Nipsey Hussle Talks Leaving Epic Records, Dissing "Detox"

This recent interview by Hip Hop DX is an interesting one, and really digs deep into how complicated it can be between an artist, the label and selling records these days. Oh and what perfect timing, Nipsey's new mixtape is out to day, and you can find the link after the interview.

"I feel like that’s an easy cop out to blame it on the label. At the end of the day the label can’t stop a hit record. It went to radio, it got research done on it at radio, and it didn’t come back top ten researched. It didn’t come back as a record that my home [Los Angeles] station, Power 106, could really run with as one of their records. So, it did what it did."

See the full the interview here.

Le Royal Monceau Hotel, Paris

Ornate or Overdone? It's hard to tell in France. Either way, although the decorations are magnificent at times, staying there with hangover sure wouldn't be fun.

Be With You

David Banner - New Music - More Music Videos

David Banner & 9th Wonder Feat. Ludacris & Marsha Ambrosius – Off his new collabrotive album "Death Of A Popstar."

Luda needs to do more slow tracks, like Diamond In The Back, one of my all time faves.

Down On Me

Jeremih and 50. The official video is coming soon but this song finally grind on me, I mean grew on me.

Columbia, NY

Staying in New York for a short two week period is no easy (cheap) trick. Luckily my fellow Bulldog, Joel G. let me stay in his dorm for the week. The school is located on 116th and Amsterdam, just north west of Central Park. I have been catching the 1 train to work down in midtown, and so far so good.

Kush

How can you Detox when you are constantly putting "kush up in it."

Funny Holiday Photos

Huff Post put up funny holiday photos, see more and submit your own here.

Winter

I want to be in Venice, I want my new Patagonia, and I want more snow. @winterwishes.

Wishing On A Dream

New Avatar Young Blaze. Hit me up if you want a hard copy of the mixtape @sitcoV.

Buddy

Musiq Soulchild.
Wake up, see the sun, enjoy the snow, and realize everything is good.

DNA 11

This company is called DNA 11 and what they do is take your DNA strand and create art with it , check the other portrait styles here.

Swizz Beatz X Reebok Sneaker

Although it's just a preview, Swizz Beatz new sneakers looks as though they are no fluke and I think will be heavy hitters in the sneaker world.

Strength X Great

Saigon. Production by Just Blaze.

Deeny Beats

Vanity (preview) X Deeny Beats by Steviesteviestevie

The official beat engineer of 4503, Pat Deeny, let me take some of his music to share with ya'll. Enjoy and please listen to more here.

Alicia's Back

Stumbled upon these pictures of post pregnant, newly married Alicia Keys. Not too shabby right?

Philly Shit

Young Chris.
Rittenhouse Baby.

Songs For The Week

Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y- Huey Newton

Sheek Louch Feat. Jeremih- Party After 2

Eric Benet Feat. Chrisette Michele- Take It

Top College Bars in America

Complex Magazine listed their top 25 college bars in America. The categories they used to rate the bars were: Dive, Frat Hole, Black Out Specials, Draught Palace, Bar Food, Trivia, Bar Food, Flat Screen Sun Tans, and Pool availability.

The one UW bar on the list is The College Inn Pub, which I have never been to, nor know anyone who has. That kinda makes me question the quality of their bar choices, but I will give them the benefit of the doubt.

Some of my favorites: Mary Anns (Boston College), Dirtbags (U of Arizona), The Boot (Tulane, Loyola), Millers (U of Virginia), The 9-0 (USC), listed in order below. See the full list here.

Bright Lights, Bigger City

Cee Lo Green's album The Lady Killer is out now. He's setting a high, and very unique bar with his new work, can't wait to get it.

Pharrell x Paper Magazine x Nov.

Pharrell covers Paper Magazine's November issue, bringing along N.E.R.D. for the shoot.
Their new album Nothing is out now.

Aint Thinking About You

Bow Wow and Chris Brown.
Summer anthem and counting.

ESPN Mag x NBA x Marvel Comics

If the league were a Marvel Comic, these guys would be some of the super heroes.

Too Fake

Big Sean - Too Fake (Ft. Chiddy Bang) from illRoots.com on Vimeo.

NYC Underground Street Art Discovered

Found in the abandoned hallways of New Your City's infamous subway, street art, or sub-street art as it should be called was recently discovered. The New York Times broke the story, so did the Gothamist, as well the Vandalog.

2011 Miss Reef Calendar

I gotta go to Panama...

Nike: Just Experience It

Still in the works.

Lebron x New Ad

King James shoots back at the critics, before going 0-1 on the Heat.

Songs For The Week

Download:

Party People- Pharell Feat. T.I.

All Day, All Night- Cassidy & Game

I Luv- Red Cafe Feat. Talib Kweli

Never Gonna Break Up

Ryan Leslie - "Never Gonna Break Up" from Paradoxal Inc on Vimeo.

Ryan Leslie slow simmering jam delivers what most of his songs bring to table; that head noding music. The video is really clean and well done I have to say.

Carhartt Fall Jacket Line

Carhartt really out did themselves here. Bringing back some of their old flavor.

Yeah 3x

You can tell Chris Brown is done dwelling on the past, and or his management told him he HAS to get back to making happy music. Either way this song is nice and will probably go top five on the charts.

Giving Slums a Human Face

As featured in the New York Times, the muralist known as "J R" is known for creating art pieces in poor neighborhoods around the world. Such places as the West Bank, Cambodia and Rio De Janeiro. And not on a traditional canvas, but the sides of shacks, broken down walls and staircases. His goal is to give the slums a face in society, and highlight that you cannot ignore the lesser fortunate areas of cities. See the article and full slide show here.