As you have heard by now Atlantic Records has been holding Lupe Fiasco’s anticipated album “Lasers” hostage for some time now. However, fans worldwide have decided not to stand idle while this happends and have started an online petition requesting that Atlantic Records release the album. As a thank you to his fans for their continued support, Lupe has released BMF (Building Minds Faster) and I think I speak for all Hip Hop fans when I say thank you Lupe for this jewel.
Wow I remember rocking these in elementary school. Never played in these at recess and always took the tooth brush to them after walking home from school. Glad Nike has decided to add these to the retro collection. The Diamon Turf’s are currently on sale for $105.
Two more classic hip-hop tracks, from my favorite time peroid in hip-hop(Summer 1992), to get this weekend’s cookout jumpin. Tell the DJ set aside the Soulja boy, the lil Wayne, and the Young Jeezy tracks for a minute and let the true old school hip-hop heads folks party for a few…
Gang Starr featuring Nice & Smooth – “DWYCK”
Rest in peace Guru…
A Tribe Called Quest – “Scenario”
See if you can spot a very young Reggie Noble AKA Redman…
LIFE.com has put together 20 never seen photos of legendary actor Steve McQueen (Bullitt). These never-before-seen gems from that legendary assignment, along with insights from Dominis about the time he spent with the man who would become known as the King of Cool.
You can click here to check it out. FYI scroll to the top of his blog to navigate to different sections.
“New York, Concrete jungle where dreams are made of , Theres nothing you can’t do, Now you’re in New York” – Jay-Z Empire State of Mind
Stay tuned for a full review of my trip to New York. It was my first time visiting, and it was a very intersting contrast to living in Washington, DC. By the time I got back home I really felt that DC seems really country compared to New York. New York offers a ton of things to do if you like to keep busy, a transit system that damn near runs 24/7, and is truly one of the dopest places to visit if you like to travel.
But stay tuned as I write a review about each location and theme, The Broadway play Fences starring Denzel Washington, An appearance by Oprah and Gayle Williams, Taxi drivers that drive like they are in NASCAR, a tour of Ground Zero, The Famous Canal Street and ChinaTown, meeting GoldBerg, and much more. Stay tuned…
After a long hiatus, it looks like Aaron McGruder is back with the final season of the BoonDocks! Now only if we can get Dave Chappelle to come back and give us a few laughs! Enjoy…
A private listening party was held at Damon Dash’s DD172 studio in New York City for the first release under the newly resurrected Roc-A-Fella Records. Curren$y’s “Pilot Talk” is slated for a June 15th release date. Check out some of the tracks sampled in the video and let us know what you think. I have been eagerly anticipating this one ever-since Curren$y’s last release “Smokee Robinson” (see “read more”). (more…)
“One Man…One Camera…One City” will be a reoccurring feature here on MauriceandMarquess. We will be touring cities around the globe armed with just our camera and our unique perspective, hence the name “One Man…One Camera…One City”,. A perspective that only the geniuses here at Maurice and Marquess can provide. Our first stop…non-other than the city some refer to as “Sin City” Las Vegas where I will hit the Las Vegas strip during this weekend’s much-anticipated “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather v.s. “Sugar” Shane Mosley championship fight. And before you wonder no we wont be ringside providing you with up-to-date blow-by-blow coverage. If ringside fight coverage is what you’re looking to go visit my boy Max Kellerman over at hbo.com/boxing (shouts out to our folks over at hbo sports, Max catch us Tao Saturday night for the official post-fight after party shots are on the crew). Maurice and Marquess is going to provide you with the bird’s-eye view of the Las Vegas strip during the fight weekend.
Throughout the year we also plan to visit cultural melting pots and notorious party cities such as: South Beach – Miami during this summer’s Black Film Festival, Atlanta – Georgia during the official start of summer Memorial Day Weekend 2010, and Toronto – Ontario Canada during this year Caribanna festival so stay tuned…
Whisk(e)y Stones
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