Rosa Acosta x KING Magazine
With KING Magazine’s relaunch, it was only obvious that they happen to put out a special commemorative issue highlighting some of the new starlets of the video modeling industry and who better to fire the first shot than XXL’s 2009 Eye Candy of the Year in Rosa Acosta? I’m sure nobody really minds looking at her, even if she is damn near everywhere. Men, consider this your one sneak out the crib and peak moment of the holiday season.
“Side chicks ain’t seein’ they niggas til’ January 3rd.” (c. Lil’ Duval)
The shoot, after the jump.
The Spirit of Crimmuh.
I’m fairly certain everybody is in the Christmas spirit (or lack of) and obviously plenty of folks woke up December 24th in a tizzy because they couldn’t get the gift they wanted yesterday. Or, you’re like me – working as if it were a Sunday (store closes @ 7). But, Christmas never really was about the gifts (unless you’re anywhere between the ages of 1-16). It was about spending time with your folks, somebody rockin’ a Cosby sweater and watching Kobe vs. LeBron.
12.24 – Around the Way
Senate Passes Health Care Bill [AP]
New Jersey Lawmakers Ask MTV to Cancel “Jersey Shore” [AP]
Kobe Bryant Is Confused [With Leather]
ABC Sitcom: “Women Be Shoppin’” [Warming Glow]
Shawn Knowles-Carter?! [Bossip]
Sneaker Synopsis: Too Pricey For Pay [Nice Kicks]
Pacquaio/Mayweather Can Be Saved [ESPN]
I. Not. Robot.
Obviously, we know I’m addicted to this writing & blogging shiznit. We know I sometimes paint myself as a victim when things get a little twisted. And I’ve tried my best not to be a Grinch and keep myself locked in on the internet which is way I (finally) decided to take my co-workers on their offer of drinks after work. Which led to the following exchanges that are both socially awkward & hilarious:
- White Guys Dancing & Singing to MTV stars.
- The relevance of “The Tootsie Roll” in 2009.
- Everywhere I go, I always see someone with the name Brandon.
And then you get the usual attempt at hooking up with a co-worker (which has already been analyzed and documented here). Thing is, I’m tempted by flesh of all colors so it’s easy to break that rule and there are always some exemptions. Over one particular female co-worker of mine, it looked like a pack of hyenas going after a piece of tossed meat. But I knew better and stuck to what I knew best, a little flirting doesn’t lead to anything if you already know what’s on the table.
Reflection Eternal – Untitled (featuring Jay Electronica, J. Cole & Mos Def) [Radio Rip]
*almost faints at the lineup*
There’s no possible way that Just can have this much shit lying around the crib and not put it out. No way. Hell, Jay Elec even references one of my favorite YouTube clips ever. Alright, lemme stop talking and hyperventilating.
DOWNLOAD: Reflection Eternal – Untitled (featuring Jay Electronica, J. Cole & Mos Def) [Radio Rip]
The Karate Kid (2010) [Trailer]
Somethings should just be left alone. The Karate Kid is one of them. I appreciate the effort of Will Smith trying to give his kid a job in the face of the recession (especially after the bang-up job he did in Pursuit of Happyness), but not the Karate Kid. Not Jackie Chan with a thin mustache trying to be the newfound Mr. Myiagi. But, I guess it’s another case of the writer’s strike of ’07 continuing to plague creativity in Hollywood.
Lyric of the Moment
So I can still sip Red Zinger with my pinkies up
Made/maid man, you can call this cleaning up
I’m OCD, I never think it’s clean enough
That’s what defines me, I never think it’s mean enough
Lines deeper than those waiting on a sneaker, cuz
You gone need two heads like the King of Clubs just to figure out the meaning of
- Lupe Fiasco, “Popular Demand Freestyle” Enemy of the State
12.23 – Around the Way
Susan Boyle Blocks Alicia Keys From #1 Spot on Billboard [Ball Don't Lie]
Pacquiao/Mayweather Superfight Could Be Off [Boxing Scene]
The Unkut Guide to Rap Genres [Unkut]
The 6 Most Horrific Ways Pop Culture Has Misused Santa Claus [Cracked]
KING Really Wants You To Buy Magazines [TRU]
Balloon Boy Parents Get Jail Time [AP]
When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like “Avatar”? [io9]
Game System Allows For Physical Interaction [Gamma Squad]
The Ten Hottest Girls Who Are Actually Funny [Complex]
Today’s The Day.
