2009 Covers

These are the Covers that I have done this year. I DID NOT DO THE THERAPY COVER, I ONLY TOOK THE PICTURE and that counts enough for me. I have more already for 20/10 (yeah that's how I'm writing it out) including PenDragon Styles 4 Free (S4F), Young J The Waiting Room, PenDragon Welcome To Earth, PenDragon Prelude to Life, and PhatHead The Flood (???)


Squares

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Best Orchestrated Album of 2009

Listen I know that when his album 1st came out I was hard on the Kid. But I still stand firm on his ideas are better than his execution. But I'll be damned if this isn't the most full, ear pleasing, melodic, productions on any album this year. I mean from a new comer and an almost unheard of production team ( Emile, Ratatat, and sometimes MGMT) this sounds amazing. The 3 Grammy noms are cool but they def should have been for production. Man on The Moon : End Of Days -- Bravo

Throwing Wallets

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Red Line

MTA (Maryland Transit Authority) has this brilliant idea to have another train line going from East to West. It would be like the Light Rail which goes North to South. But my only complaint is this.....If you can't get the Light Rail which has been in operation for about 15 years to run correctly how are you going to accomplish this?? The line is supposed to start in the Security Blvd area and end around Canton. To which many people are opposing the MTA tearing up Canton to put in a rail system. I'm about progress and I say do what you have to do. Baltimore needs more advances to catch up with other major cities and a better transportation system would be a big thumbs up in the long run.

My whole issue with the new line is, the old line ( the Light Rail) still has plenty of issues to work out. The frequency of trains going to certain destinations is pretty bad, they just finished double tracking areas of the path that the train travels on, so that other trains don't have to wait almost 15mins at times until the other train passes. If the train is down for whatever reason (usually hitting somebody or running into walls) there is no communication to the people waiting for a train to come that the line is down. You usually have to hear it from other people that are walking to the shuttle stop that the train isn't coming. The thing that I don't get is, almost every station has a intercom system and the MTA could broadcast a message to the Stations if they wanted to...they just don't.

I've often wondered why we can't seem to get our transit system right and why the MTA doesn't hire some engineer from Japan to figure out a better way to operate business, seeing as how the train systems in Japan seem to run pretty awesome.

Crowded, Late, Cold, Tired --- the Future of waiting on the Red Line

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Chip Tha Ripper - The Cleveland Show

Even though the character drawn on the car looks suspect ( uncross your cartoon legs and take off that weird ring...who approved that??) Cleveland rapper Chip tha Ripper may have created near Drake like buzz around his mixtape. Buzz yes ....after effect not the same though. Chip's voice sounds like Biggie's, but he rhymes like a slower Bone Thug N Harmony member / Kid Cudi / somebody else but not that important. The mixtape is good...but it suffers from too many damn songs. It has 27 tracks -- thats like a double disc!! It's all original tracks, but after about the 14th song I need a break. 10 of those songs could be taken off of this and it could be repackaged as an actual album in stores and be pretty decent. My favorite tracks are the collab between Curren$y, Big Sean and Chuck Inglish (on the beat) "Fat Raps" everybody goes hard on this! "Dear Hip-Hop" ft. Naledge and 6th Sense is another banger. The absolute gem on this CD (well at least to me) is "Whaddup Bum" this is a stand out and if he can make songs of this caliber for an album I'll be a fan.

Download it Here

"Give the Waitress a tip I said " Stay out of the dark.""

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Winston In The Snow

Jacket on deck!!

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Law Abiding Citizen

Let me first start by saying I like the film...with that being said this might have been the most thought out dumbest movie I've ever seen. If the character played by Gerard Butler wants to be mad at anybody it should be himself...he just opened the door and didn't even see who it was. Great now your family is murdered. He has Jamie Foxx as his lawyer and Jamie just wants a high winning record to make himself look good, so instead of going to trial they make a plea deal and the guys that murdered the family gets about 7-10 yrs. Fast forward 10 yrs one of the dudes gets lethal injection (that goes wrong) and the other one (the one that actually raped and murdered the women) is set free. So Gerard Butler's character goes on a killing spree and gets caught on purpose to serve his brand of justice to prove that the system is corrupt.

Let me just break down my dislike about this film.

1 - Who just opens the door??

