Sunday, November 16, 2008
These include snake massages,caviar hair treatments and leech detoxification.
In Pictures: Spa Treatments Too Bizarre To Believe
LAS VEGAS -Watch out, Apple, the iPod finally has some serious competition.
Just stroll around the exhibit halls at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, and you'll find attractive alternatives to the blockbuster music device from nimble players such as SanDisk (nasdaq: SNDK -news - people ), Creative Technology(nasdaq: CREAF - news - people ) and Samsung that boast snazzy designs and more bang for the buck. Gone are the clunky user interfaces of a few years ago, back when the gap between the iPod and everyone else was painfully obvious. Competing device makers have clearly learned from Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news- people ) that they can't hook consumers with a strong set of features unless they also pay attention to the aesthetics of their players.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
WTF Was He Wearing!!???? And Why!? I Understand a Fashion Statement, But Where Was The Fashion Police!!!? Like Wyclef Would Say, "Some One Please Call 911!!!"...
Nike’s Innovation Kitchen has cooked up some notable 1 of 1 Air Force Ones for individuals such as DJ Greg Street, Coach K, but now you can add LaDainian Tomlinson to that list.
This watch is by Californian watch brand Nixon... Swaggary!
Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z has teamed-up with mega hit producers Stargate – known for their work with Ne-Yo, Beyonce and Rihanna - to officially launch the label StarRoc. According to international music site 730.co, the Norwegian duo, consisting of Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriken, have confirmed the deal with the multi-platinum selling rapper. Known for their consistency in creating smash hit records with their work on projects by Nas, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Usher, R. Kelly and others, Stargate will be based out of Jay’s Roc The Mic studio in Manhattan. In addition to their new venture, Eriksen will be joining his partner at EMI Music Publishing as he has signed a new global deal with the company. According to Music Week, his relationship with EMI will further the publishing company’s involvement on Stargate’s future projects. Prior to the deal, EMI was involved in the developments of Hermansen for nearly ten years. Stargate is globally known for their work on No. 1 Billboard Top 100 hits “So Sick” by Ne-Yo, “Irreplaceable” from Beyonce and Rihanna’s “Take A Bow.”
OutKast’s Andre 3000 has officially revealed plans to release his upcoming solo debut by as early as this year. According to Rolling Stone, the ATLien will be returning to store shelves with his first album without group member Big Boi. Rather than giving an exact date, Andre hinted at when he expects to release the currently untitled project. “It should be dropping by the end of this year or early next year,” he toldRolling Stone. “I’ve pretty much been working by myself.” Despite adding lyricism and popularizing singles from artists like John Legend, Fonzworth Bentley, Rich Boy, DJ Unk and UGK, Andre has decided to cut down his guest appearances for his own album. “I’ve never really been that big on collaboration," he said. "I have a concept, and all the soundscapes are already in my head, so I just have to figure out how to get there. I’ve learned that I’m most powerful when I’m doing my art.” Aside from hip-hop, Andre makes his return to the big screen in tomorrow’s debut film, Battle In Seattle. Co-starring Woody Harrelson, the film has the rapper-turned-actor playing an activist during 1999’s World Trade Organization summit.
According to Motown reps, the New York rapper has signed an agreement to release his next project on the famed label - which is also home to Lil’ Wayne and Chamillionaire.
In addition to an alleged industry beef with label chairman Jimmy Iovine, Busta suffered major delays with his eighth studio album, Blessed, originally slated for an early July release, including various sampling conflicts. Blessed was never released, despite the label dropping two videos for the songs “We Made It” and “Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water On ’Em).”
If released on Motown, Blessed will feature contributions from Linkin Park, Dr. Dre, Green Lantern, Cool & Dre, Nottz, Timbaland and Pharrell. As of press time there is no word on when or if Blessed will hit stores.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Two days ago a judge ordered Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane to serve one year in prison for violating the terms of his probation. According to myfoxatlanta.com, after pleading no contest to a 2005 assault charge, Gucci Mane (born Radric Davis) was sentenced to 6 months in jail and required to serve 6 and a half years of probation. The terms of his probation required the Atlanta-based rapper to serve 600 hours of community service however in the 3 years that he has been out Gucci has only logged 25 hours total. Along with revealing that information at today's hearing, authorities also said that Gucci tested positive for ecstasy, marijuana and alcohol at a probation meeting. As a result, the judge revoked one year of his probation and ordered him back to jail. After serving one year behind bars, Gucci will still have 2.5 years of probation and 600 hours of community service ahead of him.
