ish...

Cam is at it again...Nah Right has all the goods...

Why are people so shocked about Ray J and Lil Kim? I mean they did used to date before she got locked up...

I think someone has been reading my myspace page...

This is a really good idea...it's prob the only way I could actually take every supplement I need every time I'm supposed to take it...you know us older hip hop heads need to learn ish like this...we getting old...

Patricia Field and Payless...this is the collabo only the devil (in prada of course) could think up...

Five Four Sample Sale

WHO: FIVE FOUR CLOTHING
WHAT: THE BIGGEST FIVE FOUR WAREHOUSE SALE EVER
WHEN: Saturday March 3rd& Sunday March 4th, 10 AM to 5 PM
WHERE: 2444 PORTER STREETLOS ANGELES, CA 90021FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL US AT INFO@FIVEFOURCLOTHING.COM
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The King of the Black Sheep...

I was doing follow up research for Magic and getting the last of my business cards in order when I stumbled upon The Imfamous Black Sheep Brand...Now something must've interested me or I wouldn't have taken the card but I couldn't remember exactly what it was...Might be the logo which I think is absolutely adorable (I've always thought of myself as some what of a black sheep and it would make a good tat...nice...clean...interesting...) so I decided to took take a further look to see what the brand was really about and did a little googling...

The first article I stumbled across was from Transworld Business Magazine and it gave me a little more insight on the brand...

With more and more crossover consumers hyped on fashion and streetwear styles, many brands are creating products that dovetail skate and urban trends. Launched in 2006, The Infamous Black Sheep Brand aims to corner this segment of the market with a blend of urban-inspired footwear and apparel for skateboarders and lifestyle customers...

I kept reading...

With new skate companies, the line between being a legitimate brand and not usually lies in the team roster. The Black Sheep Brand has already acquired several riders who fit its urban image. “We have Dylan Gardner, Jose Garcia, Anthony Mosley, and we’re talking heavily with Kareem Campbell right now,” says Davis

Wait...Hol' up...I immediately lost interest in the brand (well just for a sec) and gained interest in the team roster (which is what I think they want you to do...over there building a roster like that...) Anyone who knows me knows Kareem Campbell is my favorite skater (what? a broad can't have a favorite skater?) AND I've been dying for some sort of Reemo comeback so I headed straight to the company website to find out more but only found this...

and then to their myspace page and found this...

Return of the muthaf*ckin' King...Good shit...I dunno what they're planning on doing yet but I will say I can't wait for it to happen...Any company that recognizes Reemo as the King is good with me...

Black Sheep Brand can be found at various spots across the country...I'm more of a web shopper tho... Zappos has the 'kicks and the gear...I think I need a hoodie in black so I can rock it with my Air One's...

Toys for the Summer

It's the time of the year where I wish winter were over and spring would fly by... so I daydream and think about my summer wardrobe and all the fly accessories/toys I need to make sure I'm properly 'fitted the next couple months...Here's my list of toys I need to make sure my summer is off chain...

Being a single female Angelena ain't never easy... 'specially since I roam all hoods and think I can hang with the best of them...just in case tho I want this pepper spray ...18K gold...optional Swavroski crystal wrist strap...I'll be dying for someone to mess with me just so I can take it out and show off the workmanship...

Again being a single female Angelena ain't never easy...just in case tho I want this vibrator...platinum...waterproof and it can be personalized...I'll be dying for someone to mess with me just so I can take it out and show off the workmanship...
I got a phone, a sidekick and a PDA (somewhere...I can never find it) and somehow I always need a pen...sterling silver...and when I whip it out to jot down a guy's number the music symbol reminds me what really fills my heart...
As much lip gloss as I could possibly need...Gotta keep them smackers moist in the summer...moist lips are how you keep the guys looking...
A watch encased in white leather...it's completely useless and all about style...white is supposed to be 'IN' this summer...I think it's 'IN' EVERY summer...why do I want it? 'cuz I can...
hmm...I think that's enough useless ish for now...

