholding my oath of secrecy, I'm not so sure of how to answer that question."

MCCAIN VS OBAMA DANCE OFF!!!!

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(Video) Que Billah - Today's Lesson

A Millie... or is it

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(that there is Cha Lo, with his platinum plaque for Lil Wayne's "A Millie")

Now I remember back in the glorious days of summer (whatever happened to those anyway), Boogz did a post over on his blog and kept telling me that this kid Cha Lo, from Chicago, was the guy who actually created the beat for "A Millie" over three years ago. I just figured he was some kind of understudy, or maybe he had just laid the skeleton for the track, or the drums or something.

Lo and behold, this man was the full co-producer and basically the man behind the track. A journalist by the name of Rahiem Shabazz has uncovered the full story over at this blog in a post called "Two Producers, One Huge Hit, One BET Award".

Peep:

The city of Atlanta played host to the annual BET Hip-Hop Awards once again. The celebratory event is highly known for its star studded after parties and nomination celebrations. I got a personal request to attend Shondrae “Bangladesh” Crawford’s nomination celebration for Amilli, Lil Wayne’s lead single off the multi-platinum selling Tha Carter III album. I decided to go in support of the co-producer Cha-Lo whom I interviewed just days prior. Within hours of my decision to attend, I got a text message stating, the Chicago bred producer Cha-Lo known for his house music infused sound, which is the signature sound dominating the Amilli record, would not be attending nor was he invited.

Now, I know what you're going to say: "Well, Cha Lo is a beat maker, but Bangladesh is a 'producer' much like Dr. Dre and Quincy Jones and yada yada yada ya". But from the looks of Rahiem's piece, Cha Lo was basically the brains behind this whole operation. Rahiem also has all kinds of documentation and samples of the song over his spot. I highly you suggest you check it out and weigh in. This is a battle for the ages!

GLC - Listening Party... INVITE ONLY

Tonight

Location: Darkroom - 2210 w Chicago ave, chicago, IL 60622 US
When: Wednesday, October 22, 9:00PM
Phone: 7732635193

The Oct. edition of the E! event is non stop music all night. The lineup is Preach, Sam-I Am, Graphic Nature,N.E.S. and Nazim. They all rock with the soul band Konstant Groove! on the one's and two's Tree Thirteen! Hosted by B-VAX and poet Jamilla Talseem. It's gonna be a hot one. Don't miss out!!!

Lebrons

We have all come to know and love Lebrons on tv through their countless commercials. Now you can take a piece of your favorite Lebron family member home with you. Lebron will be coming out with four Lebron VI's that represent each member of the Lebron family. Check out the characteristics and see which one is which.

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Louis Vuitton, Gucci Halt Release Of T.I.'s 'Swing Ya Rag' Video

Although the Swizz Beatz produced "Swing Ya Rag" was set to come out as a brand new video off T.I.'s latest album, Paper Trail, some companies mentioned on the track didn't want the attention.

The rapper told MTV recently that he has a video set and ready to go, but it's going to stay in the vaults.

"We did it, and it came out hot," Tip said of the video. "Louis [Vuitton] and Gucci started trippin' about it. They were saying we were infringing, in one way or another. They weren't happy about it. They didn't want it to come out. But it's hot, though."

So, instead, the King of the South has moved on, and a video for his latest single, "Live Your Life" with Rihanna, is on the way, and possibly one coming for "Swagger Life Us," hopefully.

"I hope we can pull that off," he told MTV, which would feature Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne. "That was the definite intentions initially. We have to see when everybody is all available. I'm available whenever they are."

In the meantime, T.I. is gearing up for his tour and will be shooting a film titled "Bone Deep."

IT'S HERE

Sandisk just unveiled their Sansa slotMusic Player Wednesday morning which will be compatible with their slotMusic media cards. The slotMusic microSD cards are availible now and the players will be hitting the shelves within the next few days.


he Sansa slotMusic Player (MSRP $19.99) was made to play slotMusic card albums or a self-loaded microSD™ card full of music. The effortless player doesn’t require a PC, Internet or any time spent managing music. Consumers simply choose their slotMusic or music-filled microSD card, pop it into the device and will be enjoying their favorite tunes in seconds.

he unique, artist-branded slotMusic Player is a stylish, all-in-one package, which includes both the slotMusic card and a trendy player bearing their favorite artist’s name and image. The branded player comes pre-loaded with an album on a 1GB1 slotMusic card. (Additional content on the card may include liner notes, album art and other one-of-a-kind content personally chosen by the artist.) Artist-branded slotMusic players will retail for a MSRP of $34.99.