2 - They would not entertain his demands whatsoever.

3 - At the cemetery it was about 7 lawyers funerals so I'm pretty sure given the circumstances security would have been on extreme high alert, so your telling me this guy built a (what looked like a killer Johnny 5) moving 50 cal tank and nobody noticed?? -- RIGHT! --

4 - I honestly don't think any attorney is that smart. If this guy had money tied up through an overseas company and bought various properties they would be stuck... the movie gets out of it by saying that the lawyer chick called in a favor to some guy...huh yeah.

5 - If Gerard Butler's character was so brilliant why didn't he have better security for the property that he was running the tunnel out of?? It should have been rigged to blow up if anybody else set foot in the building.

6- Why did he let himself get caught in the 1st place? It's obvious that he could have killed all of those people whenever he wanted to...so what was the real point.

7 - It's no way Jamie Foxx as a lawyer would be playing detective jumping around town like Batman - that's the Polices job. If that was the case they would give everybody that passed the Bar Exam a badge when they completed it.

I think there are still a few more but I digress. With all that said it was still better than Eagle Eye.

60652

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Travel Channel

Travel Channel is the new food channel! The best new food shows are on Travel Channel. While the rest of their programs are a little too geriatric, the food shows are top of the line. Man Vs. Food is the ultimate in gluttony, but it is highly entertaining to see if host Adam Richman can defeat various food challenges from state to state. Sometimes the challenges seem so outrageous and far-fetched but he seems to complete a big percentage of them. I just hope he doesn't drop dead shooting one of this episodes trying to eat 7lb of steak and 1lb of potatoes and a half of cheesecake.

Bizarre Foods/Bizarre World hosted by Andrew Zimmern is an odd show, the host is very strange all by himself but the places he travels and the things that he eats are truly bizarre! He seems to eat anything and I've only seen him not like 2 things ever. From puffer fish to penis this guy is gonna eat it. The show is way more than a "what's this guy gonna eat next" type of thing though. It really serves as a guide and educator of different cultures and countries food practices.

Anthony Bourdain is the host of No Reservations this is no holds barred adventure, education, hands on, real people food. No "what strange stuff can I eat," no contest, no b/s. Anthony and a guide take you to the best spots in the that location for real everyday food. And he gives it to your straight, if he isn't feeling it that day he'll tell you, if it's great he will let it be known. This guy is not a gimmick and not a game. But its still a fun show. It's like travelling with your uncle to cool places and just hanging out.

Now only if Travel Channel got Bear Grylls (Man Vs. Wild) and Dirty Jobs I Might not ever have to watch the Discovery Channel ever again.

Bizarre Reservations Vs. Man

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The Box

OK so your wife ( Cameron Diaz) finds a box wrapped outside your door left by a strange car pulling away from your home....and she takes it in the house - we will record this as mistake number 1. She opens the packaging - clearly mistake number 2, the box in fact contains another box that has a locked glass enclosed button. There is also a note within the box that states "Mr. Steward Will Arrive @ 5:00 pm. At this point you should be scarred shit-less! So right on time Mr. Steward comes to the house and is this older man with half his face burned - and if you had any shit left you would shit yourself again just from his appearance. Mr. Steward states that if you press the button you will receive a Million dollars, but someone that your DON'T know will die. You have 24 hours to decide and you can't tell anyone -- except her husband played by James Marsden. So they talk about it when he gets home. The school that she works for is about to cut tuition for her son and the husband didn't get the promotion he was hoping for. So fueled by those two things the wife presses the button --- Mistake number 3!!! I'll be damned if Mr. Steward didn't come back with a briefcase full of money...things from here on out get extremely weird and complicated and leaves you in a state of WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING!! The first half hour of the movie moves slow but I guess it's necessary to build the story. The ending --- ehhh. This seems like it could have played out better as a Mini-Series on ABC rather than one almost 2 hour long movie. It makes you think but just confuses you way more.

Huh??

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THE HUNDREDS

THE HUNDREDS are releasing some really cool designs as usual. The limited edition shirts are a collaboration with Dark Horse Comics and feature Miyamoto Usagi and is drawn by artist Stan Sakai. The hats are inspired by car maker DMC (DeLorean Motor Company) brushed metal on the front....SICK!!

It's Fresh Go Cop It!!