New Store Alert - Sneakers in Miami

Miami is my home away from home...When you grow up in 70 degree weather year round there's almost no other place in the US you can really be happy except Miami...It's like the only place in the States that you can actually wear a bikini 24 hours a day and never look out of place...with that said I always need a multitude of shoes to go with my 25 swimsuits which explains why my luggage is ALWAYS overweight when I go to Miami...

While planning for my next trip to Meahmee I stumbled across this new sneaker store that I'm definitely gonna check out...

Soles Inc., 235 12th Street, Miami Beach, FL 305.532.7653

The store stocks rare and limited-edition brands and Japanese trading cards and toys. There's no better combo for the kid in me...Maybe I can leave my 'kicks in LA and buy all new one's in Miami...but that'll make me overweight on the way back...hmm...dilemmas dilemmas...

Nike Gold Air Force at Kendo

I meant to tell ya'll I found those Air One's I was looking for at Kendo...Got so caught up in Vegas forgot to spread the news...So hit up Kendo... They got a lot of hot ish for the ladies...Think I might have to cop those glow in the dark dunks...or the blazers...can't decide...shit probably both...

ish...

It's about god damn time...they've FINALLY decided where and when to bury James Browns' body...

This is going to be a long year for Brandy...yet ANOTHER lawsuit has been filed against her...

WEST WEST

I'm back in LA and couldn't be happier...Vegas is a fake city that provides you with a false sense of reality...You enter the world of debauchery and completely lose track of time...You find yourself walking around at 4:58am and realize that sleep is nowhere in sight...They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...well that's cuz no one can ever remember what happened in Vegas to tell about it...I will say it was completely off chain tho and I'd do it again in a heartbeat!!

By the way...you know there's too many black people in one city when by Saturday 8pm every place you stopped at was out of Hennessy and Newports...I couldn't believe it...

B is that you?

I swear I thought this was Ashanti...

SI.com has a preview of the 2007 swimsuit issue...

B is going to be the cover girl...pretty hot...

New Louis Vuitton Bag....WTF?!

OK I LOVE Louis Vuitton/Marc Jacobs the same way Marc Jacobs loves Lil Kim. They/he can usually do no wrong...This is the LV bag that's out...It's supposed to be a tribute of all past LV bags but this is a $42,000 nightmare... HOW you go'n pick up all the bag scraps you've been saving for the past 100 years, start slappin' them together and try to charge me THAT much?! I will say that this bag is cute and chic in a boho/India Arie/ol skool Lauryn Hill kinda way...but it ain't chic enough to be charging nobody $42,000...I don't care how much disposable income you have...

ish...

THIS is why I love Queen Latifah... Let's hope this gets other people to realize kids in da 'hood need love too...

I was originally gonna post this link to talk about the two divas (Naomi & Puff) having a cat fight ...BUT THEN I read a lil further down the page...WTF IS A "Brozilian" wax?!!!! NAH FO REAL!!! CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WTF A BROZILIAN WAX IS?!?! Lawd...You guys really have taken being metro just a lil too damn far...and peeps wonder why I like my men a lil 'hood...at least I don't have to worry about them using my poetic waxing kit...

Customizing clothes AND charity done all in one feld swoop...I'm pretty impressed...

Click here to see the comedian known as Cam shooting the video for Cuuurrrtiss...when will this end? Go to http://www.cuurtis.com/ for all the action...roll yo mouse over the bucktooth fifty head...pure comedy...

That John Brown...he's so dead serious...he's just trying to spread the love...

Jennifer Hudson is about the be the first black singer to appear alone on the cover of Vogue...A look back at the black women who have graced Vogue Covers...

Look out facebook, myspace, crackspace, niggaspace and whatever other frickin' online community there is...the fashionistas are launching their own community and no one with a BMI of 10 or higher can join...

'kicks...

Yeah I know I said no new posts but I was bloggin' 'round late last night trying to get some inspiration so I could pack for Vegas and I saw new 'kicks...Aren't they gorgeous? I need them ALL...New Balance/Undefeated/Stussy/Real Mad Hectic (Japan Release March 2007)...Nike Air Max 90 Boot Spring 2007...Nike Women's Air Force 1 Premium 2007 (gold leather upper, pink swoosh/laces/midsole and satin instep..man Livestock got 'em but not in my size...they killin' me! so sad...)

