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Late Registration

My life is a movie and in a plot twist that no one saw coming (not even me) I got my Kanye West on (cause y'all can't tell me nothin) and registered for college a month after the deadline (and got accepted). Nah I ain't leave town (same number, same hood, its all good), I'm just crossing the bridge (lord knows no one ever sees me in the burbs) and pursuing some higher learning like and intelligent hoodlum. Hopefully I'll have some cool professors and stay out of trouble.

Kanye West - Good Morning

After seeing this video it got me waiting for a Kanye anime series or movie. Peep the Back To The Future/ Marty McFly references. Really expected to see a hoverboard.

Kanye West - Champion Video

I love this video

Hitting Roc Bottom

Hitting ROC Bottom from jeff on Vimeo.



Oh my god... this is hilarious.

Ice-T Responds To Soulja Boy, Kanye Weighs In

This nigga like 50 rocking a jersey older than Soulja Boy...

Kanye had this to say:

Soulja boy is fresh ass hell and is actually the true meaning of what hip hop is sposed to be. He came from the hood, made his own beats, made up a new saying, new sound and a new dance with one song. He had all of America rapping this summer. If that ain't Hip Hop then what is? A bunch of wannabe keep it real rappers that ain't even relevant, recycling samples trying to act like it's 96 again and all they do is hate on new shit? Niggas always talk about the golden age but for a 13 year old kid, this is the golden age!!! That song was so dope cause everything he said had a hidden meaning... that's Nas level shit... he just put it over some steel drums which is also some Nas shit if you had the 2nd album cassette with the bonus track "Silent Murder" on it. In closing... new niggas get ya money$$$$$$$$$$ Keep this shit fresh and original.... ain't no fuckin' rules to this shit and that's what real hip hop is to me.

*Edit:
If anyone actually cares about this "beef" or Spider Loc's career, the west coast rapper added his 2 cents on the track Deez Weirdoz

I Used To Love H.E.R. And Diddy Still Does

This is some of the realist shit I heard in a minute. I had a similar moment when I saw the Wu live but that was a minute ago and I'm also in that rut of being uninspired.

Graduation Custom Dunks

A pair of custom Kanye Graduation Dunks from Emmanuel Labor. These are honestly one of the freshest pair of kicks I seen in a minute, what I wouldn't do for a pair of those....

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Timbo helps Kanye with Stronger

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All Eyes On Me

As I was browsing through my book collection I picked up a familiar title that I've read time and time again. In fact I often refer to this book and use it as a manual and a reference guide to life, reading chapters that apply in the moment rather than reading it cover to cover. This book is the 48 Laws Of Power By Robert Greene. This may be on of the few times that I disagree with Scarface because you don't necessarily need to get the money first to be powerful, studying and applying these rules can make you a very powerful. As the saying goes a fool and his money are soon parted. On this occasion I opened to book to the chapter on Law #6: Court attention at all costs.

The book stresses that there is no such thing as bad attention. Its better to be called a fool then to not be called at all. One must stick out in a crowd and be on the minds of other people if he truly wishes to become powerful. I personally find that Kanye west is extremely good at this. Upon losing at an award show Kanye becomes very vocal to the point that you completely forget who actually won, and only remember that Kanye was the robbed. I mean he spent a million, he had Pamela Anderson in his video, he was jumping across canyons and shit, it took a month to film, and he was standing on a mountain! The show loses credibility if Kanye doesn't win the award. Even U2 knew that Kanye had the album of the year at the Grammys and George Bush really doesn't care about black people. Kayne's outspoken tongue draws attention, not to mention that he dresses extremely different then the typical rapper does. Kanye stands out in a crowd and that's what makes him powerful.

Another master of courting attention at all cost is Bill O'Reilly. We all love to hate Bill but I'm sure he enjoys being the bad guy, although he would argue that he's the righteous one and we are the corrupt individuals that plague society. An example would by Bill O'Reilly's attempt to stop Nas from preforming at Virgina Tech because of his violent lyrics and criminal past. Now the hip hop world is all thinking the same thing "What the F&$% you talking about? Nas? Violent lyrics?" But the more Bill makes a case out of it the more it is talked about and Bill's ratings go up. At the end of the day its all business and you can't knock the hustle.

In order to be powerful you have to shine brighter than those around you. You must do this at all cost not discriminating on the type of attention that you get. The more people hate you the more you are on their mind which is just as good as being loved. Haters are often better than fans because they will go the extra mile to hate you, people used to buy tickets to Muhammad Ali fights just because they wanted to be there when he got knocked out. There is no such thing as bad attention.

Early Graduation

As I type this the smooth mellow sounds of Kanye's production on his latest album "Graduation" plays in the background. Scheduled to be released on September 11th, the same date as 50 Cent's "Curtis", Graduation came a little earlier for Mr. West. A week and a half before its scheduled release Graduation leaked to the internet.

I think its safe to say 50 won. 50 told him to change his release date but its Kanye, you can't tell him nothing...