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Us Versus Them

Us Versus Them is a shirt company that offers many different collections and the newest is a collaborations with Crooks and Castles ( even though I think the this is the best shirt out.) ( this too) I like the designs these guys come up with, they are fresh and clean.

Us versus them?? We always win!

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Trilly & Truly

Lupe Fiasco launched a clothing line Trilly & Truly and it was previously only available in Japan. Recently it hit the states in limited quantities and is available at RSVP Gallery.


GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GOGO Gadget Flow

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NFL Update pt. 1

With this NFL season coming closer to an end, we have seen the mighty fall and the unlikely rise. The Pittsburgh Steelers are the reigning Champs but of recent they are struggling for a WildCard spot. While the Cincinnati Bengals are dominating the Division, the Browns and just hanging around waiting for the season to end. The Lions re still horrible even with the new uniforms, Quarterback and Logo. The Rams haven't been in serious contention since the mid 90's. And with the addition of Back up QB Kyle Boller they definitely aren't going anywhere. The Seahawks are a weird team because on paper they seem great but they never really rack up big wins and seem to just disappear mid-way through the season. T.J. Houshmandzadeh must bang his head against a wall everyday.

To me the MVP race is between 2 QB's and that's Brett Farve ( The Wrangler) and Drew Brees. While I love the passion and the quality of play Brett gives to the game, this award has to go to Drew Brees. He puts up big numbers every game, he is the spirit and lifeline of his team and had a great season last year, to which Farve fell apart toward the end of the season. The Titans Head Coach Jeff Fischer finally woke up 6 losing games into the season and realized that he had another QB, and a good one too. Vince Young rallied the team to a 5 game win streak until meeting up with the Colts and receiving their first loss with Young's QB lead.

Part 2 coming soon

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Moissanite -- For the frugal rapper in you

Man these rappers. This game is 90% show people. These dudes lives not real and the jewelry is def not real!! Moissanite is a synthetic material made and is also referred to as silicon carbide. Though Moissanite is a far better grade quality than cubic zirconia. Diamond cost $4565 compared to Moissantite at $735 still expensive but you see the difference.

Ya Munkeyyyy!

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Yin and Yang of Shaq's - Shaq - Fu

The horrible story of 5 year old Shaniya Davis touched many as a terrible ordeal and a horrific end to a child's life. Big Shaq Diesel steps in and offers to pay for the girl's funeral costs. And while we can do nothing but applaud his generosity we also must question his damn ethics. Late last month it was discovered that Big Shaq Diesel was messing around with fellow NBA Star Gilbert Arenas' fiance. WORD! Damn Big Shaq Diesel you just got off the hook messing with some chick that was put in the "Looney Bin" who said that you were stalking her. Now you turn around and pull this stunt. I know you're the man Big Shaq Diesel but wtf are you thinking about?? People were already thinking that Gil was "soft" now you running around with the man's fiance. Man and Gil's fiance who he has kids with is a terrible bitch too...guess she love them balls....I mean Ballers...I mean ball players.

Shaqnosis!

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2011 Bentley Mulsanne

505 horse power, 6.75 V8 engine only $285,000 base!
"a good car, a fast car, the best in its class." And it should be! New rappers get your weight up and wait up...the list to get this car is longer than your wrap sheet.

You know how slow that new Rolls-Royce be

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BlakRoc Camaro

Dame Dash, put together BlakRoc a mix of The Black Keys and various hip-hop artists and the project is getting major buzz. Enough so that Chevy teamed up to release a 2010 BlakRoc Camaro! And it's MEAN!!! Dame is still making moves and making money...even though it's no "R.O.C." anymore.

Throw Your Diamonds Up...or something!

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I Give Thanks Everyday!

Everyday is a day of "Thanks."

P.S. all Native Indians should get a big ass check every year on this day!

Yams

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I Agree With The D-O-Double G!

The Crippin' Cuzzin Bigg Snoop Dogg was recently on Shade 45 talkin with DJ Green Lantern and was dropping jewels!! So all lil homies that think they bangin and reppin listen up before you get your head bussed !

Rep you!!

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Zombieland

Ok, so when I saw the trailer for Zombieland I was instantly hooked. Why do you ask? F'ing Woody Harrelson killing zombies!!!! I'm there!! The dude that played "Columbus" Jesse Eisenberg plays a better straight man then Michael Cera and Michael Cera is my dude. Jesse Eisenberg also played in this weird ass flick "The Squid and the Whale" and also in "The Village."