I'm out!

So I'm off to Vegas for Magic.Project.FoshoFoshow.United.Pool.NBA All Star and whatever else is goin' down in Sin City this weekend so posts are going to be limited...I shouldn't say limited... I should say non-existent...I mean...I'd say I'd post from Vegas but we all know that's a f'in lie...I'm def gonna be too caught up to be tryin' to post anything...Have fun while I'm gone kiddies... I know I will...

I'm out!!! Hallelujah Holla Back!!!!

F'in Valentine's Day...

Anybody that knows me knows I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day...It's a money wasting trap that causes nothing but arguments between otherwise happy couples...It's not that I'm against love...It's just that I'm a realist and I don't need a fake holiday to pressure my significant other into doing something he otherwise wouldn't be doing and creating tension between us...I can do that all on my own...

The easiest way to avoid the unevitable Valentine's Day argument is to make sure you get your love a gift, shove it under their face at about 9-10am and then turn your phone off the rest of the day...It always works for me...

Here's a list of really cute and not-so-typical Valentine's Day gifts...I swear if I get roses or some frickin' chocolate this year I might go ballistic...You guys act all stylish with your all over print hoodies and matching sneakers put some f'in thought into ya broads gift! If you need some help here's a few suggestions...

for yo side dish you ain't tryin to spend that much on...

for yo broad who thinks she's bougie...

for yo freak with the expensive taste...

for yo freak with the REAL expensive taste...

Guys aren't the only one's who get stuck in the gift rut... Heifers instead of them damn heart boxers you've been giving your man since the 10th grade step it up a lil...Give a nigga something he'll really use...

for the allover print wearing, japanese toy collector, iPod user...

for the sneakerhead you'd die for...declare your everlasting love with these... (they're the $2,000 AF1 Masterpiece Anaconda's..figured I'd tell you cuz you need to be a Nike member to actually access this link...)

Here's a few random...

for the sneakerhead with everything...regardless of what gender...

for the girl who wants to surprise him later in the evening...

for all the single people like me...let's celebrate the fact that we're happily single!!!

Personally this is all I want...tiara's are always nice...Anyway enjoy V Day and don't let all this propaganda fuck with your relationship...

Cam'ron Might Be Crazy...

But he's hella funny...Most of you heard the series of interviews (styles, cam, jim) that started this feud back up and know that 50 immediately released a video regarding the situation...Guess this is Cam's response to that...This 50 cent diss is comedy...

Them is brazziere tops...Them tops are a little suspect...COMEDY!!!

Braggin' Rights...

So I've been a lil busy and haven't gotten around to posting this...Actually I think I was just a lil upset and didn't feel like braggin' so much...I got 'em in the mail finally and Livestock was kind enough to create a shirt in honor of the occasion and I think that's hot...I took scissors to the neck of course I AM a broad...

I do have a couple complaints about the shoe tho but since I'm a diehard Jordan fan and will never bad mouth this shoe I'll only talk about my biggest complaint... the 23 stitched into the side is not original to the shoe even those these are supposed to be the original colorway...I'm takin' mine this weekend to Chambers to let them black out the 23...Anyway...Other than that I LOVE THEM!!!! They bring me back to my early high school years...I've already had a Do The Right Thing moment in them and almost slapped someone for steppin' on them...good shit...

ish...

I'd actually rock this necklace...I think it's ill...

I'd rock these adidas snowboots too...These are definitely ill...

They think he's being a jerk...I think it's actually pretty f'in hilarious...

I thought the whole point of house arrest was that you had to stay in the house...especially at night...how she all out at fashion week partying?

50 and Ciara? Hmmmm? I actually like that combo...reminds me of Dame and Aaliyah (RIP)...

Ya'll know I LOVE me some Kelis but sheesh...I guess we're all entitled to a fashion fuck up every now and then...

Man I wanna tag with this $10,000 Sharpie...and I'm not even a tagger...

