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I was hoping to see a video for this song, but its been so long since the video dropped that I forgot all about it.  

THIS MORNING this video was released and this put the album back on my radar. It was a solid piece of work from Robin Thicke, and Snoop Dogg always kills a verse.

Don’t take my word for it watch this video.

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The legendary rapper Guru of the iconic group Gangstarr has passed away today from his battle with cancer. In the recent months there has been much tension and debate in the hip hop community over his alleged decision not to speak to his family while on his death bed. While the debate pointed to an unusual character in it all Solar his supposed business manager, all this is done now that the death of another great has occurred.

R.I.P Keith Elam

Here is aletter from Guru before his untimely death.

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DOWN2EARTHPEOPLE PRESENTS: “EXPRESS YOURSELF”

This Saturday MARCH 13TH DOWN2EARTHPEOPLE are throwing another one of their GREAT Events..your attendance is demanded (cuz i said so lol).. The party explains its self just come down to the Coffe Cave on 45 Halsey St in Newark to get ya party on!!!!

18+

8PM-TILL WHEN ITS OVER… tHE FEE is only $5

so come thru this SATURDAy

++++

MUSIC/PARTY

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After Usher’s All-Star Game performance and the songs that have already leaked out I am really not looking forward to this album..

01 Monstar (Prod. By Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis)

02 Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home) (feat. Plies) (Prod By The Runners)

03 There Goes My Baby (Prod By Jim jonsin)

04 She Don’t Know (feat. Ludacris) (Prod. By Bangladesh)

05 Mars vs Venus (Prod. By Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis)

06 Get In My Car (feat. Bun B) (Prod By Polow Da Don)

07 Foolin’ Around (Prod By B. Cox & J. Dupri)

08 Love All Y’All

09 So Many Girls (Prod By Danjahandz)

10 Lay You Down (Prod By Cornaboyz)

11 OMG (feat. will.i.am) (Prod By Will I Am)

12 Lil’ Freak (feat. Nicki Minaj) (Prod By Polow Da Don)

13 Papers (Prod By Zaytoven)

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NEW YORK CITY– February 15, 2010 Are you ready for another hot Right On! TV exclusive? This month, Right On! provides insight into the life of a new generation of entertainers beginning with rapper RAMEL “MEL” CARTER (Mel’s Right On! TV interview), the nephew of arguably the best rapper of all time, JAY-Z. Continuing with its new bolstering entertainment series, Right On! magazine brings an extraordinary flavor to its successful Right On! TV web series. For the past 39 years, Right On! has fed the Tween popular with music, interviews, contests, as style trends while remaining ahead of the game. In January Right On! TV ushered in the New Year with an intimate look into the life of Grammy Award winning singer Monica and garnered impressive reviews from its peers.

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Kid Cudi got together with DJ Green Lantern and Broke Mogul (DECON) to put together this mixtape for the upcoming HBO show that he has a role in. The series premieres on Sunday at 10PM, but if you’re reading this then there’s a chance that you’ve already seen the first episode.

Here’s the link—-> How To Make It In America (Mixtape)

props to NahRight

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How To Make It In America is a new Original Series on HBO that is set premiere this Sunday. It is about how New Yorkers have to hustle to succeed,  and stars Kid Cudi as Damingo Dean. This is definitely a replacement for Entourage which has 2 more seasons left.

HBO released the Pilot episode on Youttube and I have to say it seems to be worth the watch..so tune on Sunday for the first airing at 10PM.

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Wale finally releases the video for his song “Pretty Girls”, it was WACK…it looks like something an amateur could of done. To have such a huge machine behind you and release a poorly done video is not acceptable.

BUT, there’s always a but…Wale made up for it with the video release of his iTunes exclusive song “My Sweetie”. For an exclusive song this video is dope..

Wale – My Sweetie (directed by tabi Bonney) from tabi Bonney on Vimeo.

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Pharrell gave a keynote speech at Midem with co-CEO of Cornerstone, Rob Stone. The interview praised Pharell on being Billboard’s Producer of the decade, a title that was given to Quincy Jones in the 80′s and Dr. Dre in the 90′s. Then it got into how Mr.Skateboard P makes money outside of the music industry and what it takes to maintain his status as a great producer.

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Text donations have hit prime time. In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on the evening of Jan. 12, Americans were texting their support big-time. In less than 48 hours, donations to the American Red Cross—made by texting HAITI to 90999—had reached $5 million, and donations were reported to be coming in at a rate of $200,000 per hour. That’s more than 12 times the amount that donors had sent by text in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Each HAITI text provides $10 to the organization. The charge is added to the donor’s phone bill.

With money still pouring in—and without even accounting for additional funds texted through campaigns by Yéle, Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean’s foundation (text YELE to 501501); Doctors Without Borders (DOB to 90999); the Clinton Foundation’s Haiti Relief Fund (HAITI to 20222); and others—those mobile donations had already surpassed texted monies for all causes in all of 2009. Among the likely reasons for the outpouring is the near-ubiquity of text-capable phones and the expansive social networks that have allowed the donation campaign to go viral.

“It is the perfect tool for the Twitter generation,” says Lucy Bernholz, president of Blueprint Research & Design, a consulting firm for philanthropic institutions and individuals. After all, text is just about instantaneous and the amount you’re sending, typically $5 or $10, is minimal. “The outpouring of support is great, but people lose interest really quickly,” Bernholz adds. “There is a question of whether this text exacerbates that—that you give your 10 bucks and move on.”

Total Effect Unclear

It’s unclear yet whether the text campaigns will succeed in raising more money overall for Haitian relief efforts by convincing the younger generation to give, or whether the phenomenon represents a shift in the way people give, rather than an expansion of generosity. Another open question is whether individuals who have access to corporate matching contributions—thus doubling the impact of individual donations—will bother to do so with the text donations. (Some corporate matching funds won’t match donations under a certain amount.) “We don’t have benchmarks for this yet,” says Katherina Rosqueta, executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. “The power is in the scale.”

For those who want to donate to Haiti, the bigger question is not whether to do so by text, online, or phone, but where to give so that your money can do the most good. In a catastrophic situation such as this, Rosqueta notes, the groups that can do the most good are those that can respond immediately, that are already on the ground or can get there quickly, and that have experience in disaster relief.

previously featured by: Amy Feldman

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