NC's OWN featured on New Ludacris album

For Ludacris' 6th studio recording he called in none other than North Carolina's finest...9th Wonder for production on "Do The Right Thing" co-starring Common and SPIKE LEE...yes that Spike Lee. AOG and WeMIX.com take you behind the lines to show you how the concept of "DO THE RIGHT THING" came about. 


That's not all. We also got out hands on another exclusive from THEATER OF THE MIND. "Call Up The Homies" co-starring The Game and DTP's own Willy Northpole (thanks to our people at THATs-LUDACRIS)

THEATER of THE MIND IN STORES 11.25.08

iKnowTANK's SAVE YO SELF tip of the week...THE GHETTO BIG MAC

As we approach the weekend keep in mind a few things...
1)Your WACHOVIA Card may just be a card
2)$20.00 on pump 3 may not get you ANY on pump 3
3)iCHAT is the new "STOP BY THE CRIB..."


props to DALLAS PENN for the video

What Th@ H3LL?

I was at the Panther win over the Chicago Bears this past Sunday (Sept. 13) and I remember looking up at the monitor in the press box at the score of the New England Patriots and New York Jets game. The Patriots were up, and eventually beat the Jets. Most of you know that now. 

The fact the Patriots won isn't really shocking. Not to me. The fact they won without Tom Brady at quarterback isn't shocking either. What has me wondering, "What the Hell," is the fact that they started a guy at quarterback that hasn't started a game since high school. Let me say that again. Matt Cassel (pronounced like castle, not Ku-cel), guided the Patriots to his first win as a starting quarterback since high school. 

That's some bullshit to me because I can name about 10 really good black quarterbacks that are sitting at  home, hoping to someday sign with a team. Hell, Dante Culpepper was like, "Fuck it." He retired after he couldn't find a home before the season started. What I'm trying to figure out is how the hell can a guy make it to the NFL when he didn't even do shit in college. I mean, white guys have it easy as hell. Damn.

You wouldn't ever see a black quarterback, that didn't start, make it to the NFL as a quarterback. Hell, guys that did their thing in college can barely make squads these days. And, guys like Tarvaris Jackson (Minnesota Vikings) can't get a break because he's black. How many times do you hear announcers say, "The Vikings would be Super Bowl contenders if they had a quarterback." That's some bullshit. Is it because he came from Alabama State, and not USC (where Cassel sat the bench for four years)? I'm just sayin.' 

That was just one of the many random thoughts that had me thinking while I was watching another football game. Crazy... You can't tell me that I don't have a point, though. CHUUCH.

"Did I Miss My EXIT?"

According to industry insiders (who's identity I will NEVER release' cuz I ain't on "The First 48") LL Cool J's latest release, appropriately entitled "Exit 13," symbolizing his 13th and final album as part of a multi-album deal signed with Def Jam may not sell 50,000 copies in its first week.

My original feelings about the G.O.A.T.'s marginal success we of sympathy and disappointment then it hit me "I haven't even heard the damn album and don't care much for the single." Furthermore, he's had 13 albums....way more than most artist unless you like PRINCE or somebody.

Should LL be upset that he didn't see any records,of course but in the history of his last few albums, who will he blame this time. JAY-Z is gone, the deal with G-Unit kind of disappeared, and he probably could have gotten out his deal after....say album 10. The bottom line is you can't make people support you. If its over, its just over.

The above statements were in no way intended to disrespect you Mr.James Todd Smith or you Mr.LL Cool J but even you two stopped wearing FUBU at some point in your life,just look at your album and career as "PLATINUM" FUBU...we loved it for a long time but eventually moved on.

SIGNS THAT THE END IS NEAR....

QUESTION???...."IF I were the person responsible for puting this video or song out...matter of fact, if I was even in the studio, gave someone a ride from the studio,delivered the pizza that they ate at the studio or sold them a bag of weed before they went to the studio...should I not only lose my job but also get the DOG SH*T kick out of me for even pretending that this record wasn't trash"?

I'm just ASKING...enjoy

I don't want it...

I have to preface all of this with "This is just my opinion, so feel free to disagree." Since that is out of the way, I heard this song for the first time over the weekend and I had to talk to one of my homies to see what he thought. He laughed and told me I should write a blog about it...so here it is. Now I'm not going to take the usual feminist, anti-mysoginist, FCC, "Save Hip-Hop, Save the World" (please note the sarcasm) angle (I can do that another time), instead I'm going to take the "Why this wouldn't make my sex song list" angle. Here are my biggest beefs with this track: 1) The title. This is a song by Trina and Killer Mike is asking that a chick look back at him. Now I get it, the title, the hook, the chorus, the male voice...all of that gets more attention then say Trina saying "Eat me, Eat me, Eat me then leave," but I still think she should have had a bigger role in that part of the song. 2) Why do I need to look back at you?? If you want to know the kind of job you're doing give me about 15 pumps, and if I don't stop and give a brief tutorial on how to make even rough sex pleasurable for a woman (with a female anatomy class as an added bonus), go into the living room to make a sandwich or watch television, or make an excuse about needing sleep when it's 7 p.m. on a Friday night, then you must be doing okay. And if it's an ego issue, then we can make a run to a store of your choosing and purchase a full length mirror. That way you not only see me, but you see yourself. 3) There is such thing as a sexy, up-tempo rap song ("Temptations" "F*** all night" "F'in You Tonight" to name a few,) and this isn't it. Don't get me wrong, I like Trina and Killer Mike, but this song is almost like (for ladies) wanting to have sex with a really sexy virgin. You see a guy and he really has everything working for him. His mind, his body, his face, the way he speaks...everything is beautiful. You date for a while and the night comes when you decide to have sex with him. You make out, it's awesome; he touches you, it's great; and then he gets inside of you and starts doing a mixture of "fish flopping" and "jack-rabbiting." It's the ultimate beautiful letdown. This song had everything working for it, the title alone suggests that it would be on a lot of people's "Top 10 Up-tempo Rap Sex Soundtrack," and once you combine that with the beat and the ridiculously erotic lyrics, it has multiple orgasm written all over it--but it just doesn't deliver. So I'll chalk this up to a song meant strictly for club dancing (better known as dry humping.) As always, let me know what you think and enjoy the video!!

Morning Oil

Inspired by today's blog. Enjoy!