..& i like my drink Easter pink.

..soooo where's the Vodka cause i REALLY need a drink.

Crossin' 'em Over.

DAM-FUNK

probably the most slept on producer in the game right now.

make sure ya'll get his debut album "Toeachizown" - it'll change ya life.. it sure as hell changed mine.

*Ace

Brand New Funk.

one of the ILLEST mags to ever be created & read.. if you love soul & old school R&B like i do, then you understand & probably have an issue in your bathroom & carry one in your bookbag.

WAXPOETICS.

WaxPoetics is a bimonthly music mag dedicated to vintage and contemporary jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, blues and of course R&B. if you're someone who likes samples (like me), this magazine is build & created off the sense & term of "Diggin' In The Crates". when i found out about this mag, i was in North Carolina trying to find out where 9th Wonder's studio was so i could maybe meet Little Brother, hahaha! shout out to the 919 & everyone that loves real hip-hop & its origins.

*Ace

GUP.

GUP (Guide to Unique Photography) is a magazine that i've always kept an eye on & get alotta ideas from as far as photography goes. its like i learn something new every issue.

i learned today that alotta these second grade cameras (cameras that are a level under SLRs) are pretty much all made the same.. the only difference is the lens curve & how much each camera lets in light to develop the picture a certain way to be digitized. other than that, they're all the same. i also found out (finally) who the creators are --- & just like anything great as hell, they're a few white guys who've been friends since the Stone Age (what i call the 60's).

all in all, i think imma finally subscribe to either the newsletters or the magazine itself.

*Ace

SHMACK

usually, if you gotta ask what it is, you probably don't deserve to know what it is.

SHMACK

VA // LA // NY // TOKYO

*Ace

Official Queensbridge Murderers.

if you know anything about hip-hop, you better know about Mobb Deep. alotta people are like "Ace, you're the only nigga i know that listens to Mobb Deep.." - thats because they were real.. notice i said "were" - i dunno what happened around 2001. smh.

in the 90's, Mobb Deep was all i was pumping forreal outta my CD player, along with Souls of Mischief, Tribe Called Quest, Timbaland & Pharcyde. Prodigy was waaayyyy more ill with his words than when he got older. it was prolly the cocaine he was addicted to at one point. smh. Havoc was & always will be the slacker but his production was always ill - thennnn they met Alchemist. classic.

get some Mobb in ya life, especially the best album they ever had - "The Infamous (1995)".

*Ace

8900 vs. 8520

aight, so i've been peeping the news on the Blackberry 8520 & certain things that it can & can't due so i decided to compare that joint to the 8900. both are candidates for purchase because i need a new damn phone & a Blackberry would be a better look for me in the long run.

so - the 8900 FIRST OFF, has a bigger screen. the resolution is 480x360 & its LCD, which pretty dope for a Blackberry. 3.2 megapixel camera on the joint, which is better than my Sidekick LX's joint. its got Wi-Fi support on the joint too, just as the 8520 does. what got me was that the 8900 supports 65,000 colors yo - that means i can email designs to clients or receive email packages from people that have pictures that they wanna incorporate in a design & not have to be fooled in coloring when i open it up on a computer -- which happens alot on this shitty ass Sidekick. yeah, the screen is LCD but the Sidekick LX doesn't support alotta colors.. i did my homework. then i found out the music/audio formatting & what the 8900 supports: 3gp, WAV, MIDI, AMR-NB, G711u/A, GSM610, PCM, MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA9/10 Standard/Pro --- i can send & receive music from my phone from artists that i work with in ANY FORMAT & then bounce it to my computer unharmed.. i can't do that with the LX. xO!

the joint has GPS on it everything. the talk time is close to about 6 hrs but i don't stay on a phone call longer than an hour, unless its wifey, & even then we text alot, haha! =) the standby time is dope though - 15days.. so if i just let my phone sit, that btch won't fully die for 2 weeks.. fckin amazing.

now - the 8520 - the screen is SMALLER & the camera is the same quality as my Sidekick.. major deduction as Madea would say. the screen is 320x240, but its still LCD. with the screens being the sizes that they are, that means the phone is bigger too. the 8900 won that battle already. this joint only supports AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 PRO/WMA 10, AAC-LC audio formats.. not the same as what the 8900 supports. another -- major deduction. i can still send designs on this joint with no problem with colors, as well as receiving pictures & being able to see everything full throttle - but i can't receieve a WAV file & be able to hook it up RIGHT AT A STUDIO & go right into recording. so i lose.

its got GPS & all that on it as well; the talk time is close to 5 hours but the standby time is a couple days more than the 8900 at 17days.

they BOTH hook up & can run off the same GPRS navigation network with T-Mobile so thats a plus. if they didn't support that network then it would be no reason to have either of these wons.

all in all, it looks like imma be coppin' me a Blackberry Curve 8900 soon. don't know when but i will. buhhhleeee dat!

BLACKBERRY CURVE 8900 WINS.

Say You Will.

when 808's & Heartbreaks came out, i really thought Kanye West had lost his damn mind. like, i couldn't wrap my head around what it was that he was shooting for with that album. like, how do you go from Graduation to that? lol -- but as time went on & reading more & more of his responses as to what 808's & Heartbreaks meant to him & what it took to create it, it was brilliant.

808's is one of those albums where its not just consistent in holding down that title's meaning but other meanings as well. 808's is for anyone with an addiction. 808's is for anyone who sees things before they happen. 808's is for those who can't fight confusion by themselves. 808's is an album that brings suffocation to those who don't believe that your words induce feelings & emotions.. to those who believe feelings & emotions are non-existent to many people.

808's teaches us that you can make a wrong turn with your heart, just as well as your mind. it teaches us sincerity & should enlighten us on the mind OF Kanye West. 808's has taught me that i'm not the only dude that has felt like sht will shatter at the slightest touch i may give. its taught me that transformation needs to happen before the transfer of information starts. 808's & Heartbreaks can take hold of you for the hour that it is declarated in time & for that hour, you're not here..

its going to take you & help you block out everything around you & show you formally what you're dealing with & how to extinguish whats being shown.

808's has shown me that MY heartbreaks weren't in vain & that they were to teach me lessons about my own heart & conscience. its amplified my ability to see/witness things before they actually happen & warn those who are seen to be mentally unprepared.. its taken me to a new plateau in understanding what it is i have to do to keep the warmth of my own heart/emotions before anyone ELSE can.. starting with what i see at night.

808's & Heartbreaks.

"..i've seen it before."

*Ace