The world was stricken with a plague that turned some people into zombies ( why it didn't affect everyone...who knows) but they're only 5 people left undead and four of them meet up and go looking for a rumored place that is unzombied. Sounds like I AM LEGEND right?? This is more bad ass and funny then I AM LEGEND and Will Smith treated Woody Harrelson like a bitch in 7 Pounds and I didn't so much dig that. So its nice to see Woody back kickin' ass.

The movie never gets boring or disappoints and the little rules that keep popping up throughout the movie are great. I hope there is a sequel in the works because this could be better than the Resident Evil series. In fact this one movie is better than all of the Resident Evils. Well Damn!!

Cardio

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Veteran's Day

Thank you to all the soldiers that served and that are serving the country. But I find it sad that we are still sending troops, American Men and Women, Fathers and Sons, Daughters and loved ones to countries too be delivered home in flag wrapped caskets. I SUPPORT THE TROOPS!! But I don't support the WAR. Some troops are on there 4th, 5th or 6th tours. How many times do you want these brave man and women to risk their lives and how much luck do you think they have?? Soldiers in other countries are losing their lives as well by helping us fight, but the difference is some of these countries aren't as fortunate as the US and don't have the money to get adequate battle supplies for their Armies to fight. The end result is many dead bodies lined up due to lack of funds. Why doesn't the US stop the space station projects for 10 years? They haven't had any progress since the 60's and spend Billions yearly on virtually nothing. Going to the Moon, fixing Telescopes?? How about using that money to save lives instead of a science experiment!

War What Is It Good For

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Rainin'In Baltimore

PenDragon's video for "Rainin' In Baltimore" from the mixtape HomeRun KING. Directed by PenDragon. Song Produced by DRAG (Co- Produced by. J. Dauma). Additional Camera Work by Martieze Brockington. All shots were taken in and around Baltimore while it was actually raining. And cold as a bitch!!

Um-Brell-La-ella-ella-eh-eh

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Shout out to Cut Throat Baby for the post on his blog Purple Revoltion

24!!!!

Thank you everybody that came thru and everybody that showed support of this project. I honestly thought this up Friday morning and executed it Saturday @ 6 am and its Sunday morning now. I wrote, recorded and mixed every song in one 24 hour period. The video will be up soon right now I'm going to sleep!!! T.A's the Gang...BANG!!!

DOWNLOAD IT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (DATPIFF)

Jack Bauer has nothing on me!!

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Thank you to

HailMegatron
Illroots

The 9 Element

Only For The DMV

DC Mambo Sauce
Rock The Dub

24 mixtape coming Sunday!!!

New mixtape "24" coming Sunday! I am gonna record this mixtape on Saturday in 24 hours and release it. I am also going to video record parts of the process. Ride with your boy --

B/c I can ---

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The Perfect Getaway

Man I'm glad I didn't go to see this in the theaters. This movie is boring as watching paint dry until the last 15 minutes of the film. It is very predictable, and pretty hard to watch up until the climax of the movie. Listen, just watch the last 15 minutes and chalk it up.

A Perfect Waste of Time

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Blue Hill Tavern

Tucked away in Baltimore's Butcher Hill area Blue Hill Tavern specializes in contemporary American cuisine. It's a nice atmosphere, it's just very noisy inside...very noisy. HUH!! I SAID IT'S VERY NOISY INSIDE! oh . The food is good. The steak and eggs appetizer takes a new twist as they serve the steak sliced paper thin spread across the plate accompanied by 2 Quail Eggs. Would I have it again?? No. Was it cool to look at?? Yeah, but I should have been at least warned that the "Steak " was fruit roll up consistency. The Potato Soup...ummm...excellent. I'm not so sure that the potatoes made it excellent but the bacon pieces that were spread throughout like tiny treasures waiting to be found were definitely the highlight. The Crab Cakes were pretty good, flaky yet moist and I was tempted to get the rabbit but felt a little less adventurous that night. From what I tasted of the chicken it was very moist and flavorful. Which is the complete opposite to the macaroni and cheese which was dry and tasteless. The free valet parking was a plus though, seeing as its still a pretty industrial area. Blue Hill Tavern is a good place if you want to hang out not take a date, because most of the time you'll just be saying, "I can't hear you!"