Grammy award-winning rapper Queen Latifah has teamed up with major producers Dr. Dre and Swizz Beatz amongst other hip-hop superstars for her seventh studio album. According to Rolling Stone, the rapper-turned-actress has been putting the finishing touches on her latest untitled effort. Admitting she received a majority of help from Dre and rap legend LL Cool J, Latifah zoomed in for who’s on board for the album. “They pretty much did the whole album,” she told Rolling Stone. “My boyKenny Flav did one track and I think might do two more. Missy [Elliot]and Swizz Beatz are the only two people I have left. But they’re mixing it right now.” She credits Dre for his song writing abilities on the album. Ludacris wrote a record for me.” While no official title has been chosen, she did confess to playing with a few different names including “The L Word.” “Since people want to play games, I like to jab back sometimes just for fun,” she added. “But I’m like, ‘Nah, that’s too much energy wasted.’” Following-up her 2007 jazz-based album Trav’lin Light, the female rap icon will be returning to her hip-hop roots as she addresses a range of topics dealing with people’s actions and decisions in life. Latifah confessed that’s she doesn’t even know who else is involved with the project. “I did all my parts and then I went on vacation,” she explained. “So they put people on it while I was gone and they’ve been waiting to talk to me to surprise me. I’m actually supposed to talk to them and find out who the hell is on that damn album. I’m sure there is no one on there I don’t like.” The untitled album is currently scheduled to drop winter 2008 on Motown Records.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ctoral_College
Each state has a number of electors equal to the number of its Senators and Representatives in the United States Congress. Additionally, the District of Columbia is given a number of electors equal to the number held by the smallest states.[4] U.S. territories are not represented in the Electoral College.
Each elector casts one vote for President and one vote for Vice President. In order to be elected, a candidate must have a majority (at least 270) of the electoral votes cast for that office. Should no candidate for President win a majority of the electoral votes, the choice is referred to the House of Representatives.[5] Should no candidate for Vice President possess a majority of the electoral votes, the choice is given to the Senate.[6]
...basically your vote amounts to sh*t don't believe me look it up
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We appreciate your business and strive to provide you with the best online experience possible. One of the ways we do this is through our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). The AUP outlines acceptable use of our service as well as steps we take to protect our customers from things that can negatively impact their experience online. This policy has been in place for many years and we update it periodically to keep it current with our customers' use of our service.
On October 1, 2008, we will post an updated AUP that will go into effect at that time.
In the updated AUP, we clarify that monthly data (or bandwidth) usage of more than 250 Gigabytes (GB) is the specific threshold that defines excessive use of our service. We have an excessive use policy because a fraction of one percent of our customers use such a disproportionate amount of bandwidth every month that they may degrade the online experience of other customers.
250 GB/month is an extremely large amount of bandwidth and it's very likely that your monthly data usage doesn't even come close to that amount. In fact, the threshold is approximately 100 times greater than the typical or median residential customer usage, which is 2 to 3 GB/month. To put it in perspective, to reach 250 GB of data usage in one month a customer would have to do any one of the following:
* Send more than 50 million plain text emails (at 5 KB/email);
* Download 62,500 songs (at 4 MB/song); or
* Download 125 standard definition movies (at 2 GB/movie).
And online gamers should know that even the heaviest multi- or single-player gaming activity would not typically come close to this threshold over the course of a month.
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Vibe magazine have spoken out to the rumors that they airbrushed Ciara's nude cover and that she was going to sue them...apparently they didn't. The Vibe rep also said that they may just make the unretouched pics available on the internet!
Rap star Eminem will be interviewed by his own Sirius radio station, Shade 45, to discuss the 20th anniversary of indie record label Delicious Vinyl.
The rapper, who’s been most known the last few years for being underneath the radar, will be joined by Delicious Vinyl’s co-founder Mike Ross. The Los Angeles based label, founded in 1987, is most known for signing legendary West Coast artists The Pharcyde and Masta Ace, whom Eminem has touted for years as being one of his greatest influences.
In VIBE’s September Juice issue, Eminem spoke sincerely about his own overall impact. “There were others before me,” he said, “but in a sense, I blew the door open for people of other nationalities to actually do this.”
Friday, September 5, 2008
Cynicus come's with a new mixtape (The 10th Wonder) hosted by Mick Boogie for the 4th Quarter. All 9th Wonder beats were chosen for the mixtape to give it a hip-hop theme feel to it. So for you real hip-hop heads out there, this is a mixtape to grab...