Someone please tell me Em and Kim are not engaged again...Let's hope Akon's ear hustlin' skills aren't up to par and this is all a mistake...

Nike Air Force 1....Molto Bella...

I'm not usually this sentimental but this has got to be the most beautiful video...It's called "Crafting The Perfect One" and it's about the fine craftsmanship that goes into the Air 1's in Italy...Man I damn near cried...

For the 25th anniversary Nike has an entire site with videos regarding the vanglorious Air Force 1's...Check it out...Might make you shed a tear...

Swatch Concept Watch

We all know I have a love/hate relationship with watches...but every now and then I find one that really grabs my attention...Here's another one that's pretty ill...It's from Swatch and it's a concept watch...It has a built-in MP3 player, video player/recorder and a photo album...and of course it tells time too...I'll have to keep my eyes open and see if they ever do actually drop this watch...This might be a good look for them... I don't think they've sold a watch since the late 80's...

Mix and Record Music Directly on your iPod?

Even tho I personally don't spit or produce I've spent a lil time in the studio sittin' around smokin' L's and hangin with the guys (I'm a tomboy...not a groupie)...Anyway I saw this mixer/recorder and I thought it was ingenius...Being of the slightly older generation I've seen how technology is affecting mixing, producing and just all aspects of rap...so it seemed like this was probably the next logically step...

Belkin’s TuneStudio for iPod 5th generation (video) is the first four-channel audio mixer that lets you create high-quality digital recordings directly onto your iPod. This mixer allows the input of up to four different instruments or audio sources, and records the audio onto your iPod for instant playback.

TuneStudio is compact, portable, and tough enough to withstand life in a rehearsal room or in a garage. Bands can easily attach instruments and microphones to TuneStudio and record jam sessions directly onto an iPod. Podcasters can also use this device to record their shows either in a studio or on location.

Anyway...I just thought it was a cool lil gadget...I'm on a techo/gadget kick right now...This drops Summer 2007 and it's going to retail for about $180...

Dwayne Wade Sidekick 3

Word on the streets is there is about to be a new Sidekick 3 release...No fashion designers this time around...This collabo is with Dwayne Wade who apparently is an avid Sidekick user... He helped design this model and it's supposed to include“realistic basketball-textured backing for added comfort and grip”. The number 3 is also higlighted as it's his number and the number of the 'kick...Not sure when it's going to be released...

People has exclusive Pics of Puff's twins...

One of my girls (thanks again kashlee!) just sent this over...People has exclusive pics of Puff's twins...

As soon as I saw these pics I got over my slight irritation I had with him while Kim was pregnant...him, his anticipation and his myspace posts were getting to be a bit much for me but all is definitely forgiven...I mean look at them...very honestly... I can't wait 'til their 16th birthday...MTV might have to give them a 1 hour slot cuz I know 30 mins will not be sufficient when these two hit the screen... seriously...look at them...they already grinning cuz they know they got it good...

For the rest of the pics head over to People...

The Mooninite Street Team Arrested...

Back on the 16th of January someone sent me this video of peeps sniping in LA and Santa Monica...Now I thought this campaign was ingenius...it was taking guerrilla marketing to a whole new creativity level incorporating art and technology...and the little Mooninites hangin' around the city were so cute...I was immediately a fan...

Today I walked in the office and received this link... In this post 9-11 era we need to be more cautious but are they serious about arresting these fools on hoax charges?!

Now I know this Mooninite campaign was not directly Hip Hop related but we all know street marketing IS...SO my question is...Is THIS the year the Feds try piece by piece to disassemble Hip Hop? First they crack down on mixtapes...Then they crack down on street marketing...We got Jimmy Carter over here trying to make it illegal to sag...What's next? They go'n make it illegal to claim somebody elses kids on yo taxes? Oh wait...

So before Big Brother completely restricts how we live...watch the Schooly D Mooninite Rap video...Schooly D?! What The Mooninites know 'bout Schooly D?!..They more Hip Hop related than I give them credit for...Maybe the crackdown on them was lightweight directed towards Hip Hop...