The drunk guy behind you

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Change your Last Name Please

Jermaine Taylor gets laid out.

Tito

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Fuck Jeff Fisher

So you're 0-5. At Fox Borough playing the Patriots in the snow....Losing 45-0 at the half. What do you do Coach. Put Vince Young in?? You haven't played Young all season and you wanna play him NOW??? I know Vince can't say it but I woulda said sorry coach I can't help you. It was a no win situation, what was the point!!

59 to nothing

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I Fight Gazelles for Fun and Sport!!

Yup!!

Skinny but effective!

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Check Out my homie Boxer Darrell Martin

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Check out the 11:51 mark for the knockout!! Geez!!

Hello Canvas

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Mr. President

How come everybody is upset Obama won the Nobel prize??? Do me a favor. Name the last 3 winners of the award (without Googling it!!), the average person ( & by average I mean 99% of people) can't do it. Why not the 1st bi-racial President? Why not the President that is trying to get universal health care for us all? Why not the intelligent President that we have not had in 8 yrs? Tell you what....next time YOU win a Nobel Peace Prize and feel like you don't deserve it...give it back.

Peace

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Just An Observation

How come in movies after the person gets shot, they get up and take the bulletproof vest off? And usually its still while people are shooting at them.

Just an observation

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Cheffin'

Spicy

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Sonar - We're So Gone!

If only we had gone on time...but it was still a crazy performance! Thank you Rogue, thank you Street, thank you Nova!

BING

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Seth Red

I like Family Guy , and Robot Chicken but dude...Seth...grow some balls man. First how didn't you see this set-up coming??? 2nd your acting like these 2 dudes pistol whipped your bitch ass. You couldn't be black for 2 hours guy. Your head would explode you might kill yourself. Florida rapper Brisco was robbed at gunpoint in a Barbershop and they took about $30,000 to $50,000 worth of jewelry. What did they take from Seth, a Star Wars comic book??? And then he goes back and gets mad at the security guard. Flips over the table, why didn't you flip over one of those dudes that robbed your ass? Don't act tough now! Cause outside of work that security guard will whoop yo ass, so you need to calm down and get over it!!

Monkey in the closet

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SONAR THIS THURSDAY!!

Rogue is shooting a video for "Real Flesh" and is also putting together a show. I will be performing along with Street Heat. Come out enjoy the show come for the video. It's gonna be a great performance. Get tickets at the door $10 or buy em online here either way you can't lose!!

Start calling me Draggy Wonka

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Shrimp - N - Cheese Grits

Man "when I'm in that kitchen." (in my OJ Da Juiceman voice) My kitchen game is sick. Cheese grits and I use a lot of butter and a lot of cheese. Shrimp are flavorful and robust...yeah!!

AY

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R.I.P. DJ AM

DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) died last month of an apparent overdose of pain medication. AM just survived a plane crash last year (along with Travis Barker) and was taking the medication for the pain from that crash. This goes to show that these medications are very dangerous. Heath Ledger, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Anna Nicole Smith and Michael Jackson have all died by prescription medicines.

March 30, 1973 – August 28, 2009

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Street Heat -- Found Nowhere!

The homie Street Heat just dropped his new mixtape FOUND NOWHERE! Street opted to use none of his own beats ( except for the title track) so that his lyrics could be truly heard and not be out shined by his production. He goes from the deepest parts of his mind, to the streets, to the club on his journey through music. The whole team is riding on this Team Arson release as well as FOUND NOWHERE! features: Jae Poet, Nova Starz, Rsun@l (Ase & Ze), Ollie V.O.S.O., Big DRO, J .Killa, DJ Craigos Gettum, Tekno Beats and myself. Also featured are Cash Smith, Dre Babes, Clay and Twinn. Street Heat shows off his singing/songwriting abilities heavily on this mixtape, as well as his rhyming to make a nice blend of the two. It does leave you wanting a bit more...guess we'll have to wait til Street drops A Beautiful Mind!

DOWNLOAD IT HERE!!! (usershare)

Proud of you Bro

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi

This is Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi....Check out his crown and his rope chains. That's all

Prince Hakeem

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