Rest In Peace, Michael Jackson [My Appreciation]

As a child, I grew up with many different inspirational factors, one of them being music. Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, was always the preference of choice growing up in my household. I would remember me, my mother, my younger brother DeAngelo, and father dancing to every Michael Jackson tune, singing all the lyrics, and having a blast. As a matter of fact, the movie Moonwalker was one of my all time favorites growing up as a kid. I also recall me and DeAngelo going to a video game place called Nickel Nickel, where we would play Michael Jackson's Moonwalker video game. As you can tell, I was a major fan of Mr. Jackson.

Around the time that Michael Jackson was undergoing multiple surgeries and appearance changes, that when my fanatic attitude started to decrease. Kids in school used to joke around about his transformation; even though I laughed, I continued to enjoy his music. Then the child molestation incident occurred... and that was the death of Michael's career (in my opinion). Nobody really cared about his music anymore, everyone was focused on whether he did it or not. It wasn't until today that I suddenly realized that nothing good last forever. Just as I was getting out of Jury Duty, my dad called me to inform me of the bad news. Michael Jackson was rushed to the UCLA hospital because he was under cardiac arrest and was found at his home not breathing. Feeling skeptical, I awaited conformation that he passed away on several news stations... yet according to TMZ, Michael was indeed dead.

It is crazy that his death had to occur in order for me to have full appreciation of what he truly was, and I could say the same for everyone else. Michael never would have received this kind of praise, remorse, or appreciation if he didn't pass away. If you were to mention Michael Jackson's name just before this incident, people would show negative emotion towards him. Its true that you don't really miss what you have until it's dead or it' gone. Just going back and listening to a few songs has already reminded me of my childhood idol and how much of a impact he has made on me. I want to give a special thanks to my parents for introducing me to the musical genius, my godmother Rosa for giving me his Ultimate Collection for Christmas a couple of years back, and Michael Jackson for being the best you could be even through the hardest times. Rest in peace Michael Jackson, you will always be missed. (August 29, 1958-June 25, 2009)

P.S. My favorite Michael Jackson song is Dirty Diana. My next favorites are P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), Beat It, Smooth Criminal, and of course Thriller.

Wale x 9th Wonder: Back to the Feature [Mixtape]

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DOM Kennedy - Future Street / Drug Sounds [Mixtape]

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Big Sean - UKNOWBIGSEAN Vol. 2 (Mixtape)

Its about fucking time this shit came out! Been anticipating this mixtape for a really really long time. Im kinda disappointed that "Way Out" featuring Mr Hudson wasn't on there, but I guess I'll have to wait til the album drops for that. Anyways, thanks Big Sean. Appreciate your music.




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Via: http://uknowbigsean.wordpress.com/

Where The Wild Things Are

Time to feel like a kid again =)



This was my favorite elementary school book. Hahaha those memories!

Modern Warfare 2

Here is the Official Teaser Trailer for the 6th installment of Call of Duty! Woo!



It sucks that Infinity Ward decided to take "Call of Duty" out of the name and just leave it was Modern Warfare 2. But anyways, I'm excited that it will be coming out soon: November 10, 2009! Copping the first day hahaha.

Start Your Spring Break Right @ Club Bojangles

WTF Vol. 1

God damn, NBC news had nothing else to do lol. WTF is this foolishness? Is this News or Entertainment? Geez. Yes yes, I know this is old as fuck, but it was my first time seeing it. And I lol'd... ALOT!



"I wanna know where da gold at? I want da gold! Gimme da gold!"

P.S. that amateur sketch & special leprechaun flute was thee shit!

KiD CuDi... UnRetired?

LMAO! Im happy that my dude got it together because I feel like this is his year to shine. Hopefully he realizes that he is famous, so he can't just put out information like that. Especially on the internet. Keep your personal feelings to yourself & be strong. One.

Kid CuDi... Retiring?

Damn Cudder, already? Sheesh, I was speechless when I saw the KidCudi news feed email this morning. You're signed to G.O.O.D. music, you have a great hit single thats been playing on the radio for about a year, and you haven't even dropped your album yet. Its hard to believe that this is true lol. Cudi was my favorite upcoming artist. You can't be serious mayne...