It was the eve before Christmas Eve and all the men (and some women) were in line. Waiting on the shoe stores to open, so they could get the chance to shine. All for a particular shoe, a special one to be exact. Need not to fear sneakerheads, the “Space Jams” are back.
How To Make It In America (Teaser Trailer)
There are moments that I simply shake my head at the fact I no longer have HBO (hence me downloading the entire season of Entourage). For the past few months, Kid Cudi has been working on this, basically a story about three young people in their pursuit of happiness. Debuts the same night as the NBA All-Star Game in Dallas.
The King’s Back
Well, well. Just in time for the holidays, they let Tip out of the clink after serving seven months. He’ll be released to a halfway house to serve the remainder of his sentence. Let’s dust off the iPod and crank up the intro from KING shall we?
HPD & The Missing $30,000
“21 years and I never met a good cop.”
Obviously HPD is racist as fuck (that I already knew) but after some bullshit going down at HUSH and Prairie View, this is what you obviously see. This is what happened Saturday night during those graduation parties at HUSH. Fight broke out and somebody got out of there with $30,000 or in other words, what HUSH usually takes in on a Saturday night.
Kick-Ass (Red Band Trailer)
Kick-Ass tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers.
His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, is hunted by assorted violent and unpleasant characters, and meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes, including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Cage).
Jay-Z – Young Forever (featuring Mr. Hudson) [Video]
While BP3 has grown from another Jay-Z release to one of those albums that sound better live and can be appreciated more over time, this track still bugs the shit out of me. Word to the chick who was having a damn near epileptic seizure next to me at the concert while singing this song. In terms of experimentation, I’m taking the Chris Martin with the lack of pigment over Mr. Hudson because “Beach Chair” >>> “Young Forever”.
Yeah, I said it.
Drunken Monkey
Two notes. The :43 mark and the 1:17 mark.
Second note? Drunk monkeys act just like we do.
From the Window…to the Pew
You want to know why people badmouth Christianity and black churches and some refuse to go? Here’s one of those reasons. By this time in four years, I expect preachers to ask their parishioners to “make it rain” for Jesus. Sanctified slide? C’mon man…
12.21 – Around the Way
“Avatar” Rakes In $230 Million Worldwide, $73 Million in US alone [BOM]
Police Officer Pulls Out Gun During Snowball Fight [DDotOmen]
And They Counted 147 “Gucci’s” On That Album [33 Jones]
Top 100 Tracks of 2009 [Pitchfork]
Air Jordan IX – Citrus [Nice Kicks]
Rihanna: Battered Woman or Media Junkie? [HHW]
Beanie Sigel In Car Accident [AHH]
Beeper Code: The Cavemen Days of Text Messaging [Gizmodo]
And for Tila Tequila’s Next Trick… [D-Listed]
Assassin
“Just when I had you off my head, your voice comes thrashing wildly through my quiet bed. You say you wanna try again, but I’ve tried everything but giving in.“
By the way, I’m well aware that particular quartet of a song lyric does not fit the title of this so #kanyeshrug.
You know, I have to remind myself that I haven’t been in an actual college classroom in officially a year yet I’ve found myself doing the work (and helping) others. I have to remind myself that I instead picked up the task of working various shifts of 4 to 10 hrs at a job where the ceiling has been shut on me with no room to branch out.
Kind of have to remind myself that I’m insensitive [at times] to some folks and that I wholeheartedly give a fuck in others. Gotta remind myself how I missed a great friend’s graduation over the weekend, shout out to Kapn’ Kirk, Taylor & Andy for finally walkin’ at UH.
Which is why 2010 isn’t a year for resolutions, it’s just a year. Most people fail their resolutions within the first two weeks.
Oh, and because I <3 Tammy Torres & Rosa Acosta.
Usher – Little Freak (featuring Nicki Minaj)
Here’s how this trend shall go. First, the phrase “featuring Lil’ Wayne”. Next, the phrase “featuring Drake”. Guess what the next one will be?
H.E.R. for Christmas
Spotted @ UNDRCRWN.
KRS-One vs. Lupe Fiasco, Sort Of…
Plain and simple, the MVPuppets are probably the funniest commercials out right now and just for Christmas, they’ve brought out the big guns in Lupe Fiasco and the teacher KRS-One. All long term beef should be settled on a basketball court.
Toke Til’ You Choke (Literally)
Well, not exactly the way this story went down but I always believed that some crazy shit could possibly happen from smoking weed. Besides the usual effects of the munchies and an odd sense to actually sound intelligent, I wouldn’t expect anything less – until death recently came involved.
