Monday, 30 June 2014
People forget what an incredible year 1994 was for Hip Hop. Go check this LA weekly link NOW
Right now.
http://m.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/06/27/the-10-best-hip-hop-albums-from-1994
The truly awful Complex top songs of the year so far list
50. Lupe Fiasco f/ Ty Dolla $ign "$nitches"
10. Cam'ron f/ Juelz Santana "Dipshits"
9. Ty Dolla $ign f/ Wiz Khalifa & DJ Mustard "Or Nah"/"Or Nah (Remix)"
8. Puff Daddy f/ Rick Ross & French Montana "Big Homie"
7. Lana Del Rey "Fucked My Way Up to the Top"
6. Nicki Minaj "Lookin Ass"
5. T.I. f/ Young Thug "About the Money"
4. Drake "0 To 100/The Catch Up"
3. Wiz Khalifa "We Dem Boyz"
2. Rick Ross f/ Kanye West & Big Sean "Sanctified"
1. Lil Wayne f/ Drake "Believe Me"
http://cmplx.it/V34asR
Sunday, 29 June 2014
Saturday, 28 June 2014
NBA Rookie Jewelry
NBA and NFL hopefuls usually hit up jewelry stores, often Rafaello & Co. in NYC to get blinged out for Draft Day. It’s the day that changes their lives forever and they want to make sure they look good. First round draft pick Rodney Hood went and picked up some special pieces.
According to TMZ Sports, Hood picked up a $50k diamond-coated stainless steel Breitling Bentley watch. He also dropped another $30k on an 18-carat gold and diamond bracelet with princess cut and round diamonds.
Of course he wasn’t the only one. Knicks second round pick, Cleanthony Early got a $62k Rafaello & Co. yellow gold watch and a Cuban link diamond bracelet.
Enjoy it guys, and get good financial advisors.
Friday, 27 June 2014
Apollo Night Club - Porth
Cannabis worth an estimated £1m has been found growing over three floors of a former Rhondda nightclub.
More than 1,000 plants were found by police at the Apollo club in Porth in what officers said was a sophisticated operation.
The three-storey building had only been empty for around three months.
Two men, believed to be foreign nationals, have been arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis.
Sgt Chris Peters said: "This was a massive and timely find. It is one of the biggest, most sophisticated operations I have come across to date, which was capable of generating drugs worth millions over a 12-month period.
"It looks like we got here just in time, as many plants were ready for harvest and would have been changing hands on the streets in no time."
Police said officers acted on information from the public and executed a drugs warrant at 10:00 BST.
The bulbs and extractor fans used in the operation would have "demanded enough electricity to power three streets of terraced houses", said officers.
Former bar areas and dance floors had become "vast growing spaces converted solely for the use of cannabis production" while the first floor was used as a nursery for newly-potted plants.
The ground and second floor was used for plants "at mid to late stages of growth" and mature plants were found on the top floor ready for harvest.
It is thought the growers kept chickens in what used to be the public toilets, which were covered in what appeared to be chicken faeces.
Officers suspect chickens were being reared and slaughtered for food there.
Thursday, 26 June 2014
The story behind the video
NEW YORK – Isaiah Austin was projected to be a second round pick in this year’s draft, before being diagnosed with a medical condition that forced him to end his basketball career before it could professionally get started.
Austin was invited to the draft as a guest of commissioner Adam Silver, which would have been enough of a classy gesture in and of itself.
But the league went over the top in the way it handled Austin’s situation, by calling his name and having him don a draft cap and come to the podium as if he had been actually selected.
It was an extremely touching moment, and Austin’s remarks in the interview room a few minutes later were every bit as heart-wrenching.
“It’s been a really tough week for me, and it’s been really rough,” Austin said. “I’ve had a tremendous amount of support from everybody around the world really, telling me that they’re praying for me and everything. I can’t thank everybody enough. very single person that has reached out, I really give my gratitude to them. It was one of the greatest moments of my life, something I’ll never forget. I love this game of basketball so much. It’s really changed my life.
“To be blessed to play this game for as long as I did, I’m just thankful. I’ve really had time to sit down and think a little bit, and God has truly blessed me because he could have continued to let me play basketball, but instead, he saved my life.”
Those were powerful words from Austin, but things got even more devastating when he detailed the process by which he found out about his diagnosis.
“My parents originally found out the information the night before,” Austin said. “As soon as they heard, they packed up their bags, and my family drove nine hours from Kansas City to Dallas where I was at. I remember that morning I woke up early and was in the gym working out. I got shots up, and then later that afternoon I was at Mo Williams‘ house. He had a barbecue; I work I work out at his gym, so I’ve gotten to know him pretty well.
“I remember I was driving home with my high school coach, Coach Ray, and we’re doing the same thing that we do all the time, laughing and joking around. As soon as we pulled up to the house, I just noticed a variety of cars, and I noticed a couple of them that I recognized.
“I remember asking him what was up, and he couldn’t even look at me.I remember walking through the door, there was 10, 15 people there — my Baylor coaching staff, my pastor, a couple of my close friends and my family. The first person’s face who I saw was my mother’s. She was all the way in the back. I just remember seeing tears falling down her eyes, my dad’s arms around her. I knew right then exactly what it was because I remembered in Chicago they said I could have had this syndrome, and they did blood work on it. I just hadn’t gotten the results back.
“I wanted to break down and cry, but I didn’t because my little brother and sister were in the room. I wanted to show them that I could be strong for them and for my family because they look up to me. Later that night, I just remember I couldn’t sleep. It was devastating.”
Austin has a promising future that includes job offers from the NBA and his former schools; it’s just one that won’t include his dream of playing professionally, which was almost within reach. He’s keeping a remarkably positive attitude through it all, however, and hearing his name called on draft night was a dream come true nonetheless.
“When you’re playing basketball and growing up and you’re at a competitive high level, and you’re being recruited highly and everybody’s saying that you have such potential, that’s your dream to be able to walk across that stage and hear your name called,” Austin said.
“When he did it, my head just dropped, because, you know, it was almost too much for me to handle. Fortunately, he did, and I’m thankful for it.”
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
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