Spotted at The LupE.N.D. which is a blog run by Lupe fans. Check it out. I’m really impressed with the amount of content they post and hope to see more fan blogs like this.

This video is crazy!

It looks like people were having fun here until refrigerators started flying at them.

Skip to the 5:00 mark if you want to dive right into the action.

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With the fear of a weak holiday shopping season looming, Gap has enlisted Dwight Schrute from The Office to model their latest apparel. Bankruptcy announcement expected shortly.

I’ve been giving the new T-Mobile G1 phone a test drive for the past week. It’s currently boxed up and will soon be returning to my local T-Mobile retailer. I’ll be switching back to my Blackberry 8800 that luckily didn’t attract a buyer on eBay. It’s unfortunate, as I had high hopes for this phone and researched the device extensively- paired it against competitors and finally decided it was a better device than the iPhone or the new Blackberry Storm. While I still believe the Android operating system is going to prove to be superior to the others, my conclusion is the G1 phone was released prematurely and is not suitable for most users.

The G1 really has the potential to be great. If I only needed a phone for web browsing and personal use, I would probably be raving about this device. The design of the phone is perfect, the 3G speed on T-Mobile’s network is very fast and the applications available impressed me as much, and sometimes more, than anything I’ve seen on an iPhone. Shazam, the music ID application currently being used in iPhone advertising, is also available on the G1 and is actually as cool as it looks on the commercial. There’s a couple of applications used for price comparison when shopping that allow you to scan a bar code with the phone’s camera and find the best price for an item at nearby stores or on the web. This is a great tool in our current economic state and should save consumers a lot of money. There’s even an application called flashlight that simply illuminates the phone with a bright white light, which isn’t really on the cutting edge of technology, but useful nonetheless.

The major flaw with the phone is the battery. It’s amazing that the developers tested this phone out and gave it a green light after experiencing the ridiculously short life of the battery. An average phone user is likely to get a half day at best out of the phone before you need to plug in and more frequent users probably need to stay near a power outlet at all times. You can turn all the battery draining services off like the 3G connection, Bluetooth and the brightness of the display and still won’t get a full day of service from the device (not to mention you’re disabling one of the most important components of the device with the 3G connection). To sum it up; any phone that has a full charge when you go to sleep and has less than 40% of it’s battery life remaining when you wake up should not be on the market.

Additionally, the phone has serious issues with email. I’ve read reviews that suggest the phone handles Gmail better than POP mail, but I found there to be problems with message retrieval across the board. I tried a number of configurations hoping to achieve more frequent message retrieval and notifications, but was unable to make the email client work properly. I had to manually open each mailbox and wait while the device communicated with my server anytime I wanted to find out if I had email. After a few days, I pretty much gave up on using the device for email altogether.

A few other complaints I have about this device is its lack of ability to sync with Outlook, which is something I think most Blackberry users will find frustrating. Also, the lack of ability to open any MS-Office documents or PDF files is a problem, although I expect this to be something an application developer will solve shortly. There also needs to be some sort of tiling system for applications that would allow you to switch between open applications quickly, as the current setup requires you to bounce back and forth to the home screen to launch each app.

I can’t recommend the G1 to anyone right now, but as I told a colleague this morning, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m back at T-Mobile in a month or two purchasing the phone again once it’s been confirmed that the battery and email issues have been acknowledged and corrected. I’ve seen the light now and am excited to get my hands on a 3G device that can become my new portable office, but will continue to exercise patience until I’m sure the right device exists.

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Atlanta, Georgia has a rich history in the hip-hop game. It’s been the breeding ground of some of the South’s most notable contributors to the hip-hop industry- as the birthplace to legendary groups such as Outkast and Goodie Mob or chart-topping solo acts like Ludacris and Young Jeezy. The Atlanta area has always embraced a variety of sounds in their hip-hop landscape, while never allowing the music scene to be defined by single sub-genre of hip-hop. The city’s ability to constantly reinvent its signature sound is the reason Atlanta artists are consistently finding success in the modern music environment.

One artist that is looking to continue ATL’s storied tradition of developing hit makers is B.o.B a/k/a Bobby Ray or just Bob if you want to keep it simple. While B.o.B has been making noise in underground hip-hop circles across the U.S. for a few years, his recent mixtape, Who the F#*k is B.o.B?, suggests that he’s preparing to familiarize himself with a wider audience and is ready to re-introduce the world to the sound of Atlanta hip-hop.

If I had to describe B.o.B in one word after listening to his latest offering it would have to be: versatile. There isn’t much Bob can’t do. On Who the F#*K is B.o.B?, the artist displays his ability to produce his own material (and do it well) on tracks like “Double Bubble” or “East-Side Tales”, the lyrical ability to go bar for bar with proven Atlanta heavyweights like T.I. and Ludacris on “I’m Dat Ni**a” and “On Top of the World” or displaying his greatest strength throughout the album- his ability to create some of the most melodic and mesmerizing hooks the hip-hop industry has ever heard. I’m predicting that by the end of 2009, a B.o.B hook will have replaced auto-tuned vocals as a key ingredient in the (not so) secret formula for crafting a successful hip-hop record.

This mixtape, at times, will have you swearing that Bob is somehow channeling Big Boi and Andre 3000, as there are clear similarities to be drawn between the newcomer and Outkast. But Bob’s style is 100% authentic and sounds more like what Outkast would have sounded like had they leaned left instead of right after Aquemini.

Overall, Who the F#*k is B.o.B? is a project I highly recommend to anyone who has recently found themselves complaining about a lack of originality in hip-hop. The mixtape truly offers something for everyone. It features a well-rounded selection of tracks, great use of sampling and B.o.B’s uncanny ability to make a decent record a hit with his hook-writing ability. This mixtape is extremely pleasing to the ears and has me thoroughly convinced that B.o.B will be one of the hip-hop industry’s biggest names very soon.

Willy Northpole is on my list of artist’s I expect to be making big moves in 2009. He’s got a vicious flow and you may recognize him as the anchor on the “Call Up the Homies” record with Ludacris & The Game.

He’s also probably got the coolest name in the hip-hop game.

Here’s a freestyle video I spotted over at H-I-F. Enjoy!

For some reason I’m still stuck in 1998 when it comes to home pages because I still use Yahoo by default. I’m often entertained by their sensationalism of news, especially when they’re 5 years late in breaking a story.

I guess it should be considered a good thing that Kanye’s trash talking is the biggest news of the day.

Here’s one of Ye’s quotes from the story, which is sure to stir up controversy- which is also probably why I wholeheartedly agree with it:

I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice. It’s me settling into that position of just really accepting that it’s one thing to say you want to do it and it’s another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan.

I’ll be chilling at the Highline Ballroom with this dude:

SHOW: Devin the Dude w/Coughee Brothaz

WHERE: Highline Ballroom, 431 W 16th St, NYC

Peep the video I shot a couple of years back down in Houston when Devin was promoting the Waitin’ to Inhale album. If you haven’t picked up his new album, Landing Gear, cop it here and show support for one of the best artists in  the industry.