Dolemite Is Dead

A bad motherfucker died today.

I think I first became aware of Dolemite’s voice because of “Big Daddy Vs. Dolemite”. After that I was in tune, and that was from early high school up through college. I wish I could quote off line after line, but in school we used to sit up in my Memphis aggins Shawn & Scooby’s dorm room, blow back-to-back (and back again) Swishers and watch Rudy Ray Moore’s work & all types of old Blaxploitation flicks. So it’s not that I can’t remember the best of his best…I was just too damn twacked to recall the majority of the shit I heard.

All I remember is laughin’.

What I walked away knowing is this whole signifying monkey shit and track with Kane are the essence of shit-talking. And, I know that Black comedy lost one of it’s raunchiest (but unheralded) forefathers

Sale @ St. Alfred

Come get it! Sale shirts, 2 for $25. 20% items not marked down. Everything on sale. Come through.

12 yr olds give breast exams

(Video) Jay Rock - All my life ft Lil Wayne

Wow... people actually still make regular videos and don't talk about stuff they don't have... who knew...ENJOY!!!

(Video) Paul Wall - Popped Up

Grandmother sues McCain and his Campaign team

Release Reminder - Jordan 3 & 20

Release Date: 10/18/2008
Model: Air Jordan 20/3 Countdown Pack
Color: Jordan 20 Black/Black-Dark Charcoal
Jordan 3 Black/Black-Varsity Red
Product Code: 338153-991
Price: $310

Seth Petruzelli / Kimbo Slice rematch...

You saw the knock out a few days ago... now hear what he has to say...ENJOY!!!

House Of Hoops Chicago

Winter Jordan Preview

KixandtheCity.com Feature: Jordan Brand Winter Preview from KixandtheCity.com on Vimeo.

Ridiculous Cake Floyd Mayweather

Plies Heard of Me

JAY-Z Performance Live At Palladium in LA

A Milli

Jockin Jay-Z

Swagger Like Us

Katt Williams Pimpin Pimpin preview

Katt Williams on Jay Leno Show

McCain vs Obama pt2

McCain vs Obama

(Video) Rick Ross FUNNY

(Video) T-Pain - Chopped and Screwed

Nike Royal

Nice look from Nike looks to be a step into the realm of upscale sneakers. Keep ya eyes open for these. Good look for all you shoe connoisseurs out there

lance mountain blazer

A nice collab between skateboarder Lance Mountain and Nike SB. I dig the orange colorway especially for the autumn season. Love the swede and the white midsole, it really makes the shoe pop. Look for these in November.

Friday Oct 17 @ Lava

DJ REVOLUTION at Lava Lounge Chicago Fri. 10/17
1270 N. Milwuakee
10pm-2am
$10 dudes
$5 ladies
also DJ RUDE ONE and DJ ROOSEVELT TREASURECHEST

VOL.3 & CHI-CITY BEATS VOL.2 on sale now!!!
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Ruby Hornet - Swagger Like Chi

FR: RubyHornet

"Swagger Like Us" hit the internet a few weeks ago and has become a monster smash. Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil' Wanye, and T.I. all delivered on the biggest posse cut in years, and the infectious beat has been tackled by emcees nationwide. Shortly after the track's release, I was able to get my hands on an instrumental, which I emailed to Mikkey Halsted, jokingly asking him to shout me out if he decided to go in on the beat. A few days later Really Doe came through the RH office and told us about his experience with the beat, and a futile attempt to land it for his American 2 Fresh debut. We pitched him the idea of jumping on the track with Mikkey and he was down. More importantly, the wheels were in motion. We quickly hit up Naledge, who was in town gearing up for Kidz In The Hall's tour with Murs, he was in as well and "Swagger Like Chi" finally had some legs. We enlisted GLC for the final slot, called Michael Kolar at SoundScape Studios and booked a recording session...