As DX announced yesterday, Kanye West is rumored to be releasing an album by year's end . Various unconfirmed reports surfaced that Ye's next single titled "Love LockDown" will be available on iTunes this coming Monday. Heads have been spinning trying to verify the rumors, but now it looks like we might all be getting that highly anticipated confirmation from the man himself. According to XXLmag.com, Kanye West is set to announce his new album this weekend at the MTV Video Music Awards. A source in Kanye's management camp told XXLmag late yesterday that "official word" on the new album will be coming Sunday night during his "explosive finale" closing out the show. Last year, Kanye released his third album titled Graduation, and defeated 50 Centin a much-publicized first-week sales showdown. The two rappers appeared on last year's VMAs to promote their projects and the musical rivalry. The VMAs air live on MTV Sunday, September 7 from Los Angeles.
Hip-Hop power broker Steve "The Comissioner" Stoute is set to receive his highest award achievement on November 18, as the accomplished executive will be honored and inducted into the American Advertising Federation's Advertising Hall of Fame.
The prestigious award is decided by the American Advertising Federation, the senior and most esteemed organization in the advertising industry.
"Getting accepted into the advertising hall is something that I proudly accept on behalf of the entire Hip-Hop community," Stoute told AllHipHop.com. "This will open up doors for diversity in general market advertising which the industry definitely needs."
Stoute is the co-founder of Translation, a joint advertising firm he runs with fellow mogul and rapper, Jay-Z.
The company's focus is partnering music stars with corporate brands as spokespersons.
To date, the company has brokered deals with Beyonce (Tommy Hilfiger), Chris Brown (Double Mint Gum), Justin Timberlake (McDonalds), Gwen Stefani (Hewlett-Packard), and Jadakiss (Reebok).
Stoute's recognition as a Hip-Hop representative will set a precedent, since the award has historically been reserved for major executives of Fortune 500 companies.
Acutely aware of this, Stoute expects to see many ambitious minorities follow in his footsteps.
"Hopefully young, talented African-Americans and Latinos with ideas and creativity will look at this accomplishment and become inspired to get into the communication industry," he states.
Steve Stoute is well known as the former manager of Queens lyricist Nas, assisting in crafting the rapper's image for It Was Written (1996) and 1997's supergroup project The Firm: The Album.
Recently, Stoute partnered with Mary J. Blige to create the Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN), an organization focused on the upliftment of women.
The sound quality on this joint is low, so turn your volume up.
Not too many people talking about this song. Why? Because... well nobody really cares.
Remember Lauryn Hill alongside Lil' Wayne's Ma Dukes Whoopie Goldberg in "Sister Act"? The explosion of the Fugees? Lauryn Hill as an impressive solo act? After experiencing so much success, Lauryn seemed to have been brought to her knees. It's been over a decade since The Fugees dropped what became the multi platinum The Score. Back in '05 they made an attempt to pull together and make it work, but it didn't work. And it wont. The released joint, "Take It Easy," didn't do a thing.
"We went in the studio and recorded a couple records that were incredible. But, to put it nicely, it's dead," Pras told Billboard.com back in July of '07. "Me and Clef, we on the same page, but Lauryn [Hill] is in her zone, and I'm fed up with that sh*t. Here she is, blessed with a gift, with the opportunity to rock and give and she's running on some bullsh*t? I'm a fan of Lauryn's but I can't respect that."
"When we was working on the album, I was like, [to Lauryn], 'You need to do this like this," Wyclef told (the now folded) Scratch Magazine back in July of last year. "[And] she says, 'How do you know what's relevant? I haven't heard anything from you in the past like three, four years?' ... Lauryn is straight up the problem, bro."
There you have it.
After looking like a cooning clown lunatic on stage during a performance in Brooklyn last year, it became widely accepted that Lauryn had kind of lost her mind and probably wasn't getting it back any time soon.
The prodigal son has returned. Cam'ron has resurfaced on the streets of Harlem, lending proof to the belief that theDipset head honcho is on the verge of ending his long hiatus from the game. NowwutTV.com scooped the exclusive footage of Cam & crew rolling through the Uptown blocks to do a little shopping, stunting and of course sh*t talking.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
It's been nearly four years since Em's latest studio album, Encore, but fans can now have something to look forward too. Dr. Dre's new protégé, Bishop Lamont, recently said the Eminem drought is almost over. "Em is excited," Lamont told Entertainment Weekly. "He's been quiet too long, and he's got a lot to get off his chest." While there is no release date just yet, the rapper's label confirmed that Eminem is back in the studio working on his next solo project.
City police officers in one Florida county will have unrestricted authority to make traffic stops outside of their jurisdiction beginning Aug. 1.
