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#Random shots.

My latest pickup. Lower Merion Ace Kobe V's. Shout to my homie with the assist on these, much appreciated.

Kenan Thompson as Steve Harvey

LMAO. Too funny yall need to peep this.

Just because....

it showed up on the iPod.



Classic is an understatement.

Season 2 is a go.

HBO's "How To Make It America".

If you watch the series then you already know what it is.

If you're not familiar with it, watch this vid featuring the intro to the series. This was the best show on tv for the last few months till it recently wrapped up its 1st season.

How To Make It In America Intro from Bert Stragier on Vimeo.

After some back and forth about whether or not the show would get picked up for its second season, word got out last week that HBO made it official.

Ben, Cam, Capo and the rest of them will be back for another go'round. GREAT news.

If you have HBO but never saw the show you owe it yourself to check it out On Demand. If not, you can get the episodes at HBO.com

Here's a little behind the scenes piece on some of the characters.



If this show, it's storyline, and it's soundtrack don't make you want to go out and get your hustle on there might be something wrong with you.

Stay up and God Bless.

Lord please let my problems disappear like Ron Mercer...

For those of yall that have been followin this shit since its inception over a year ago, you might remember one of my first entries bein about a Wale show I went to in SoHo last April with my homies.

I mentioned that I wasn't really feelin any of the opening acts at that show, except for this dude named J. Cole. Little did I know how much he would blow up soon thereafter, or how much of a fan of his music I would become (not to mention that he's a St. John's graduate like yours truly).

If you dont know by now he's put out a few mixtapes, including "The Come Up", "The Warm Up", and "A Nigga from the 'Ville". He was featured on a "A Star is Born" on Hov's Blueprint 3, "Beautiful Bliss" on Wale's Attention Deficit, and recently got his own cover of "The Source".

There's a lot of other stuff I'm leavin out but you can probably see that dude is comin up.

Well it dawned on me a little while ago that dude has already become the rapper I rock with the most after Jay-Z. I don't think anyone will take over Hov's spot on MY list but Cole has already pushed himself to number 2. I fuck with dude heavy and find myself bumpin his shit regularly, as much as Hov's and more than anyone elses.

J. Cole - Grown Simba from Report2Detention on Vimeo.

Grown Simba (the live performance vid shown above and one of his first tracks), Dreams, Knock Knock, I Get Up, Carolina on my Mind, Dead Presidents I and II freestyles (ESPECIALLY I), I Got It, Last Call, School Daze...I'm tellin yall the list goes on.

Might seem like dude is payin me to write this entry but trust, I'm just tryna spread the word. If you dont know dude yet, give him a listen.

I'll leave yall wit this.....

These 2 used to straight wage wars.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Well this is one image that will forever remind me of not only my teenage years, but of a great era in the NBA, a great rivalry between two players, and of course, classic footwear.

KG was THE man in Minny. 20-10-5 on a regular basis. No one else could say that.

And I can't forget H2O in the background.

Britney Griner vs. Mr. 720

So I found out that Britney Griner (the freshman center for the Baylor Bears girls basketball team who dunks like its nothin) and Mr. 720 aka Air Up There locked themselves in a gym not too long ago and had a dunk contest.

As random as that shit is, the vid is pretty crazy. Griner pulls off some VERY impressive dunks but when its all said and done its 720 in a landslide.

Dude was dunkin like he was mad at the rim. See for yourself...