We weren't sure who was going to show up last week Wednesday. Our goal was not only to record a remix showcasing a wide range of Chicago emcees, but to actually get everyone together to record the track, something that has been talked about but not yet done. We knew Naledge would be there, as he can easily be found at SoundScape anytime he is in the Chi. Really Doe gave us a confirmation, and Mikkey Halsted provided his guarantee as well. In addition, Mikkey was bringing two new guests who heard about the idea and had to get down on the track, MarVo and Bump J. We welcomed both emcees, and by 8 PM on the first Wednesday in October all artists mentioned aboved were in the same room writing rhymes, sharing stories, having some drinks and making music. Chicago producers SC and Boogz both swung through the studio as well after learning about what was going on and feeling like they had to be there to see it.

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Hoodman Holiday 08 Drop

Hoodman follows up its wildly successful 1st drop with more in your face tees!

Introducing..

The Borough Presidents tee in white

Hood polo logo tee in navy

Hood polo logo tee in black

Department of Gentrification tee in black

The Real Mr. Carter tee in black

The Real Mr. Carter tee in purple

Deez Nuts tee in red

Revolutionaries Eat Fried Chicken POCKET tee in black

Pick up these tees (and more) in the SHOP

or at these select retailers

Digital Gravel (soon) www.digitalgravel.com

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Wed. Oct. 22 @ Darkroom

Location: Darkroom - 2210 w Chicago ave, chicago, IL 60622 US
When: Wednesday, October 22, 9:00PM
Phone: 7732635193

The Oct. edition of the E! event is non stop music all night. The lineup is Preach, Sam-I Am, Graphic Nature,N.E.S. and Nazim. They all rock with the soul band Konstant Groove! on the one's and two's Tree Thirteen! Hosted by B-VAX and poet Jamilla Talseem. It's gonna be a hot one. Don't miss out!!!

(Video) Kimbo Slice...

(Video) GLC - I Ain't Even On Yet

Dope song indeed...

JOY DENALANE FEAT. LUPE FIASCO - “CHANGE” VIDEO

Obama and Joy - Change from John Mc Kinsey on Vimeo.

Nas Ft. Game & Chris Brown - Money Makes The World Go Round

T-Pain & Ludacris - Chopped And Screwed Video

Beyonce - Put A Ring On It Video

Nike Air Foamposite Boot - Foamdome

As Nike looks to bring back classics like the Air Penny III (3) seen earlier today, they also look to fuse popular styles together, including the Air Foamdome, a combination of the Air Foamposite and Air Max Goadome. The mixture yields a heavy duty boot like sneaker, taking its aesthetics from the Goadome, but hints of the Air Foamposite appear throughout the sneaker as well. The Air Foamdome will be relesed in this Foamposite-esque color-way as well as solid colored models this December. Via Dave Jeff of PHLI.

More L.E.P.

Boogz (who is back sporadically updating his blog) has cracked open his vaults and is sharing with the world some rare and hard to find L.E.P. and Infared Music joints from years ago.

The first edition features two tracks, one being produced by No ID and the second by Kanye West and featuring the late-great Lil Larro.

L.E.P. (Count) - "Commercial Rap" (Prod. by No ID, with cuts by DJ Phonz)

L.E.P. (Lil Larro) - "4 Da Luv" (Prod. by Kanye West)

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T.I Papertrail moves 568k copies in first week

T.I.'s "Paper Trail" moves 568k copies in 1st week
The King amongst kings is back. T.I. many, not only going gold within one week, but taking the number one spot by a sound margin. Paper Trail beat out #2 debut Jennifer Hudson by over 300,000 units, as Atlantic Records' flagship artist reminds fans that while he's not performing quite as strongly as Lil Wayne's first week on the charts, he's well beyond perceived competition Young Jeezy, The Game and Nas, in commercial viability.
As Ne-Yo remained in the Top 10, and Joe debuted there last week, Robin Thicke entered the charts at #3. The Interscope singer's Something Else sold well over six figures of units in its premier week. Following that, mainstays in Hip Hop crowded near the bottom of the Top 20. Young Jeezy his Recession The game and his LAX split by Lil Wayne whose Tha Carter took #14, between their respective #12 and #18 positions.