Broward County's new policing-without-boundaries plan would allow officers to patrol any of its cities, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
Mazda Kazamai Concept to Premiere at Moscow International Automobile Salon 2008 Mazda will unveil a sporty, compact crossover concept vehicle, Mazda Kazamai, at the Moscow International Automobile Salon (MIAS) on August 26. Kazamai, which means “swirling crosswinds” in Japanese, expresses the powerful yet nimble image of a stylish and compact crossover. The concept is based on Mazda’s long-term vision for technology development, Sustainable Zoom-Zoom, which aims to provide a unique balance between sporty driving fun and superior environmental and safety performance.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Concerned that some of its players are flashing signals related to street gangs, the National Football League has hired experts to examine game tapes and identify the hand gestures, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
A British disabled man, ordered to move out of his home to make way for developers, is believed to have cut off his own head with a chainsaw, police said.
blog post photoDavid Phyall’s severed head was found beside the power tool in his flat at Bishopstoke in Eastleigh, Eastley, Hants, shortly after he received the eviction notice.
Paramedics and police were called to the scene after receiving a “concern for welfare” report. It was not immediately known as to who made the call.
Approximately, 70 surrounding apartments were empty at the location where they were slated to be bulldozed and replaced with new flats and houses. Phyall, the lone holdout, refused to move despite intense negotiations and a court order. He had lived there since 2000.
An inquest into the 58-year-old’s death by deputy central Hampshire coroner Simon Burge listed the possible cause of death as a “complete transaction of the neck” and “chainsaw wound to the neck.”
Better known as a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
The longtime civil rights leader already came under fire this month for crude off-air comments he made against Obama in what he thought was a private conversation during a taping of a "Fox & Friends" news show.
In additional comments from that same conversation, first reported by TVNewser, Jackson is reported to have said Obama was "talking down to black people," and referred to blacks with the N-word when he said Obama was telling them "how to behave."
Concept cars give automotive designers a chance to let their imaginations run wild, often with outlandish results. But even by that measure, BMW has come up with something as strange as it is innovative -- a shape-shifting car covered with fabric.
Instead of steel, aluminum or even carbon fiber, the GINA Light Visionary Model has a body of seamless fabric stretched over a movable metal frame that allows the driver to change its shape at will. The car -- which actually runs and drives -- is a styling design headed straight for the BMW Museum in Munich and so it will never see production, but building a practical car wasn't the point.
Chris Bangle, head of design for BMW, says GINA allowed his team to "challenge existing principles and conventional processes."
"It is in the nature of such visions that they do not necessarily claim to be suitable for series production," company officials said in unveiling the car Tuesday. "Rather, they are intended to steer creativity and research into new directions."
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was arrested and held on $25,000 bail following a traffic accident Tuesday afternoon in Costa Mesa, Calif. According to Costa Mesa police Lt. Paul Dondero, an officer observed the 30-year old Jackson driving with a flat tire on his 2008 Ford F-350 pickup truck and talking on his cell phone (which recently became illegal while driving in Calif.) and attempted to pull him over.
Like the Turbo SIM unlock for the original iPhone, this system uses a wafer-thin card that piggybacks on your SIM while in the phone. Of course, Turbo SIM needed some tools installed on the iPhone -- so Jailbreak was key -- this solution does not, just DesbloqueioBr's chip and your SIM. Paulo and Breno of DesbloqueioBr explained that the magic lies in the programming of the SIM adapter itself, by tricking the iPhone into believing a test SIM has been inserted, the iPhone allows service and then functionality is handed back to your SIM. We tested the unlock in our own FIDO locked handset with a local TIM SIM card, then in their AT&T set, and it worked perfectly in both. How much will this cost average Joe iPhone user? They were pretty tight lipped as to what the final pricing will be and how exactly they'll deliver the service, but we should hear more in the next few days.
In an interview with MTV, Hip Hop super producer Timbaland announced that he will produce Jay-Z's next album. "He wants me to do the whole thing this time around," Timbaland told MTV. "I'mma make it a classic too. You better believe it. It'll be a monster! I always say this: You get a first single from me, I'mma get you up to gold. And it's hard to get you up to gold in this day [and age]."
These are fusion's set to be released in 2009.. So fresh... Im coppin em'!
Monday, July 14, 2008
Rick Ross has charged that images depicting him as a young correctional officer are totally fabricated, the result of savvy graphic artists.
Earlier, a single image was in circulation on the internet suggesting that Ross previously worked as a correctional officer at an unnamed jail or prison.
The Miami-based rap artist, known for his gritty street rhymes, said envious people have conspired against him for his success and stature.
“I'm in the entertainment business and a lot of people who like to hate because I'm on top of my game,” Ross told AllHipHop.com. “Like I said before my life is 100% real. I live by this die by this. Fake pictures are created by the fake, meant to entertain the fake."
While the image appears very realistic, boxer Oscar De La Hoya was involved in a similar scandal that made the pugilist appear to be a cross dresser.
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