Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Cornell West on Obama
Princeton University African American studies professor Dr. Cornel West appeared on a panel at Tavis Smiley Presents: State of Black America which aired on C-Span a couple of months ago. The discussion went towards Presidential candidate Barack Obama and his campaign. West stated that Obama is a very decent, brilliant, and charismatic man, but it was the source of his campaign's money and the people "in his ear" that we should be worried about. What do you think about what Dr. West had to say? Watch and comment!
Joe the Vice President
Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden gets noticeably irritated during an interview with Florida news anchor Barbara West. West proceeded to ask several questions that sounded as if they were written by the McCain campaign. West asked questions like aren't you "embarrassed" about Obama's "ties" to ACORN, how can Obama not be a "Marxist" with his "spread the wealth" philosophy, and a bunch of other foolish questions. Well Biden gave her an answer to all of her questions while posing some of his own like "are you joking?" and "is this a joke, or is that a real question?"
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Fresh Music
"Relapse (Freestyle)"
Kanye's second single from his album "808's & Heartbreak"
"Heartless"
Big Boi's new album was supposed to be released this month, but I'm guessing it was pushed back due to Big Boi's recent partnership with Coca-Cola's energy drink Full Throttle. Big Boi will be the spokesmodel for the relaunched drink in return for promotion of his album and sponsorship of concerts. Makes sense that they would need time to promote the album. Good Look. Here is another track from "Sir Luscious Left Foot: Son of Chico Dusty." I love this song and can't wait for the album.
"Dubbz"-feat. Backbone
Coldplay will soon be releasing an EP with 8 new tracks. Here is one of those tracks featuring Jay-Z
"Lost+"-feat. Jay-Z
Sunday, October 19, 2008
T-Pain to replace Katt Williams at Hip Hop Awards?!
Uhhh Huh....Well apparently T-pain will be hosting this years BET Hip Hop Awards in place of Katt Williams according to bet.com. Katt Williams supposedly challenged T-pain to a break dancing contest wagering his hosting duties. Well, T-pain accepted Katt's offer and won the competition (I pray they have a video of this). Katt Williams felt the competition was unfair stating "you cant win a break dancing contest and use a vocoder." See the entire story here. The 2008 BET HIP HOP AWARDS airs October 23 at 8:00pm ET/PT. I wonder if T-pain will host using the vocoder.
Colin Powell endorses Obama
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" today to announce his support for one of the presidential candidates. And who will Powell be voting for come November 4th...Non other than the Hip Hop community's favorite candidate Barack Obama! Now as some of you may know, Powell is a self proclaimed Republican, so it was unclear on which side he'd stand, but it would seem that Obama's "ability to inspire" is blind to party title. You can view the entire interview transcript here. Does Powell's endorsement matter to you? Have any undecideds finally made a choice due to this endorsement?