"They can't comprehend/ Or even come close to understanding him..." - Kid Cudi

Via: KidCudi.com/news

Raging Bull

...oh my... can't wait to see the pics of the other V's that come in this pack (Black 3ms).






Release Date: May 2009

Via: MarqueeSole | Kix and the City

Kanye West - Live From VH1 Storytellers (Mixtape)

You should already know what it is! Mr. West recently did a performance from VH1s Storytellers. Peep out his performance here. Shout out to the fans of KanyeLive.com for making this mixtape.

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TRACKLISTING:
1. See You In My Nightmares
2. Robocop
3. Flashing Lights
4. Amazing
5. Say You Will
6. Stronger
7. Good Life
8. Heartless
9. Touch The Sky
10. Love Lockdown

Via: KanyeLive

The Secret Stash

My parents found my bottle of Bacardi that I recently put in my "secret stash". My secret stash was a place under the back seats where the car jack is located. Ironically, my dad's truck caught a flat. He was missing his jack, so he called my mom to look for one. She looked in my car and "woop-de-doo!!!"; a nicely wrapped, unopened bottle of Bacardi stood before her eyes. I didn't get in trouble nor did they take the bottle away, but now I don't have a secret place anymore. Haha!

Valentines Day (Part 2)

FINALLY! My package came yesterday (02.26.2009) and was at my doorstep when I came home. I was worried that I might have to show my "ghetto" side to Nordstroms again lol! Now the first ring (black heart) was a size 6, and this ring is a size 8 because that was all that was left. Im about to give this to my gf today (hahaha hella late), hopefully it fits and she likes it. If only shit would have worked out with Nordstroms back during the end of January, it would have been on time for Valentines. Oh well, cheers to them for getting it right this time!

Valentines Day (Part 1)

Here is what my babygirl got me for Valentines Day. I honestly didn't expect this, it was a total surprise. Thank you Laura Chey (aka the GF). ;D

Broken Heart

Here is the bullshit that Nordstroms sent me. The minute I opened up the box, I had peices falling everywhere. What the fuck is this shit? HAHAHA! Word to the wise, you should check your product before sending it to someone. And I still couldn't believe they "lost" this shit after I returned it. Good job Nordstorms, most unprofessional shit I've seen in awhile. /Rant.

The Customer Is Always Right, Bitch.

First post of the year, WOO!!!

So today, I called customer service at Nordstorms to see if they had credited a recent return I made.  I try to explain that the cashier never gave me a receipt for the return, she only charged me for the purchase I made after the so-called "return". So after a hour of waiting, they finally tell me to come in to get the problem resolved.  I went in to Nordstrom thinking that they realize the mistake.  Little did I know that the cashier didn't return the rings at all.  So I'm up in Nordstorms arguing that I just returned the item 2 days ago and that the cashier might have forgot to ring it up.

HERE'S THE INTERESTING PART!

The lady tells me that she has never seen the rings since last year (it was a old model) & that it shows no history of being bought or returned.  At this moment, I have on my "what the fuck, n*gga" face on lol. Then she kept trying to explain that there was no mistake & making me look stupid as fuck.  So now the manager comes & tells me obvious shit; that I have no proof of the transaction and they don't know anything about the rings. So I told both of these women to call up the cashier and ask her. They didn't want to do shit; they kept trying to get me to assume that everything was okay and that I was tripping.

Shiiiiiit, fuck that!  I already have a disadvantage of being black & young, so that didn't help out much. Manager straight up asked "Did you accidently take it back with you and don't remember?" LMAO! So I told them to look up surveillance & use that shit as proof.  The manager did her "research" and came back moded as fuck. Conclusion: I got my refund and proved to them that the customer is right. Nordstroms stays fucking up shit. The End.

Hopefully my girlfriend will read this because I have a different set of rings that should be coming in soon. But right now I havent heard a word from her since 230pm (its going on 932pm now). & Nordstroms better have not fucked this one up either. Deuces!