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)


Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1
T.I.
Paper Trail
568,383
569,361
3
Robin Thicke
Something Else
136,944 137,204
12
Young Jeezy
Recession
38,754 489,675
14
Lil Wayne
Tha Carter III
34,553
2,523,278
18
The Game
LAX
28,105
476,020
Murs' campaign did not lead the Los Angeles rapper to the top. However, Murray found his strongest debut in his career, cracking the Top 50. Murs For President the charts at #43, making the release Warner Brothers' best Hip Hop showing since Talib Kweli's Ear Drum. The release just edged out DJ Khaled's [We Global. Khaled stayed relatively docile since last week, with many believing that the right single can still propel him near the Top 25 again.

With less than a month on the charts, LL Cool J may soon be leaving the Top 100. The icon emcee's Exit 13 found its place at #88 this past week, at just under 75,000 units sold.

Z-Ro stayed on the charts, holding close rank with the previous week. The Rap-A-Lot Records veteran's Crack may be one of the most overlooked independent releases of the year. T.I., who also found the charts a third time with 4,000-plus units of a specially-made Best Buy greatest hits EP, brought his land full-length back out with him, as T.I. Vs. T.I.P. scrapes the bottom of the Top 200, over a year later.

Other Notables

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
43
Murs
Murs For President
12,159
12,590
45
DJ Khaled
We Global
11,863
79,490
88
LL Cool J
Exit 13
6,940
73,112
99
Z-Ro
Crack
5,793
16,310
199
T.I.
T.I. Vs. TIP
3,271
1,309,476

How will T.I. and Murs' second week go? Can Ne-Yo, Young Jeezy and The Game all get gold plaques in the same week? Will Jake One's star-studded album make the Top 200? Stay tuned for next Wednesday.

(Video) GLC - I ain't even on yet PROMO

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(video) Goodoctors Awards - Hollywood Holt & Mano

The Goodoctors are some funny ass fellas ([II]). You can hear them weekly on Pugs' CTA Radio Show. Here they get together with Hollywood Holt and M$M for the first edition of the Goodoctors Awards.

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(Video) Making of Swagger like Chi

Jay-z Speaks on StarRoc & Possibly signing Janet,50 Cent,JD,Beyonce?

Jay-Z official confirmed his new partnership with production duo StarGate and his project of creating a recording company called StarRoc Music Publishing.

Both parties issue a statement, saying, "the focus is to find new talent and develop artists through mutually beneficial global partnerships which include music distribution, publishing, touring and merchandising."

StarRoc becomes the first partnership for Roc Nation, Jay-Z's official venture with concert and global distribution giant Live Nation.

"StarGate were like a secret weapon," said Jay-Z. "We had great success with Rihanna and Ne-Yo. In only 2 years, they've generated 10 singles in the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and 3 of those singles hit the # 1 position. This has been a rewarding partnership and it was time to take the creative venture to the next level."

The Norwegian production duo was responsible for hit singles by Ne-Yo (So Sick and Sexy Love), Rihanna (Unfaithful), Beyonce (Irreplaceable) and others.

In additional news, a source reveals that Jay-Z wants to sign Janet Jackson, 50 Cent, Beyonce Knowles, and Jermaine Dupri to his new recording company.

"Jay-Z approached 50 Cent earlier this year and now he's talking to Janet and Jermaine Dupri... It seems like a difficult task to get so many big artists under one roof, but I wouldn't put anything past [Jay-Z]," the source says.

"[Jay-Z] is probably the only person in music that could put together the financing to make [signing] talent of that caliber possible," the source continued.

SanDisk Attempting 'SlotMusic' As New Form of Music Media

It's called slotMusic, and it's basically an album on a thumbnail-size microSD card. Four of the major music labels -- Warner, Universal, Sony, EMI -- are supporting it with MP3, unprotected music. So you'd go into a Wal-Mart, pay about $10 for the card, and slip it into your cell phone or any other gadget with a card slot. SanDisk says it will be almost as simple to use as putting a CD in a player. The MP3 songs can be moved around or copied anywhere. And you can write to the card, adding more of your own music into whatever storage space is left.